Congratulations to M. Melnick of New York! He won the drawing for the Marion Henry Electric Fuzz Bucket Pedal signed by the six members of Chicago-based jam band Umphrey’s McGee! Thanks to all that entered the contest! Response was great… and that means we’ll be doing more of these in the not-too-distant future! Special thanks to the crew at Marion Henry and the guys in Umphrey’s for making the contest possible. If you want to learn a bit more about the Fuzz Bucket, be sure and check out our recent review of the pedal. And be sure to check out Umphrey’s McGee on tour now!

We are coming down to the wire on our very first giveaway here at WTDP? If you haven’t entered, you need to click over the Contests page and shoot us an e-mail before midnight (US central standard time), 31 October 2009. Entries received after that time will not be included in the drawing. At stake is a Marion Henry Electric Fuzz Bucket pedal signed by all six members of Umphrey’s McGee! If you want to learn a bit more about the Fuzz Bucket, be sure and check out our recent review of the pedal. And be sure to check out Umphrey’s McGee as they roll through the US throughout the rest of the year!

With a name like Marion Henry Electric, we really didn’t know what to expect when we reached out to Alex and Co. in an attempt to get a loaner pedal to test drive from their hand-wired, hand-painted and super-colorful line. After some discussion, including how the pedal maker now had the guitar slingers for Umphrey’s McGee using their gear, MHE sent us their two-knob fuzz – the Fuzz Bucket. Like the crew says in their propaganda, the Fuzz Bucket is a drive pedal with a fuzzy nature that offers up broad range of analog fuzz tones. Eager to test drive, we dove right in.

You’ve got a little over a week to get in on the WTDP?/Marion Henry Electric/Umphrey’s McGee Fuzz Bucket giveaway! The Fuzz Bucket is an awesome two-knob fuzz that both Brendan Bayliss and Jake Cinninger from Umphrey’s use on their boards. This particular Fuzz Bucket is signed by all six members of the band! Click the Contests link over in the left column of this page and read how to win. It’s as simple as an e-mail! We’ll have a full on review of the Fuzz Bucket up in the coming weeks. And be sure to check out Umphrey’s McGee as they roll through the US throughout the rest of the year!

So, yeah… by now you know that we’ve launched our first ever giveaway here at WTDP? We’ve hooked up with the crew at Marion Henry Electric and the awesome group that is Umphrey’s McGee to give away a Fuzz Bucket pedal signed by the band. The Fuzz Bucket is an awesome two-knob fuzz that both Brendan Bayliss and Jake Cinninger from Umphrey’s use on their boards. Click the Contests link over in the left column of this page and read how to win. It’s as simple as an e-mail! We’ll have a full on review of the Fuzz Bucket up in the coming weeks. And be sure to check out Umphrey’s McGee as they roll through the US throughout the rest of the year!

Alabama-based pedalsmiths Marion Henry Electric now have a quartet of boutique stomps available for mass consumption. The company got going last year and is gaining momentum in 2009 with its initial product spread, which includes a boost, fuzz, compressor and a bypass loop. The Yellow Hammer boost is the newest stomp on the menu. The boost is great for adding more natural drive and elevating other pedals in your signal chain. The Fuzz Bucket is a highly-responsive drive pedal with a fuzzy nature that cleans up well, while the Blue Crush Compressor smoothly compresses the attack of each note and elevates decay. Check them out!