TSA Labs Presents The Stick Arounds Pedal Series

How one man's graphic design skills collided with a drummer's petty rules to create the world's rarest line of virtual boutique guitar pedals.

My drummer hates guitar pedals. That’s what he says, anyway. Now this is a man who loves The Cure and the guitar tone of Andy Summer. It’s very possible he doesn’t know what he is talking about. More on that in a bit.

What he hates specifically, are the pedals and pedal boards of his bandmates. This bandmate’s pedals specifically.

Pedal board struggles for me have become something of an inside joke in the Sticks’ camp. Wiring issues, faulty parts and my own ADHD and panic have led to less than stellar tone and performances from me in the past. Jeff and Jason have had lessor issues, but it’s been a running joke.

As such, the Kernel simply decided that all guitar pedals are bad. Once he got hold of that idea, he refused to let go. He also grows impatient when we tune. After playing with him for close to 20 years, I am still not certain whether Joel is aware that his drums could be tuned, if he so desired.

He informed us at a practice that he had now begun a new support and drummers civi…