Empress Effects Receives Premier Guitar’s Premier Gear Award

Oct. 21, 2009 - PRLog -- The Empress Effects Superdelay has been awarded a Premier Gear Award in the November issue of Premier Guitar.

The Premier Gear Award is an honor bestowed upon a piece of gear—whether guitar, amp, effect, or other gear— that has been extraordinary enough to impress the staff of Premier Guitar. Despite the high quality of all gear reviewed by Premier Guitar, only exemplary items earn the award.

“The Superdelay is a highly versatile unit with loads of features that will have you reading the manual to learn all of its possibilities,” says Premier Guitar reviewer Brian Barr. “That doesn’t mean it doesn’t sound good right out of the box, especially if the user has previous experience with other delay modelers… Analog purists need not be afraid, because this pedal is transparent and will not color your tone..” Premier Guitar awarded the Superdelay a rating of 5.0, the highest possible rating. The full review can be accessed at: https://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2009/Nov/Stomping_Grounds_25_Pedals_Reviewed.aspx?Page=5#empress

"We're really excited to receive the Premier Gear Award,” says Dan Junkins, VP of Awesomeness at Empress Effects. “We devoted over two years of our lives to make the Superdelay more than just a delay pedal, but also a source of inspiration. It’s great to be recognized and to see that all of our hard work has resulted in a truly inspirational creative tool.”

“It should be noted that we review a number of stellar products in every issue of Premier Guitar,” says Joe Coffey, editorial director for Premier Guitar. “However, the guitars, amps and effects that we designate as Premier Gear Award winners are in a league of their own. In other words, when you see the Premier Gear Award logo in a Premier Guitar magazine review or a PremierGuitar.com Web exclusive review, that basically means that it blew our socks off.”

About Empress Effects (http://www.empresseffects.com/):
Empress Effects was created in 2005 by Steve Bragg. They aim to provide musicians with electronic devices that enhance their creativity; to build a reputation for creating original and exciting high-quality products that are reasonably priced. They are based in Ottawa, Canada’s capital.

About Premier Guitar (http://www.premierguitar.com):
Offering guitarists a multimedia source for news, gear info and education/instruction, Premier Guitar is the media home for players who are serious about their tone. PG's gear-centric print magazine has a monthly circulation of 30,000 complemented by the industry's only complete, freely accessible online magazine (http://digital.premierguitar.com) that attracts more than 25,000 monthly visits; a Web site (www.premierguitar.com) that's the fastest-growing portal in the guitar industry with an average of more than 400,000 unique visitors consuming almost 10 million page views per month; and the market's leading interactive gear search service that attracts more than 200,000 monthly visitors. With nearly 50,000 pieces of gear, players can find, buy and sell gear on Gear Search (http://www.premierguitar.com/gear/gear_search.aspx). Published by Gearhead Communications, LLC, Premier Guitar is employee-owned and based in Marion, Iowa with offices throughout the U.S.

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Premier Guitar offers guitarists a multimedia source for news, gear info and education/instruction, PG is the media home for players who are serious about their tone.