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April 14th, 2023 |  John Dines So, you want to record at home? You’ve got a decent computer running your choice of DAW, you bought an audio interface, so you’re good to go, right? But what do you plug into it? This is actually one of the few areas of guitar gear where there isn’t…

Who are you and what do you do?
 TI’m Trace Foster and I’m a guitar technician and player/songwriter/producer. I’ve been in the industry for 40 years now.   Where did you start from, what’s your musical origin story? 
 I grew up outside of Chicago in Rockford, Illinois (Cheap Trick territory). I’ve been playing guitar…

March 17th, 2023 |  John Dines   We spend a lot of time talking about compressors. Rightly so – our Cali76 pedals are accurate recreations of the famous 1176 studio compressor, probably the most widely used studio compressor there is. Electric guitar and bass players know all about this already, and we’ve covered these uses…

February 23rd, 2023 |  John Dines Origin Effects are exhibiting at The Guitar Show, Birmingham, UK this weekend – on Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of February 2023. If you’re in the UK and are planning to come along, here’s a taste of what you can check out at our stand. If not,…

February 23rd, 2023 |  John Dines & Simon Keats This week, our BASSRIG pedals celebrated their first birthday! We couldn’t be happier with the reception they’ve had over the past year, from appearing at the Super Bowl to appearing on the pedalboards of ordinary bassists. It’s reasonable to assume that the BASSRIGs have a few…

Febuary 17th, 2023 |  John Dines   This month’s Tech Tips is inspired by a couple of things. Firstly, in the year since the launch of the BASSRIG pedals, we’ve seen a few players who play guitar and bass and own both the BASSRIG and RevivalDRIVE pedals from Origin’s Amp Recreation range. Secondly, we have…

Who are you and what do you do?  I am a guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and educator. I have had my own solo band for 20 years, with my most recent album, Rustbelt, released in 2021. From 2008-2017 I was the guitarist and musical director for the Gregg Allman Band and was nominated for two…

January 13th, 2023 |  John Dines Need Some Midrange Punch? Get Ready For the Big Fight! Origin fans out there will have noticed we now have two contenders for the mid-forward overdrive spot on your board, but can there only be one winner? After a number of inquiries from curious customers, we thought we’d weigh…