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Win 3 Electronic Instruments by ASM, Novation, and Soma via the PDX SPXPO 2026

Apr 1, 2026

To celebrate the upcoming 5th edition of the Portland Synth Expo (part of the city's own Synth and Pedal Expo), we are giving away 3 awesome synths for an aggregate value of over $2,000!

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New Pedals: JHS Coyote Fuzz

Josh Scott has made a career of digging up lost circuits and handing them back to guitar players. The JHS Coyote Fuzz is his tribute to Glenn Wyllie, a North Carolina builder who's been soldering transistors since the '60s and somehow never became a household name. Wyllie's Moonrock fuzz was…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: JHS Coyote Fuzz

New Pedal: Red Panda RD-1 Pitch Delay

Red Panda has spent years proving that digital doesn't have to mean cold. The Raster was their deep-dive pitch delay - a brilliant box with menus, alternate functions, and enough parameters to make a synth programmer weep with joy . It was also, for the stomp-and-go guitarist, a lot. Enter…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Red Panda RD-1 Pitch Delay

Pedal Giveaway: Win a Native Audio Pattern Keeper Looper

Hello, creative beasts! Some loopers truly spark our creative juices, and the new Pattern Keeper by Native Audio does exactly that—at least according to the Harp Lady!Click on the title for more

Pedal Giveaway: Win a Native Audio Pattern Keeper Looper

New Pedal: Source Audio Pathways Multi Stereo Tremolo + Reverb

The Source Audio Pathways is a tremolo and reverb pedal that understands its lineage. Spring reverb and tube tremolo have lived together since the days when amps came with both built in—because motion and dimension just work together. Pathways takes that classic pairing and expands it without overcomplicating it. Seven…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Source Audio Pathways Multi Stereo Tremolo + Reverb

New Pedal: Enduring Audio Fell Runner Fuzz

Some fuzzes want to be your friend. The Enduring Audio Fell Runner wants to steal your wallet and key your car. Enduring Audio looked at the Roland Bee Baa - that weird Japanese box from the '70s that sounded like bees fighting inside a tin can - and extracted its…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Enduring Audio Fell Runner Fuzz

Win Four Pedals via the London Synth & Pedal Expo

Hello UK pedal people! We're getting excited for the London Synth & Pedal Expo (March 22-23), and to celebrate, we've got a giveaway for you. Four brilliant pedals are waiting to join a new board – maybe yours? The shortlist (in deliberately random order, because rules are made to be…Click on the title for more

Win Four Pedals via the London Synth & Pedal Expo

New Pedal: Catalinbread CB Paint Vintage Digital Reverb

Some reverbs announce themselves. The Catalinbread CB Paint whispers. Catalinbread reached into the late '80s and pulled out a forgotten gem—that studio rack unit everyone wanted and everyone could afford. The one that ended up on records by Trey Anastasio, Neil Young, Mac DeMarco. Not because it was flashy, but…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread CB Paint Vintage Digital Reverb

Win 3 Boutique Synths + Ring Controller via the London Synth Expo

Oi, you lot! London Synth & Pedal Expo is stomping into town March 22-23, and we're celebrating like it's 1999. Got four pieces of gear burning a hole in our pocket that need a proper home - preferably on your desk, board, or wherever you make noise. The lucky bastard…Click on the title for more

Win 3 Boutique Synths + Ring Controller via the London Synth Expo

New Pedal: MXR EVH Modern High Gain Distortion

Let's talk Van Halen tone, folks! The old MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive is the black-and-yellow classic. MOSFET clipping, three-band EQ, that legendary boost that doesn't just push your amp - it becomes your amp. It's the brown sound in a box. The history of Van Halen from "Eruption" to "Right…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: MXR EVH Modern High Gain Distortion

New Pedal: EarthQuaker Devices Towers Reverberant Filter

EarthQuaker Devices has spent twenty years convincing us that reverb doesn't have to sit politely in the background. Afterneath sent drips cavern-dwelling. Astral Destiny went cosmic. Transmisser just… floated off somewhere. Now comes the Towers, labeled as a Stereo Reverberant Filter. Jamie Stillman is very clear: this isn't an evolution of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: EarthQuaker Devices Towers Reverberant Filter

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII

In 1994, Bill Finnegan built eight thousand magic boxes, coated them in epoxy so nobody could peek inside, and changed guitar tone forever. Thirty years later, original Klon Centaurs trade for seven grand, and the epoxy didn't stop anyone forever—just slowed them down until 2009, when Martin Chittum finally scraped…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII

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