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New Pedal: Enduring Audio Fell Runner Fuzz

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.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Enduring Audio Fell Runner Fuzz

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.

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New Pedal: Catalinbread CB Paint Vintage Digital Reverb

Win 3 Boutique Synths + Ring Controller  [ENDED]

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. ... Click on the title for more

Win 3 Boutique Synths + Ring Controller [ENDED]

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII

Harby Pedals Centauri The Harby Pedals Centauri is - as you may gather - is, circuit-wise, a Klon clone, embedded in a compact case much smaller than the original. Selling at $169, it's about 1/30th the price of an original Klon Centaur, using several components as the original and the same 3-knob layout.... Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII

Funny Little Boxes Dirt Distortion

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal

Polyend Step Drum Machine The idea of embedding a drum machine in a guitar pedal is not new, but the Polyend Step takes it to new heights, thanks to the Polish company's background, rooted in synthesis rather than guitar-related effects.... Click on the title for more

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal

Caroline Wave Cannon Zero Fuzzstortion

A revisitation of one of the South Carolina-based company's early unreleased prototypes, the Caroline Wave Cannon v2 is a bold distortion pedal that delivers everything from subtle crackles to heavy, chaotic, and even self-oscillating tones.... Click on the title for more

Caroline Wave Cannon Zero Fuzzstortion

Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive

Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive The Mad Professor Royal Blue is engineered to be more than a simple gain pedal; it’s an expressive amplifier-in-a-box designed for dynamic response. Unlike heavily compressed drives, its circuit allows your guitar’s natural character and playing dynamics to shine through. The amount of breakup is directly controlled by your picking intensity and your instrument’s volume knob, offering a level of touch-sensitive interaction typically found in high-end tube amps.... Click on the title for more

Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive

TC Electronic Bucket Brigade Delay

TC Electronic Bucket Brigade Delay Judging from the fanfare of the intro video below, one could think that (once) Danish company TC Electronic (now owned by the Scrooge of the music gear world) invented the BBD chip - which is pretty much the only chip you'll find in any analog delay pedal ever made. As you may have gathered, they did not. However, they did release a new pedal called "Bucket Brigade."... Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Bucket Brigade Delay

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

The Broadcast preamp pedal from UK builder Hudson Electronics has a stellar reputation and made several best-of lists when it came out a few years ago.... Click on the title for more

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp Pedal

Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp Pedal One of the most talked-about pedals to emerge from the 2025 NAMM Show was the Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp, a two-channel stereo preamp with tremolo and reverb voiced after the company's namesake amp, and based on a circuit featuring not one but three 12AX7 tubes.... Click on the title for more

Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp Pedal