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Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

Boutique pedal builders Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard (respectively from Charlotte, NC and Portland, OR) just unveiled a very original take on the fuzz + delay pedal, called the Hell Horse. The fuzz circuit is extremely aggressive, and the delay is powered by the ubiquitous PT2399 chip, often used for…Click on the title for more

Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic

Syd Barret was not your regular electric guitarist - or human being for that matter. His songwriting and guitar work in Pink Floyd's 1967 debut album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" represent some of the most imaginative and "out there" work in Rock'n'Roll history, and ended up defining…Click on the title for more

ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic

Pedal Update: T-Rex Replica Stereo Delay

In the early aughts, Danish brand T-Rex was highly regarded among pedal lovers, in particular for their delays. They were among the first (if not THE first) to blend analog and digital technologies - an approach that was destined to be a game-changer in the stompbox world and that was…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: T-Rex Replica Stereo Delay

Best New Pedal Released in September 2022

We are quite late with this month's article about the latest pedal releases due to the conflict with our Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, but here it is, finally - sorry for the delay! September 2022 was in some way a historic month in the pedalverse: it was the month…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Released in September 2022

Advanced Echos: The Most Inspiring Delay Pedals in 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqofSLnpyU Delay is one of the effects for guitar that more easily lends itself to creative use. On top of that, it works well with pretty much any other effect, from modulation to reverb, pitch-shifting, filter, and even distortion and fuzz, combos that often produce inspiring results. Aware of that,…Click on the title for more

Advanced Echos: The Most Inspiring Delay Pedals in 2023

Win an Elektron Model:Samples

We've got one last synth giveaway linke to our Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, for all the musicians out there who like to think outside the box in term of drun sounds and grooves.Click on the title for more

Win an Elektron Model:Samples

MXR FOD Drive

MXR has been releasing a string of well-received overdrive pedals in the last couple of years, and the FOD Drive shows a continued interest in continuing this trend. The company presents this pedal as a dual mode overdrive modeled after "a pair of heavily customized guitar amplifiers of legendary make…Click on the title for more

MXR FOD Drive

CopperSound Gravity Bomb V2

The CopperSound Gravity Bomb V2 updates the original mini boost by adding a Mid-enhance toggle that allows to boost lower mids (750 Hz) mids or mid mids (1 kHz) - ore neither in the center position. Powered by a Burr Brown Op Amp, this pedal can add 20db of clean…Click on the title for more

CopperSound Gravity Bomb V2

CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz

Sporting a circuit inspired by the Tone Bender MK1.5, the CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz is a simple mini-fuzz with a Bias toggle that allows to choose between two different bias voltages, delivering slightly different tone. The up position offers a classic, full bodied-fuzz, while the down one a more modern…Click on the title for more

CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz

The Brooklyn Pedal & Synth Expo Brings Gear-Partying Back to NYC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Hk6T1Y6Ls Thanks to Electro-Harmonix for shooting and producing this incredible video of our event! --- This past weekend, the 2022 edition of the Brooklyn Synth and Pedal Expo returned for the first time after the COVID-19 lockdowns, and it filled our hearts to see that many NYC musicians are still…Click on the title for more

The Brooklyn Pedal & Synth Expo Brings Gear-Partying Back to NYC

Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Drive

The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword is an op-amp based drive circuit where cascaded gain stages allow for tones ranging from clean boost to dynamic distortion to massively clipped fuzz, all with serious output volume available for driving the front end of an amp. The equalizer combines bass and treble shelving…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Drive

NativeAudio Makoyii Drive

Deceptively simple-looking, the NativeAudio Makoyii Drive hides sophistication under its three-knob layout: it's an amp-like overdrive/distortion with adaptable compression able to deliver a variety of tones including sustained cleans, tight crunch, and wooly distortion - sometimes even bordering on fuzz. With its circuit delivering asymmetrical clipping, it features a unique…Click on the title for more

NativeAudio Makoyii Drive