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JHS PackRat Distortion

We were wondering if the novel YouTube star Joshua Scott of JHS Pedals was still actively working on new stompbox designs, considering how important (and presumably, time-consuming) the video channel appears to have become for him and his team. The release of the PackRat multi-mode distortion answers that wonderment with…Click on the title for more

JHS PackRat Distortion

New Pedal: Malaise Forever Iron Fistula Drive

Joining the numerous club of Plexi-style overdrives, the Malaise Forever Iron Fistula uses JFET transistor to emulate tube amp saturation, and introduces some interesting mods to the classic Marshall-inspired pedal circuit. One of these is an EQ section with an active bass control (Body) placed in the circuit just before…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Malaise Forever Iron Fistula Drive

BLAMMO! Electronics Total Garbage Fuzz

A device conceived for the truly devoted fuzz connoisseurs, the BLAMMO! Electronics Total Garbage Fuzz is a circuit inspired by an old stompbox that has surged to cult status: Tim Escobedo's Ugly Face. This is a gnarly fuzz with a synthy tone thanks to the added envelop filter and octave-down…Click on the title for more

BLAMMO! Electronics Total Garbage Fuzz

Kittycaster FX Tremdriver

The Kittycaster FX Tremdriver is a high headroom (and high-quality, selling at $399!) preamp + harmonic tremolo combo built by Jean Mastaler and her small Portland, OR-based team. The company offers another pedal with a similar layout and structure, called Groovy Wizard Fuzz Driver. With its combination of vintage all-discrete…Click on the title for more

Kittycaster FX Tremdriver

Bleak District Electric Miraj

The Bleak District Electric Miraj is a dual-mode, tap-tempo enabled, analog modulation pedal hand-made in the UK that can recreate the sound of two classic vintage effects: The Uni-Vibe and the Phase 90, with the great added benefit of letting you chose out of eight LFO wave shapes. The knob…Click on the title for more

Bleak District Electric Miraj

Big Ear Slice of Pie Fuzz

In case you are wondering whether this is a real pedal, yes it is, but it ain't edible (unless you enjoy bent steel, which is what the enclosure is made of)! A collaboration between Newyorker company turned Nashvillian Big Ear Pedals and guitar podcast The Tone Mob, the Slice of…Click on the title for more

Big Ear Slice of Pie Fuzz

Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B. M+

Carrying around an amp, a cabinet, or a combo unit is one of the daily pains of any gigging guitarist who does not yet have the luxury of the roadies's helping hand. French pedal builder Two Notes has been among the most proactive in trying to provide guitarists with portable…Click on the title for more

Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B. M+

Templo Devices Splyce Pedalboard Mixer

Hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, the Templo Devices Splyce is a small (3.2" x 2.7"), two-channel mixer in stompbox format that can be very useful to most guitarists, in more than one way. The pedal's left side features a Combo XLR/1/4" input jack for either a mic or an instrument, followed…Click on the title for more

Templo Devices Splyce Pedalboard Mixer

Jeu concours ! (Giveaway) | 6 synthés + câbles à gagner [ENDED]

Pour célébrer Knob-Session (RSVP ici, c'est gratuit!), le nouveau showroom de pédales, synthés et instruments modulaires de Montreal, nous offrons aux amoureux de pédales à effets pour plus de $2,000 de cadeaux ! Liste des prix à gagner (par ordre alphabétique) : Analog Cases U600HYDRA Tabletop Synth Case Hosa 3.5…Click on the title for more

Jeu concours ! (Giveaway) | 6 synthés + câbles à gagner [ENDED]

Airis Electric Dragon Distortion

The Airis Electric Dragon is a distortion pedal by a Canadian builder laser-focused on releasing hand-made stompboxes for metal players. It's actually two effects in one, combining a tubescreamer-based overdrive (right side) and a circuit inspired by the TC Integrated Preamp (left side), each with their own footswitches and volume…Click on the title for more

Airis Electric Dragon Distortion

Effects Bakery Muffin Reverb

The Effects Bakery Muffin is a mini reverb made in Japan by a company recently distributed in the US but that doesn't share much info (their "About Us" page has nothing about them...). The pedal has just two knobs for Reverb and Decay and a toggle switch delivering Hall, Spring…Click on the title for more

Effects Bakery Muffin Reverb

Mad Professor The Green Wonder

An updated version of the popular Little Green Wonder, the Mad Professor The Green Wonder is a high-output overdrive/boost pedal optimized to sound great with single coil and humbucking pickups and different amplifiers no matter if clean, overdriven, or distorted. It delivers the uncompressed and touch-sensitive tones of the predecessors…Click on the title for more

Mad Professor The Green Wonder