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Reissue: EarthQuaker Devices White Light Overdrive

The EarthQuaker Devices White Light was one of the early pedals released by the Ohian company, helping to put it on the map when it wasn't yet established. With the reissue of this 2011 pedal in a limited 2,000-unit run, the builder is launching a series revisiting its older stompboxes, called Legacy Reissues.... Click on the title for more

Reissue: EarthQuaker Devices White Light Overdrive

New Pedal: PastFX Rotary Phaser

PastFX Rotary Phaser The PastFX Rotary Phaser is a recreation of the multi-stage Photo Coupler Maxon PH-350 Rotary Phaser by an Australian company that makes it clear from its very name what its focus is: revisiting classic pedal designs from the past.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: PastFX Rotary Phaser

Legendary Pedals: Analogman King of Tone Dual Overdrive

Stomp Under Foot Sonic Generator Fuzz

Stomp Under Foot Sonic Generator Fuzz The Stomp Under Foot Sonic Generator is a fuzz pedal created with the goal of blending two types of fuzz tones: a smooth fuzz sonic base with a ripping, Velcro-style fuzz on top of it.... Click on the title for more

Stomp Under Foot Sonic Generator Fuzz

Updated Pedal: Vahlbruch Octavia V2 Fuzz

Vahlbruch Octavia V2 The Vahlbruch Octavia V2 is a high-end, handmade-in-Germany evolution of the Tychobrahe Octavia Fuzz (read: the octave-up-style fuzz used by Jimi Hendrix) that uses a custom-made transformer and Schottky diodes to reproduce the sound of the vintage units (v1 used new old stock germanium ones).... Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Vahlbruch Octavia V2 Fuzz

Demedash Effects Spidola Germanium Fuzz

Demedash Effects Spidola Winnipeg, Manitoba's Demedash Effects got us used to original pedal circuits that defy tradition, and the company's first fuzz pedal keeps faith to this approach, with more subtlety than their other designs.... Click on the title for more

Demedash Effects Spidola Germanium Fuzz

Eventide Blackhole Reverb

Eventide Black Hole Eventide just released a pedal version of their popular reverb plug in - the Black Hole! ... Click on the title for more

Eventide Blackhole Reverb

Frost Giant Osiris Overdrive

Frost Giant Osiris Overdrive The Frost Giant Osiris is an original overdrive circuit based on a circuit that introduces some innovation in a pedal niche that's been mostly developing around a few established designs. ... Click on the title for more

Frost Giant Osiris Overdrive

Win a Bunch of Pedals with the London SBE! [ENDED]

To celebrate the launch of the (free!) London Synth & Pedal Expo, this week we have another KILLER pedal giveaway reserved for our UK readers! (The first one is still active, here).... Click on the title for more

Win a Bunch of Pedals with the London SBE! [ENDED]

Custom Tone Ethos Overdrive Preamp

Designed by Vermont-based builder Custom Tone, the Ethos Overdrive is the original, "deluxe-expensive" version of what became, after its release, a family of increasingly more streamlined pedals inspired by the tone of the uber-boutique Dumble amplifiers - aka D-Style Overdrives.... Click on the title for more

Custom Tone Ethos Overdrive Preamp

New Pedal: Spun Loud & Rare Buzz Phoezar

Spun Loud & Rare Buzz Phoezar The Spun Loud & Rare Buzz Phoezar is a phase+fuzz circuit born out of an encounter of minds between two small US pedal builders, initiated by an Instagram comment posted back in 2021  which teaches us that a pedal can take much longer than 9 months to be born from the initial inception.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Spun Loud & Rare Buzz Phoezar

New Pedal: Marshall ShredMaster

Marshall ShredMaster As implied by its name, the Marshall ShredMaster is a distortion pedal for guitarists with shredding tendencies, therefore high gain.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Marshall ShredMaster