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Valco IMP Boost

Like the pedals in the company's KGB series, the Valco IMP Boost leverages a Variable Impedance Selector to alter the feel and response of your entire signal chain - or not if used as a simple boost pedal! Compatible with both line-out and instrument-out levels, the IMP Boost will soften…Click on the title for more

Valco IMP Boost

Victory V1 The Sheriff Overdrive

Designed in collaboration with Adrian Thorpe of ThorpyFX, the Victory V1 The Sheriff is a high-end amp-in-a-box version of the company's actual guitar amp, inspired by the sound of the Marshall Plexi line of amps. It's part of the first line of compact pedals released by the British builder. The…Click on the title for more

Victory V1 The Sheriff Overdrive

New Pedal: MXR/Third Man Records Double Down

Jack White of The White Stripes' fame continues his intriguing journey in the pedal-manufacturing arena with the release of the Third Man + MXR Double down, a stereo take on MXR Micro Amp preamp. This is a rather simple design compared to other stompboxes released by the Nashville artist, but…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: MXR/Third Man Records Double Down

The Best Gifts for Guitar Pedal Lovers

We selected for you some fun, Delicious Audio-approved gift ideas that will make any guitar pedal lover happy!Click on the title for more

The Best Gifts for Guitar Pedal Lovers

Tone Electronix Animalizzer Fuzz

Tone Electronix (aka T.X Pedals) is a one man pedal builder from Portugal. The company's signature pedal is the Animalizzer, a fuzz beast that can recreate all sorts of fuzz sounds thanks to two clipping stages (first LED + Silicon, then Germanium + LED + Silicon) preceded by a boost…Click on the title for more

Tone Electronix Animalizzer Fuzz

Fjord Fuzz Berserk V2

Norwegian pedal manufacturer Fjord Fuzz builds edgy and sturdy stompboxes with a consistent bronze-looking finish. The new Fjord Fuzz V2 is an original circuit inspired by two legendary fuzz circuits of the '60s: the Tone Bender and the Fuzz Face. This 2nd version is a complete redesign of the original…Click on the title for more

Fjord Fuzz Berserk V2

Pedal Update: Coppersound Telegraph V2

The circuit of the original Coppersound Triplegraph v2 (an autostutter and killswitch pedal) is embedded in the company's monster Triplegraph pedal released in collaboration with Jack White of Third Man Records. The new version of the Telegraph is a full redesign with some nifty new features. While the new design…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Coppersound Telegraph V2

Blue Colander Crooked Axis Boost/Drive/Fuzz

The Blue Colander Crooked Axis is a pedal that belongs squarely in the increasingly trendy "multipurpose gain device" category, able as it is to deliver tones ranging from boost all the way to fuzz. The circuit is based on the Colorsound Power Boost, which is reflected in the top three…Click on the title for more

Blue Colander Crooked Axis Boost/Drive/Fuzz

Catalinbread Soft Focus Reverb

Guitarists with shoegazing tendencies (for the unaware, "shoegaze" is a musical genre featuring cascades of heavily reverberated distorted guitars) should take a look at the Catalinbread Soft Focus, a reverb + modulation pedal based on some algorithms of the Yamaha FX500, a digital rack effect of the late '80s that…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Soft Focus Reverb

5 New Maestro Pedals

We were all expecting some more pedals in the Maestro line, recently revived by Gibson, in particular a phaser, since the company's Maestro PS-1 Phase Shifter was the very first phaser pedal ever created! Our expectations were met with the addition of five new circuits to the previous five. Priced…Click on the title for more

5 New Maestro Pedals

Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Dual Drive

Klon Centaur overdrives and Dumble amps are among the rarest pieces of guitar gear out there, and therefore also the most cloned. The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium gives you both sonic flavors in a dual, stackable overdrive - with an extra voicing for the Dumble side and plenty of tweakability.…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Dual Drive

Cunningham Amps Dual Range Fuzz

The Cunningham Amps Dual Range Fuzz is a high-end, hand-wired Tone Bender-inspired circuit made in New Zealand. The circuit is based on the MK 1.6 of the venerable vintage fuzz, but the clipping transistor diode is customizable with these options, each hand selected and tested: Germanium (premium select NOS devices)…Click on the title for more

Cunningham Amps Dual Range Fuzz