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Sonicake Blue Skreamer Overdrive

The Sonicake Blue Skreamer is a mini overdrive pedal with two voices: you surely guessed the first one (tube screamer), but you may not have guessed the second one, voiced after a Dumble Special Overdrive amp.... Click on the title for more

Sonicake Blue Skreamer Overdrive

PRS Guitars Mary Cries Optical Compressor

Just like some immortal studio rack units (read, LA-2A, the source of inspiration) the PRS Guitars Mary Cries Optical Compressor only has two knobs: Output Gain and Compression. It was unveiled together with two other pedals in a release that represented the guitar builder's entry into the pedal market.... Click on the title for more

PRS Guitars Mary Cries Optical Compressor

TC Electronic Impulse IR Loader

The TC Electronic Impulse IR Loader is a mini Cab simulator that comes with 25 factory presets and can upload (via USB) another 74 Impulse Responses, for a total of 99. 12 of the 25 presets were curated by Celestion.... Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Impulse IR Loader

Caline CP-81 10 Band EQ

Made in China, the Caline CP-81 10 Band EQ is a simple and very affordable graphic EQ stompbox (with an overdrive "twist") that provides 10 bands at the competitive price of just over $50.... Click on the title for more

Caline CP-81 10 Band EQ

Ground Control Bread Oath Overdrive

The Ground Control Bread Oath is a new overdrive by the Montreal boutique builder best known for giving guitarists of the world the unique EQ pedal Noodles.... Click on the title for more

Ground Control Bread Oath Overdrive

Rainger FX Break Box

Guitar pedals can do a lot more than what we are used to, and London-based David Rainger has always shown an interest in expanding the stompboxes' functionality (and shape) in new and intriguind directions. Enter the Rainger FX Break Box, an asymmetrical fuzz pedal that does a bunch of crazy things, including scratching!... Click on the title for more

Rainger FX Break Box

Win a Strymon Riverside [ENDED]

We have one last giveaway linked to the LA Synth and Pedal Expo, which brought over 1800 gear lovers to a venue near Echo Park on the 21st and 22nd of January.... Click on the title for more

Win a Strymon Riverside [ENDED]

Glowfly Hymnosis Octave / Delay / Reverse / Freeze

The Glowfly Hymnosis is a new stompable device by a UK-based builder specializing in creative effects with a psychedelic angle - perfectly reflected in the company's gorgeous pedal graphics.... Click on the title for more

Glowfly Hymnosis Octave / Delay / Reverse / Freeze

TWA SH9 Distortion (Scott Henderson signature)

New Jersey's TWA is mostly known for their filter and synth pedals, but their new stompbox, the SH9, is actually an evolution of a classic distortion pedal, the Maxon SD9 - an acronym for "Sonic Destruction."... Click on the title for more

TWA SH9 Distortion (Scott Henderson signature)

Bleak District Electric Antistatic Fuzz + Micro-Looper

The Bleak District Electric Antistatic is a quirky compact pedal hailing from the UK that blends a fuzz circuit with a micro-looper more apt at crating glitchy effects than actual loops.... Click on the title for more

Bleak District Electric Antistatic Fuzz + Micro-Looper

Maestro Mariner Tremolo

The Maestro Mariner Tremolo belongs to the second batch of pedals released by Gibson under the line named after the venerable Maestro brand, makers of some of the very early vintage stompboxes.... Click on the title for more

Maestro Mariner Tremolo

Pedal Update: Nordvang Wingman V2.0

Nordvang is a Norwegian company that seems focused on building high-quality dual-channel overdrives in which at least one side is a Klon-style circuit. The Nordvang Wingman V2 is the updated version of the one pedal in the company's roster that features two of them, so it's technically a dual Klone.... Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Nordvang Wingman V2.0