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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. ... 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 was commonly used by the pioneers of that genre. ... 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.... Click on the title for more

5 New Maestro Pedals

Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Dual Drive

Cunningham Amps Dual Range Fuzz

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.... Click on the title for more

Cunningham Amps Dual Range Fuzz

New Pedal: Flamma Black Dist

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Source Audio True Spring Reverb

Crazy Tube Circuits Splash Reverb Mk IV

The Splash reverb series by Crazy Tube Circuits gains a new member with this 4th version presented at NAMM 2020.... Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Splash Reverb Mk IV

Nux Mini SCF (Stereo Chorus)

I'll have to admit that initially I didn't pay too much attention to the new mini pedals released by NUX, like the NUX Mini SCF. They seemed like the rehashing of Mooer models that came out in the early '10s. Then I realized something: these little babies are stereo! Did I ever see pedals this size in stereo, in particular at this price tag? Definitely not.... Click on the title for more

Nux Mini SCF (Stereo Chorus)

Anasounds Tape Preamp

Hailing from France, the Anasounds Tape Preamp is a simple 2-knob + 1 toggle device with a wide sonic range. ... Click on the title for more

Anasounds Tape Preamp

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin NYC's Electro-Harmonix is known for pushing the pedal effect envelope, but their latest release is something else entirely: the Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin is a software plugin that routes your DAW's signal via USB to an analog Muff pedal that also acts as a controller and headphone monitor.... Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Hardware Plugin