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Mythos Air Lane Drive (Novo Guitars collab)

The Mythos Air Lane Drive is a limited edition, stripped-down, dual overdrive pedal built in collaboration with Nashville's Novo Guitars. The two channels have their own footswitch and gain knob and are based around the same single transistor topology, each slightly tweaked, including hard-clipping diode arrangements made to optimize stacking.…Click on the title for more

Mythos Air Lane Drive (Novo Guitars collab)

NRG Effects Mauler Fuzz

The NRG Effects Mauler is a high-end, vintage-voiced fuzz built by one-man pedal builder Neil R. Grimes from England's East Sussex, a man of many hats (live and studio musician, songwriter, trained luthier and musical instrument technician). The Mauler takes the classic, aggressive but somewhat thin tone of the vintage…Click on the title for more

NRG Effects Mauler Fuzz

Matthews Effects The Surgeon Delay

The Matthews Effects The Surgeon Delay is a fully-featured, mono, multi-mode compact delay offering 8 algorithms organized in four groups of two (EQ, Modulation, Auto-Filter and Dual) and editable through a new PC and Mac app launched together with the pedal. Packing in a compact case all the features found…Click on the title for more

Matthews Effects The Surgeon Delay

New Pedal: MTL Assembly Too Positive Stereo Drive

The MTL Assembly Too Positive is a minor release from the Quebec-based creator of the Count to 5, but still a uniquely useful device for guitarists on a mission to build a full stereo rig. The concept is not complicated, but rather underexplored: a stereo overdrive with 2 independent drive…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: MTL Assembly Too Positive Stereo Drive

Tape Audio Co. TWO Distortion

The Tape Audio Co. TWO is the second release from this small boutique builder whose first pedal, the ONE fuzz, turned heads and ears earlier in 2022. TWO is an original distortion circuit driven by two distortion/gain circuits blending a combination Germanium (pre stage) and Silicon (gain stage) transistors. A Master…Click on the title for more

Tape Audio Co. TWO Distortion

New Pedal: SNK Pedals Zodiacal Glow Dual Delay

The SNK Pedals Zodiacal Glow is a dual digital delay + filter + modulation pedal based on a semi-obsolete chip (the PT-2399) that seems to be an endless source of inspiration for creative pedal makers - so much so that, in this article about tape-style delay pedals, we have an…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: SNK Pedals Zodiacal Glow Dual Delay

UAFX Amp-In-A-Box Pedals

Through Sweetwater, Universal Audio has announced three new amp-in-a-box pedal additions to their UAFX line, currently available for preorder at $399 each. Like the previous three pedals in the series, these are multi-mode, studio-grade stompboxes with deep functionality and connectivity. Each pedal in the UAFX series allows you to bypass…Click on the title for more

UAFX Amp-In-A-Box Pedals

Fulltone CS Supa-Wah

Michael Fuller, owner and founder of Fulltone and proven trouble seeker, has been able to stay out of controversy for over two years now (way to go, Michael!), so we feel a little less bad about reporting on the company's new pedal, which undoubtedly looks like a very cool device:…Click on the title for more

Fulltone CS Supa-Wah

Colombo Audio Pulse Driver BK Butler-Style Drive

Hailing from Italy, the Colombo Audio Pulse Driver is a fully customizable overdrive inspired by the sound of the 1983 BK Butler combo amp, famously used by David Gilmour, Eric Johnson, Billy Gibbons and Joe Satriani among others. The pedal recreates that 12AX7 tube design without an actual tube, recreating…Click on the title for more

Colombo Audio Pulse Driver BK Butler-Style Drive

J. Rockett Mr. Moto Trem-Verb

Featured in many vintage amps of the '60s, tremolo and reverb were the very first mass-produced non-gain effects for electric guitar, and their combination, which became strictly tied to the sound of surf-rock, is still a favorite for many six-string players. J. Rockett Audio Designs unveiled a new pedal that…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett Mr. Moto Trem-Verb

Emmergy FX Unseen & Unspoken Fuzz+Reverb

Lovers of shoegazey walls of sounds and quirky effect pedals should check out the hand-made Emmergy FX Unseen & Unspoken, a dual fuzz + reverb pedal hailing from the UK with a sensitive big push pad in the middle for momentary effects. The controls are pretty standard with Volume and…Click on the title for more

Emmergy FX Unseen & Unspoken Fuzz+Reverb

Imperial Electrical Zeppelin

As you may have guessed from the name, the Imperial Electrical Zeppelin is an amp-in-a-box inspired by the immortal guitar sound of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, built by a new company hailing fron New Zealand founded by Ben Fulton of Red Witch Pedals. This pedal distills the sound of the…Click on the title for more

Imperial Electrical Zeppelin