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Orange Amps Sustain

The Orange Vintage Series Sustain Pedal is a high-quality reissue of a vintage and long-discontinued pedal by the UK amp manufacturer, rediscovered thanks to a photo in a message board, together with two other devices.... Click on the title for more

Orange Amps Sustain

Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

Boutique pedal builders Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard (respectively from Charlotte, NC and Portland, OR) just unveiled a very original take on the fuzz + delay pedal, called the Hell Horse.... Click on the title for more

Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic

Syd Barret was not your regular electric guitarist - or human being for that matter. His songwriting and guitar work in Pink Floyd's 1967 debut album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" represent some of the most imaginative and "out there" work in Rock'n'Roll history, and ended up defining the psychedelic rock of that decade. The ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic is a pedal that emulates the sound of Barret's amp of choice: the Selmer Treble and Bass 50.... Click on the title for more

ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic

Pedal Update: T-Rex Replica Stereo Delay

The new T-Rex Replica brings back a legendary circuit, makes it stereo, and adds a new, modern mode.... Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: T-Rex Replica Stereo Delay

Best New Pedal Released in September 2022

September 2022 was in some way a historic month in the pedalverse: it was the month when the BOSS DS-1 got a makeover AND when the Electro Harmonix Big Muff became a plugin/controller/audio interface! ... Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Released in September 2022

Advanced Echos: The Most Inspiring Delay Pedals in 2023

Delay is one of the effects for guitar that more easily lends itself to creative use. On top of that, it works well with pretty much any other effect, from modulation to reverb, pitch-shifting, filter and even distortion and fuzz.... Click on the title for more

Advanced Echos: The Most Inspiring Delay Pedals in 2023

Win an Elektron Model:Samples

We’ve got one last synth giveaway linke to our Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, for all the musicians out there who like to think outside the box in term of drun sounds and grooves.... Click on the title for more

Win an Elektron Model:Samples

MXR FOD Drive

MXR has been releasing a string of well-received overdrive pedals in the last couple of years, and the FOD Drive shows a continued interest in developing this trend.... Click on the title for more

MXR FOD Drive

CopperSound Gravity Bomb V2

The CopperSound Gravity Bomb V2 updates the original mini boost by adding a Mid-enhance toggle that allows to boost lower mids (750 Hz) mids or mid mids (1 kHz) - ore neither in the center position.... Click on the title for more

CopperSound Gravity Bomb V2

CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz

Sporting a circuit inspired by the Tone Bender MK1.5, the CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz is a simple mini-fuzz with a Bias toggle that allows to choose between two different bias voltages, delivering slightly different tone.... Click on the title for more

CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz

The Brooklyn Pedal & Synth Expo Brings Gear-Partying Back to NYC

This past weekend, the Brooklyn Synth and Pedal Expo returned for the first time after the COVID-19 lockdowns, and it filled our hearts to see that many NYC musicians are still into gear-partying!... Click on the title for more

The Brooklyn Pedal & Synth Expo Brings Gear-Partying Back to NYC

Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Drive

The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword is an op-amp based drive circuit where cascaded gain stages allow for tones ranging from clean boost to dynamic distortion to massively clipped fuzz, all with serious output volume available for driving the front end of an amp.... Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Drive