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Death By Audio Germanium Filter

The Germanium Filter, by our friends at Death By Audio, is uncharacteristically low on controls, but as noisy a pedal as the NYC company has gotten us used to. Inspired by the "ripped speaker" type of fuzz loved by the seekers of impure and corrupt tone, the Germanium Filter offers…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Germanium Filter

JCA Texas Flood Boost/Overdrive

The JCA Texas Flood is a high-quality boost/overdrive pedal hand-made in Germany that encapsulates the sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan - or, as some say, it's an "SRV in a box." The reference tone for this stompbox is obviously the guitarist's debut album reference in its name, considered by many…Click on the title for more

JCA Texas Flood Boost/Overdrive

Walrus Audio Fathom Reverb

On the heels of the successful release of the Arp 87 Delay, Walrus Audio just unveiled the Fathom, a multi-function reverb + modulation built on the same form factor. Featuring four modes (Hall, Plate, Lo-Fi and Sonar, which is a reverb with added octaves for that famous "shimmering" effect), this…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Fathom Reverb

Wonderful Audio Apex Distortion

The Wonderful Audio Apex is a distortion pedal that started as a RAT-based circuit and ended up becoming its own (still vaguely ratty) thing. The original idea was to experiment with the vintage RAT's LM308 chip. A JFET front-end gain stage was then added to recreate the effect you get…Click on the title for more

Wonderful Audio Apex Distortion

Tone Cloud Tone Snifter Fuzz

Hand-wired in Melbourne, Australia, the Tone Cloud Tone Snifter is inspired by the VOX Tone Bender fuzz, the Italian version of the circuit with a distinctly different sound from the more popular British version. But it's a lot more than that. The vintage unit's two germanium transistors were replaced by…Click on the title for more

Tone Cloud Tone Snifter Fuzz

Glowfly Retroflect LoFi Tape Sim

The Glowfly Retroflect LoFi Tape Sim is a fun looking pedal that recreates analog cassette tape sounds, lofi textures and analog artifacts, with a Saturation knob delivering tape-style soft clipping on the high-frequencies, and a pitch modulation that's controlled directly by the input volume. The Wow knob adjusts modulation sensitivity,…Click on the title for more

Glowfly Retroflect LoFi Tape Sim

Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

The Canadian folks at Tubesteader don't mess around with the build of their pedals, maybe also because they like to fit them with rather fragile tubes to deliver the best possible tone. The Sunkeeper, a dual-channel preamp/overdrive recreating the sound of the Orange amps, is the third stompbox in the…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

New Pedal: Pigtronix Emanator Analog Delay

Sometimes the resurfacing of a specific chip previously unavailable inspires pedal builders to release new stompboxes. In the case of the Pigtronix Emanator, it's an analog delay based on legendary high-voltage MN3005 BBD chips that were out of production since the mid-'80s. The high voltage allows this mini, limited edition analog…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Pigtronix Emanator Analog Delay

Flattley Nirvana Analog Delay

The Flattley Nirvana Analog Delay is a pedal built by hand by a family-run business based in Gloucestershire, England, with all processes and manufacturing assembly done within a 30-mile radius in Gloucestershire, with the aim to keep our carbon footprint as small as possible. Featuring top-notch components and, needless to…Click on the title for more

Flattley Nirvana Analog Delay

Best New Pedals of 2022 | April Edition

It's always interesting to look back at what happened in the recent past to take stock of the state of the "pedalverse," and that's exactly what this monthly appointment focused on new releases is here for. We can say without the shade of a doubt that April 2022 was not…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2022 | April Edition

Polarbear Effects Ascender Fuzz/Delay/Bitcrusher

The Polarbear Effects Ascender is the newly released delay twin of the Croatian company's Drowner, hence a creative fuzz/bitcrusher/delay multi-effect guitar pedal. These two siblings look a helluva lot like each other. The fuzz, a heavy one, is of the Silicon kind, and it's first in the chain and has…Click on the title for more

Polarbear Effects Ascender Fuzz/Delay/Bitcrusher

Polarbear Effects Drowner Fuzz/Bitcrusher/Reverb

Croatian pedal builder Polarbear Effects sure likes to mix things up a little. The two stompboxes on the company's roster are very creative devices wisely blending several circuits, with the goal of creating very musical and unique effects. Enter the new Drowner, a fuzz/bitcrusher/shimmery reverb. The circuit starts with a…Click on the title for more

Polarbear Effects Drowner Fuzz/Bitcrusher/Reverb