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Best Bass Pedals in 2023: Compressor, EQ, Fuzz, Chorus + more

[lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="decimalnested" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="h2,h4" skipHeadingText="A Buyer\'s Guide to the Best Bass Pedals|Related Delicious Audio Posts:"] Updated on 11.05.2021 While it's true that most of the stompbox-related fun is enjoyed by electric guitarists, there's still plenty of room for pedals specifically…Click on the title for more

Best Bass Pedals in 2023: Compressor, EQ, Fuzz, Chorus + more

Carl Martin Ottawa Optical Envelope Filter

Denmark's veteran boutique pedal builder Carl Martin released Ottawa, a 3-mode envelop filter powered by an optical circuit. A redesign of the company's previous auto-wah, the Ottawa offers deep control over the filters affected frequencies not only through the three-way filter toggle (High-Pass, By-Pass and Low Pass), but also through…Click on the title for more

Carl Martin Ottawa Optical Envelope Filter

Flattley Solaris Pro Fuzz

This rather gorgeous-looking high-end Big Muff-style fuzz with extra boost footswitch comes from Gloucester, UK's Flatley Pedals, and it's called Solaris Pro. The pedal shares the controls of its muse, but with a lot more gain added to the Sustain knob, so that the amount of distortion can be easily…Click on the title for more

Flattley Solaris Pro Fuzz

Win Hologram Microcosm, Modal Disruption + Hosa Cables! [ENDED]

Every now and then a pedal comes along that disrupts guitarists' minds (and finances). Well, to celebrate the return of our Los Angeles Synth & Pedal Expo (hosted this year in an outdoor environment), we are giving away TWO of them, the Hologram Microcosm (probably the most hyped new pedal right…Click on the title for more

Win Hologram Microcosm, Modal Disruption + Hosa Cables! [ENDED]

Vertex Steel String Supreme, D-Style Drive

D-Style overdrives - i.e. pedals recreating the tone of the legendary Dumble amps - are becoming so looked after that their buzz is currently getting very close to Klon Centaur levels. While several pedal builders focused their cloning "laser" on the most famous Dumble amp - the Overdrive Special -…Click on the title for more

Vertex Steel String Supreme, D-Style Drive

Crazy Tube Circuits Cyclone phaser

Greek pedal builder Crazy Tube Circuits just released the Cyclone, an analog, multi-mode, tap tempo-enabled phaser pedal that emulates four classic vintage phasers. The manufacturer took painstaking steps to faithfully reproduce the original units, adding then extra control function to increase the sonic and testural possibilities. Here's a list of…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Cyclone phaser

Jackson Audio Bloom V2 Compressor/EQ

In the last couple of years, innovation in the pedal realm has been mostly about fitting in a compact enclosure what in previous years would fit in larger cases. However, a handful of companies went beyond that goal, and Houston's Jackson Audio belongs to that shortlist. Their Bloom v2 can…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio Bloom V2 Compressor/EQ

Vaderin Pedals HP-X Harmonic Percolator-style Fuzz

Estimators of the vintage Harmonic Percolator now have a new option to get that venerable fuzz sound in their sonic arsenal: the Vaderin Pedals HP-X. Deceptively simple, this pedal offers the traditional two controls of the original plus a 3-way clipping switch. However, the two knobs (Harmonics/input and Balance/output) have…Click on the title for more

Vaderin Pedals HP-X Harmonic Percolator-style Fuzz

Win a Novation Circuit Tracks (LA Synth & Pedal Expo Promo) [ENDED]

Hello, knob-heads! To celebrate the upcoming, free, outdoors (!!!) Los Angeles Synth & Pedal Expo we are giving away this outstanding standalone groovebox from Novation, the Circuit Tracks, to the luckiest of our readers! With two refined polyphonic digital synth tracks, four drum tracks, creative FX and on-the-go capabilities, Circuit…Click on the title for more

Win a Novation Circuit Tracks (LA Synth & Pedal Expo Promo) [ENDED]

FC07 Flamma Drive Mini Overdrive

The Drive by Flamma is a simple, affordable, good-sounding mini-overdrive pedal with two voicings, accessible through a toggle switch. Warm mode recreates the warm, creamy and dynamic tone of a classic tube amplifier. Hot mod delivers more power with crunchier results. Hear the sound of the Flamma Drive in the…Click on the title for more

FC07 Flamma Drive Mini Overdrive

TC Electronic ZEUS Drive

Music Tribes' TC Electronic just unveiled another pedal from their new series of affordable mini-stompboxes, the ZEUS Drive, which, from the sound of it, seems to be at least in part intended to deliver Klon-style gain goodness at a decimal fraction of the cost. It's presented as a dynamic and…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic ZEUS Drive

Drolo Stamme[n] V4 Glitch Pedal

The Drolo Stamme is a rather unique, Belgium-made granular looper/creative reverb with Tap Tempo that's now in its fourth version. Featuring a rather simple user interface, the Stamme(n) packs 8 operational modes, which have : 4 LOOP MODES • ML (tap tempo micro looper) The length of the recording can…Click on the title for more

Drolo Stamme[n] V4 Glitch Pedal