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Emerald Ox FX Chimeric Percolator

The Emerald Ox FX Chimeric Percolator is a handmade pedal that addresses the quandary of "perfecting the Harmonic Percolator circuit" in a peculiar way. Rather than arbitrarily deciding what the best sound is for this famously sonically unreliable vintage circuit, the builder, after comparing the varying tone of several units,…Click on the title for more

Emerald Ox FX Chimeric Percolator

Updated Pedal: Jam Pedals Rattler Mk.2 Distortion

The Jam Pedals Rattler Mk.2 is an updated version of the company's highly regarded RAT-style distortion pedal. While Mk 1 featured the legendary (and now almost impossible to find) LM308 chip found in the vintage RATs, for this new version the Jam team designed their own custom op-amp that delivers…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Jam Pedals Rattler Mk.2 Distortion

ThorpyFX The W.O.P.R. Muff + Treblebooster

Guru pedal designer Adrian Thorpy of ThorpyFx has a page on his company's website dedicated to his "Special Projects," gathering all the brand's one-offs, special runs, or Charity donation devices. The WOPR is a pedal created for a friend that wanted to have a (Triangle Muff-style) Thorpy Fallout Cloud and…Click on the title for more

ThorpyFX The W.O.P.R. Muff + Treblebooster

Empress Heavy Menace Distortion

At first glance, the Empress Heavy Menace seems like a pedal that might win the contest for "most tweakable distortion pedal in a compact case." Also, it looks very cool, notwithstanding its demonic references! An evolution in compact case of the company's popular Heavy pedal, the Heavy Menace could be…Click on the title for more

Empress Heavy Menace Distortion

New Pedal: Iceberg Effects Frits Stereo Time Modulator

For such a small country (although densely populated, with its 18 million souls), the Netherlands is extremely good at producing Olympic medal-winning athletes, but not so much at manufacturing guitar pedals - something its 6-million-shy neighbor Denmark excels at, for example. However, Eindhoven's Iceberg Effects is here to change that…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Iceberg Effects Frits Stereo Time Modulator

MTL KnobSession ’24: Jeu concours | Giveaway! (Canada Residents Only)

Pour célébrer le prochain Knob Session (c'est gratuit, RSVP ici !), le nouveau salon de pédales, synthés et instruments modulaires de Montréal, nous nous sommes associés au distributeur canadien SFM pour offrir aux amateurs de pédales d'effets des cadeaux d'une valeur de plus de 1 200 $ !Click on the title for more

MTL KnobSession ’24: Jeu concours | Giveaway! (Canada Residents Only)

$Diffractor Soundings Arboretum Stereo Tremolo$

The Diffractor Soundings Arboretum is a tweaker's dream stereo tremolo. This not exactly compact stompbox might as well redefine versatility within the tremolo nice. Inside, a unique digital LFO circuit offers a plethora of waveforms to modulate your 100% analog input signal. The "Mode" feature elevates this pedal to new…Click on the title for more

Diffractor Soundings Arboretum Stereo Tremolo

PRS Guitars Wind Through The Trees

In the video below, Paul Smith Reed himself premiered the first PRS Guitar pedals on the market: the Wind Through The Trees, a dual analog flanger. The two flanger circuits are placed in parallel and each feature controls for Manual, Depth and Rate, and are then sent to a Mix…Click on the title for more

PRS Guitars Wind Through The Trees

Echo Fix EF-P2 Real Spring Reverb

The Echo Fix EF-P2 is the latest release in the rather restricted niche of real spring reverb pedals, i.e. stompboxes utilizing the spring + tank technology found in the reverbs embedded in vintage amps like the Fender Deluxe. The Australian company was already well-known for its authentic (and not exactly…Click on the title for more

Echo Fix EF-P2 Real Spring Reverb

Collector//Emitter & Mask Audio Electronics Cascader

The Cascader is the second collaborative pedal by pedal YouTuber collector//emitter and Mask Audio (after the Part Garden Dual Fuzz). This is an aggressive fuzz inspired by Devi Ever and EHX circuits, combining a smooth fuzz with a low gain gated fuzz to conjure a dense yet tight mix of…Click on the title for more

Collector//Emitter & Mask Audio Electronics Cascader

Updated Pedal: Thorpy FX Camoflange Flanger MkII

After delivering, in collaboration with legendary effect designer Dan Coggins of Lovepedal, the Deep Oggin Chorus in 2018 to widespread acclaim, UK's Thorpy FX doubled down on that collaboration with another modulation pedal: the Camoflange, an original circuit inspired (at least in part) by the vintage Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress. The…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Thorpy FX Camoflange Flanger MkII

Collision Devices Crushturnal

The Collision Devices Crushturnal is the latest inspiring device by a French pedal brand that has gotten us accustomed to delivering complex yet intuitive creative effects. Available for preorder, it will ship in the 2nd half of June 2024. Inspired by the glitch created by clock change on digital processors…Click on the title for more

Collision Devices Crushturnal