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Colombo Utopia Overdrive

The Colombo Utopia is a 3-voice hand made overdrive hailing from Italy.... Click on the title for more

Colombo Utopia Overdrive

Sonicake VolWah Wah + Volume Pedal

The Sonicake VolWah is an affordable, Chinese mini wah/volume that does the job and that’s very popular on Amazon or eBay. Its active circuit prevents Impedance incompatibility issues with other finicky pedals like fuzzes. The case is made of plastic but doesn't feel flimsy.... Click on the title for more

Sonicake VolWah Wah + Volume Pedal

Minotaur Sonic Terrors Swamp Lord Fuzz

Minotaur Sonic Terrors Swamp Lord A variant of the Electro Harmonix V2 Big Muff Pi “Ram’s Head” (1973-1977), the Minotaur Sonic Terrors Swamp Lord is a pedal that can deliver a wide variety of dirty tones, beyond fuzz.... Click on the title for more

Minotaur Sonic Terrors Swamp Lord Fuzz

Pedal Pawn Texan Twang Overdrive

TWA Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer

TWA Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer New Jersey's TWA (an acronym for Totally Wicked Audio) unveiled the Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer, a midrange booster with adjustable gain based on the vintage Systech Harmonic Energizer used by the likes of Frank Zappa, Greg Lake, Joe Walsh and other 70’s icons.... Click on the title for more

TWA Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer

New Pedal: BSM Black Box

BSM Black Box Designed by veteran stompbox engineer Bernd Meiser of BSM pedals, the Black Box is a treble booster variant inspired by the device used by AC/DC's Angus Young as a wireless system in front of his JTM amps: the Schaffer Vega Diversity System.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: BSM Black Box

Pigtronix Gamma Drive

In the pedal world, overdrives are a niche that is for the most part based on technology that's not particularly innovative, but the folks at Pigtronix have gotten us used to devices the push the technological envelope: their Gamma Drive does just that, through a circuit that features a unique mixture of germanium, LED and silicon diodes that deliver natural saturation that increasingly breaks up as the player's dynamics get heavier.... Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Gamma Drive

New Pedal: Zander Circuitry Cafetiere V4 Distrofuzz

Zander Circuitry Cafetiere Distrofuzz UK's Zander Circuitry is one of the few truly boutique builders who is churning out pedals that can compete in advanced functionality with the more established builders like JHS or Walrus Audio, and the Cafetiere Distrofuzz V2 is here to prove it: it's an 8 mode, analog fuzz/distortion pedal with tone and starve knobs and an extra boost footswitch with separate level control. All in a compact box. Impressive.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Zander Circuitry Cafetiere V4 Distrofuzz

Mojo Hand FX Sericon K-Style Overdrive

The Sericon, by Mojo Hand FX, is a device that inserts itself in the Klone saga with a highly tweakable take on the most coveted of overdrive circuits.... Click on the title for more

Mojo Hand FX Sericon K-Style Overdrive

New Pedal: Intensive Care Audio Recovery Phase/Tremolo

The Intensive Care Audio Recovery Phase is a new dual phaser/tremolo pedal by one of the coolest new British boutique pedal builder, weaned by what's one of the quirkiest and out of the box stompbox manufacturers to date, Rainger FX.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Intensive Care Audio Recovery Phase/Tremolo

JHS Muffaletta Muff-Style Fuzz

JHS-Pedals-Muffuletta-0003[1] One of the oldest and most beloved guitar pedals of all time is the Big Muff, a fuzz pedal introduced by Electro-Harmonix decades ago. This revered stompbox has certainly stood the test of time, and has seen a number of variations on the original design. If you love all those different versions, you should pay attention to Missouri based manufacturer JHS, since the folks who work there have created a truly amazing pedal in the Muffuletta, which contains 5 (yes, FIVE!) of the most beloved Big Muff designs into one pedal with an amazingly small footprint.... Click on the title for more

JHS Muffaletta Muff-Style Fuzz

Pedal Review: Analog Man Mini Chorus

Analog Man's Mini Chorus pedal is a fabulously warm, shimmery chorus with a distinct voice. Sure, digital chorus pedals offer more versatility for your money, not to mention crystalline clarity, but if you've got the means and you're looking for a vintage sound you could pick out of a lineup, you should track down the Mini Chorus.... Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: Analog Man Mini Chorus