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Win 3 Awesome Pedals + a D’Addario board and Voodoo Lab PSU! [ENDED}

Pedal giveaways are back, and this week we have one for you in pastel colors - and black!... Click on the title for more

Win 3 Awesome Pedals + a D’Addario board and Voodoo Lab PSU! [ENDED}

Spun Loud Effects Litigator Overdrive

We've been talking about the "Beano Tone" a few weeks ago in relation to this pedal, the warm yet edgy sound that became the signature of Eric Clapton early sound when he was playing with the Blues Breakers. The Spun Loud Effects Litigator Overdrive gives us another opportunity to check out that sound.... Click on the title for more

Spun Loud Effects Litigator Overdrive

Sitek Phasia Phaser

Poland's Sitek is an emerging pedal builder to keep your eyes (and ears) on, as they are releasing increasingly interesting hand-built pedals. The Phasia is a phaser with some interesting features.... Click on the title for more

Sitek Phasia Phaser

Fairfield Circuitry Hors d’Oeuvre? Active Feedback Loop

The Fairfield Circuitry Hors d'Oeuvre? is a simple yet clever active feedback loop pedal that lets you insert, trigger and blend-in a separate chain of effects, and also feed that signal back into itself (through the Feed knob) for some out-there ambient effects.... Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Hors d’Oeuvre? Active Feedback Loop

Suguru Big Katsu Distortion

Notwithstanding its fun Japanese snack theme, the Suguru Big Katsu Distortion is a pedal made for rather tense musical styles: a high-gain distortion delivering - to quote the manufacturer - "crunchy and thick tones reminiscent of post-rock or shoegaze styles"!... Click on the title for more

Suguru Big Katsu Distortion

Crazy Tube Circuits Crossfire Dual Overdrive

The Crazy Tube Circuits Crossfire is a pedal that puts the Tubescreamer + Fender Blackface tone at the tip of your toes.... Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Crossfire Dual Overdrive

New Pedal: Master Effects Transmission V2 Preamp/EQ

Basssists (and also guitarists) obsessed with Joy Division and New Order should rejoice! The Master Effects Transmission Preamp is based on the preamp circuit found in the vintage Yamaha BB1200 basses utilized by Peter Hook, who played in both bands.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Master Effects Transmission V2 Preamp/EQ

Victory V4 Copper Preamp

The Victory Amps V4 Copper is a tube preamp pedal made in the UK that can take over the preamp section of your amp (as long as it has an FX loop).... Click on the title for more

Victory V4 Copper Preamp

Wilson Effects Mordant Fuzz V2

The Wilson Effects Mordant is a variant of the Baldwin-Burns Buzzaround Fuzz, one of the lesser-known historic fuzz circuits, but it still inspires plenty of boutique builders and musicians with its tight low-end, mid bump, and prolonged sustain.... Click on the title for more

Wilson Effects Mordant Fuzz V2

Screwed Circuitz Irvine’s Fuzz

Hailing from Montreal, the Screwed Circuits Irvine's Fuzz is an aggressive, creative unusual fuzz with some peculiar features.... Click on the title for more

Screwed Circuitz Irvine’s Fuzz

Best New Pedals of 2022 | March Edition

March 2022 marked the reawakening of major digital pedal releases, after a very quiet beginning of the year dominated by analog releases mostly concentrated in the boutique dirt-box niche.... Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2022 | March Edition

DSM & Humboldt Silver Linings Overdrive

The Silver Linings Overdrive is the first collaboration between DSM & Humboldt outside the uber-popular amp-simulating Simplifier line (launched at our own NAMM 2019 Stompbox Booth), which brought the two Chilean companies to the forefront of the amp/cab modeler scene.... Click on the title for more

DSM & Humboldt Silver Linings Overdrive