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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

Red Witch Empress Deus Stereo Chorus

The original Red Witch Empress Chorus is one of the first stereo devices of this kind and was used exclusively by Andy Summers for all chorus sounds during the Police reunion in 2007.... Click on the title for more

Red Witch Empress Deus Stereo Chorus

New Pedal: Oopegg Compressor OCP-1

High-end Japanese guitar maker Oopegg just unveiled a line of pedals called Super Retro Series comprised of three products: a compressor, a reverb, and a fuzz. In this post, we’ll focus on the Oopegg Compressor OCP-1.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Oopegg Compressor OCP-1

Gear Ant YellowJacket Dual Distortion

There seems to be some consensus among guitarists that, in the new millennium, having just one dirt box won't cut it. Hence, the proliferation of dual gain pedals. The Yellow Jacket is the take on this format of up and coming builder Gear Ant's, a dual distortion circuit that stacks the voicings of the 1978 MXR Distortion plus (right side) and the 1977 DOD 250 grey box (left side). ... Click on the title for more

Gear Ant YellowJacket Dual Distortion