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Delicious Audio Stompbox Booth at Summer NAMM 2021

We are excited to share the news that on July 15-16 we will be back in action with our Delicious Audio Stompbox Booth after a long pause, at Nashville's Summer NAMM 2021! We'll be there with not one, not two, but... 19 boards by small, medium and big builders -…Click on the title for more

Delicious Audio Stompbox Booth at Summer NAMM 2021

ChiralityAudio Splinter Drive

A dirt box by Italo-Irish pedal company ChiralityAudio, Splinter is a hand-made 3-knob (Drive/Level/Tone) Tube Screamer 808-inspired overdrive with a host of tweaking options, mostly affecting the lower end. The tweaking happens through two 3-way toggle switches. The one on the right delivers three different amounts of low end, with…Click on the title for more

ChiralityAudio Splinter Drive

Moustache Audio Razor Boost/Fuzz

Moustached people are rarely boring, and pedal builder Moustache Audio keeps faith to that trait with pedal circuits that defy expectations. Their Razor is a boost that also double as... fuzz, using only two knobs and two toggle switches. The Gain knob delivers a wide range of tones from clean…Click on the title for more

Moustache Audio Razor Boost/Fuzz

Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat Granular Synth / Sample Playback

The Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat is a hand-made Granular Synthesizer / Sample Playback pedal built-in Bergen, Norway. The company is known for its DIY workshops. A lighter version of the DIY kit FORM2, the Fabrikat features 16 algorithms focusing on granular synthesis and modified sample playback, including time stretching, pitch shifting with time…Click on the title for more

Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat Granular Synth / Sample Playback

Best New Guitar Pedal Releases | June 2021

The time has come for a glance at the best new guitar pedal releases of the previous month (in this case, June 2021). We organize these monthly article in two lists: gain and non-gain releases. Lists from previous months can be found here. We organized the pedals in the interactive…Click on the title for more

Best New Guitar Pedal Releases | June 2021

Wrought Iron Effects Sting Overdrive

Based in Amery, Winsconsin, Wrought Iron Effects is one of those custom guitar gear builders that isn't shy to try all sorts of new things, from effects hosted in vintage radio enclosures to straps for vegetarians that look just like leather. The Excalibur-themed Sting Overdrive is probably one of the…Click on the title for more

Wrought Iron Effects Sting Overdrive

Foxgear T7E Baby Stereo Echo

Born from a collaboration between Italian boutique builders Guru Amps and Baroni Lab, Foxgear has so far been releasing compact pedals with a lower price tag and broader commercial appeal. The new T7E Baby is a stereo, Binson Echorec inspired echo that represents a return to more tweakable and large…Click on the title for more

Foxgear T7E Baby Stereo Echo

BJPress BlueTonic Bluesdrive Overdrive

The BJPress BlueTonic Bluesdrive Overdrive is a simple three-knob overdrive with a toggles switch that tightens up the sound and delivers more gain in the right position. As you may have gathered from the name, this Korean, hand-made stompbox targets blues guitarists with its wide range punchy tone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNuz3HBhSxg BlueTonic…Click on the title for more

BJPress BlueTonic Bluesdrive Overdrive

Upcoming Pedal: LPD Pedals Cascade Reverb

R.J.Ronquillo and Edge of Breakup just poted this tease video of a new pedal by Arizona's LPD Pedals, the Cascade Reverb. This simple 4-knob pedal (featuring a useful pre-delay knob) doesn't have a web page on the builder's website yet. Here are the two videos of the LPD Pedals Cascade…Click on the title for more

Upcoming Pedal: LPD Pedals Cascade Reverb

Win a Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water through Perfect Circuit

Canadian pedal manufacturer Fairfield Circuitry has built a stellar reputation for stompboxes that are at once creative, great-sounding, cool-looking and reliable. This week our affiliate pedal store Perfect Circuit (an online shop specializing in boutique pedals and all sorts of synths with a gorgeous store near LA), is offering a…Click on the title for more

Win a Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water through Perfect Circuit

Retroactive Pedals Diving Bell Delay

The Diving Bell by Nashville's Retroactive Pedals is a compact delay pedal optimized for psychedelic use, which is why it made our list of the Best Psychedelic Delay Pedals, but can also deliver a more classic and commonly adopted slapback effect. Unlike other creative echos, this is not a complicated…Click on the title for more

Retroactive Pedals Diving Bell Delay

TC Electronic MojoMojo Paul Gilbert Edition

known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr. Big and voted number 4 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time", Paul Gilbert has long been a fan of TC Electronic's affordable MojoMojo overdrive. The Danish builder took the…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic MojoMojo Paul Gilbert Edition