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Jackson Audio Asabi Mateus Asato Signature Modular Distortion/Overdrive

In the traditionally "analog obsessed" niche of dirt box builders, Texas' Jackson Audio is one of the few pedal companies out there that's been pushing that format's envelope in a direction that incorporates digital innovation. The company's latest pedal, called Asabi, is a Mateus Asato signature pedal that features two…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio Asabi Mateus Asato Signature Modular Distortion/Overdrive

Mastro Valvola LEM Ambient Delay/Reverb

Italian stompbox maestro Mastro Valvola unveiled the company's edgier device so far: the LEM (an acronym for Lysergic Emotion Module), a tap-tempo and preset enabled ambiance machine with 8 delay and reverb modes. Here's a graph that shows you all the modes, accessible through the Mode knob: As you can see…Click on the title for more

Mastro Valvola LEM Ambient Delay/Reverb

CKK Scream Honey Overdrive

Several pedals by the folks at CKK/Sinvertek have been getting ringing endorsements from several YouTube "celebrities" (the N5+ Drive in particular), and the new CKK Scream Honey Overdrive can already count on an extremely positive video review by Pete Thorn. This limited edition overdrive is completely hand-soldered and created with…Click on the title for more

CKK Scream Honey Overdrive

Heather Brown Blessed Mother: The Fuzz Assumption

Just in time for Mother's Day, Reverb.com and Heather Brown Electronicals are giving YOU an excuse to buy YOURSELF a new pedal! We are sure your mother will be stoked about this!!! Silly jokes aside, the Blessed Mother: The Fuzz Assumption is a joint limited edition of a fuzzed-up version…Click on the title for more

Heather Brown Blessed Mother: The Fuzz Assumption

Colombo Audio Eruption Plexi Overdrive/Distortion

The death of Eddie Van Halen in October of 2020 has spurred a series of guitar gear releases dedicated to the influential musician. Italian Colombo Audio Electronics' way to pay tribute to the legend was to design a Plexi-style pedal inspired by the guitar tone in the first six Van…Click on the title for more

Colombo Audio Eruption Plexi Overdrive/Distortion

The Pedal Movie Exclusive: JHS Morning Glory Throwback (LTD Edition)

Reverb.com and JHS Pedals just announced a limited edition version of the Bluesbreaker-inspired JHS Morning Glory Overdrive (you can buy it here), a pedal so dear to Josh H. Scott that he dedicated an entire episode of the company's YouTube show to it (streaming below). The release is linked to…Click on the title for more

The Pedal Movie Exclusive: JHS Morning Glory Throwback (LTD Edition)

KMA Audio Machines Cirrus Delay / Reverb

German emerging builder KMA Audio Machines just unveiled a new "spacial machine" called Cirrus. The device appears to be a Tap Tempo enabled Delay + Reverb with Modulation, Octave and Filter options heavy in features (and knobs, and switches...) so, for efficiency's sake, for now we'll just paste here the…Click on the title for more

KMA Audio Machines Cirrus Delay / Reverb

CeriaTone Horse Breaker Dual Overdrive

Ceriatone makes one of the best-regarded Klon Centaur clones (the Centura), and the Horse Breaker marries that same circuit with a Marshall Blues Breaker clone, for a dual overdrive match made in heaven. The two circuits have their own footswitches and can be played separately or together (a toggle switch…Click on the title for more

CeriaTone Horse Breaker Dual Overdrive

Best New Pedals | April 2021 Edition

At the beginning of each month we look back at the best releases of the previous 30-day period with the publication of a "Best New Pedals" article - welcome to the April edition! You can see the March 2021 piece here. The fourth month of 2021 wasn't particularly prolific as…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals | April 2021 Edition

Reverb.com’s The Pedal Movie is Out!

Guitar pedals were kind to Reverb.com, and vice-versa. Founded in 2013, the online marketplace became almost overnight the place where stompbox lovers could research and trade new and used effects pedals. The sleek online portal looked like it was built for that very specific niche of the market featuring high-quality videos…Click on the title for more

Reverb.com’s The Pedal Movie is Out!

Electronic Audio Experiments 0xEAE Boost

Boston's Electronic Audio Experiments just came out with a striking-looking new pedal called 0xEAE Boost designed in collaboration with design collective Obstructures. Although it's presented as a booster, this device is more than just that, and definitely not a clean one: with its discrete op-amp gain stage pushed by a…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments 0xEAE Boost

Vertex Boost MKII

Vertex Effects just unveiled V2 of their clean boost pedal simply named "Boost MKII." 33% slimmer than its predecessor, the Boost MKII is a high-end one-knob device that delivers up to 16dB of transparent gain, compatible with both line and instrument-level signals. The simple layout doesn't show the noteworthy engineering…Click on the title for more

Vertex Boost MKII