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Best New Pedals of 2022 | January Edition

Hey, you didn't miss our Year-End Best Pedals of 2021 Aggregate List, did you? This article you are reading is about the best pedals released in January 2022.... Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2022 | January Edition

3Degrees Audio Bygones V3 Stereo Nostalgia

3Degrees Audio is the pedal company of Mark Seel, the dude who does most of the DSP programming at Chase Bliss Audio. The Bygones is the company's first release, a stereo, "nostalgic" multi-effect with presets that adds all sorts of degrading effects to your tone.... Click on the title for more

3Degrees Audio Bygones V3 Stereo Nostalgia

Stoy Fuzzmaster Fuzz

Stoy Sound is an emerging Danish pedal builder that, in early 2022, unveiled a line comprising 9 different pedals. The Fuzzmaster is a hybrid take on the Muff-style fuzz, with mods to increase versatility.... Click on the title for more

Stoy Fuzzmaster Fuzz

JPTR FX Jive Reel Saturator

Here's a video by Living Room Gear Demos of a pedal by a German company we weren't aware of, focused on creating noisy and edgy stompboxes.... Click on the title for more

JPTR FX Jive Reel Saturator

Zander Templo Stereo Multi-Reverb

Zander Templo Multi-Reverb Alex Millar at Zander Circuitry is one of the few really boutique builders releasing full-fledged multi-mode pedals in this day and age, and the Templo is his take on the fully stereo multiverb workstation.... Click on the title for more

Zander Templo Stereo Multi-Reverb

IK Multimedia X-Vibe Stereo Multi-Modulation Pedal

IK Multimedia, a multifaceted builder of tools for musicians, unveiled four new, multi-mode pedals powered by the algorithms of their popular audio plugin Amplitube. This post will take a closer look at the modulation pedal in this line, called X-Vibe.... Click on the title for more

IK Multimedia X-Vibe Stereo Multi-Modulation Pedal

Bardic Audio Devices HM Demon

Modal Effects Disruption Modular Pedal

Spruce Effects Yosemite Real Spring Reverb + Overdrive

Spruce Effects Yosemite Those determined to get an "Analog" spring reverb will realize, at some point, that the format requires more space than any other analog pedal - unless they are happy with a weird, vaguely reverb-like BBD-based effect. This is due to the fact that the only way to produce a good-sounding reverb without resorting to digital technology is by using an actual spring inside the pedal's case. That's how the Spruce Effects Yosemite works - but that's not all it does.... Click on the title for more

Spruce Effects Yosemite Real Spring Reverb + Overdrive

KMA Machines Chief Disruptor Fuzz

KMA Machines Chief Disruptor German pedal makers KMA Machines have increasingly been gravitating towards uber-tweakable devices (with a soft spot for toggle switches), and the Chief Disruptor (sold direct by Thomann) is their take on the uber-flexible, do-it-all Muff-style fuzz.... Click on the title for more

KMA Machines Chief Disruptor Fuzz

Maestro Fuzz Tone FZ-M

Among the new Maestro line reintroducing to the world the tones of the vintage Gibson pedals from the early '60s, the FZ-M fuzz is by far the one destined to arouse more curiosity, since it's inspired by the Maestro FZ-1, which was famously used by the Rolling Stones on the guitar riff for Satisfaction.... Click on the title for more

Maestro Fuzz Tone FZ-M

Crazy Tube Circuits Constellation

Crazy Tube Circuits Constellation The Crazy Tube Circuits Constellation is a multimode pedal of "anything Germanium" delivering voicings of fuzzes and boosters inspired by classic pedals.... Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Constellation