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Electronic Audio Experiments Sending V2 Analog Delay

Released in its first version in 2018, the Sending is Boston’s Electronic Audio Experiments' love letter to the Bucket Brigade Device, the chip that makes analog delay possible. Based, just like the original, on a pair of MN3005 reissues, this stompbox was completely redesigned with the goal of extending its…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Sending V2 Analog Delay

New Pedal: Spruce Effects Badlands

California's Spruce Effects has just released a new addition to their Junior Ranger series of pedals: the Badlands Chorus. Inspired in the name and graphics by the Badlands National Park, this pedal employs an Optical LED to deliver organic-sounding modulation. The controls are unlabeled but straightforward once you memorize them,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Spruce Effects Badlands

New Pedal: Fish Circuits Exploration #1

Hand-made in Montreal, Canada, the Fish Circuits Exploration #1 is the first pedal in a new series by the Quebecois brand dedicated to dirt tone exploration. Designed around BC549 silicon transistors, the pedal offers a wide range of classic overdrive and fuzz tones through the 3 position Texture rotary switch,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fish Circuits Exploration #1

REVV G3 Distortion

The Revv G3 Purple Channel is a new, tight and clear distortion pedal that's getting a lot of attention [(and it's actually not out yet...) from a manufacturer that has built a name for itself through tube guitar amps and cabinets, and as a matter of fact the stompbox is presented…Click on the title for more

REVV G3 Distortion

Silvertone & Jackson Audio Twin Trem

After releasing the well-received 1484 Twin Twelve tremolo/amp combo pedal, Silvertone and Jackson join forces again for a dual tremolo stompbox with two parallel Optical and Harmonic circuits: the Twin Trem. The two circuits can be run separately (in which case the LED will turn Blue when the optical circuit is on…Click on the title for more

Silvertone & Jackson Audio Twin Trem

Collision Devices Crushturnal

The Collision Devices Crushturnal is the latest inspiring device by a French pedal brand that has gotten us accustomed to delivering complex yet intuitive creative effects. Available for preorder, it will ship in the 2nd half of June 2024. Inspired by the glitch created by clock change on digital processors…Click on the title for more

Collision Devices Crushturnal

New Pedal: Nobels Del-Mini Delay

Although German pedal brand Nobels is well-known for its signature overdrive ODR-1, hardly anyone is aware that - at some point in the '90s - the company released a line of pedals including several modulation effects and even a delay. The new Nobels DEL-mini represents a welcome return of this…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Nobels Del-Mini Delay

EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3

It should come as no surprise that EarthQuaker Devices’s aesthetic dabbles into the occult from time to time, and the brand’s collaboration with Sunn O))) cemented that fact. The pedal, dubbed “Life Pedal” in conjunction with the release of Sunn O)))’s Life Metal features a presentation like not much else,…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3

JHS Colour Box V2

The JHS Colour Box was born in 2014 as a pedal that allows guitarists to recreate through a simple stompbox the classic sound and tonal palette of a guitar plugged directly into the preamp of a high-end studio console (a sound made famous by the Beatles on "Revolution"). Today the…Click on the title for more

JHS Colour Box V2

New Pedal: Decibelics Rivus Overdrive

Barcelona-based pedal brand Decibelics has built a name for itself initially through one of the best-regarded Klon clones on the market (and a mini one at that!), and more recently with a recreation of the Bixonic Expandora - both pedals also exist in dual-channel format. This new mini pedal is…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Decibelics Rivus Overdrive

New Pedal: Analog Music Company SHSL Mk3 (So High So Low) Preamp + Filter

The Analog Music Company SHSL Mk3 (an acronym for "So High So Low") is a preamp pedal inspired by two other devices: the pleasantly colored preamp section of the Moogerfooger pedals by Moog, and the high-pass/low-pass filters found on the vintage KORG MS-20. As an extra nod to synth players,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Analog Music Company SHSL Mk3 (So High So Low) Preamp + Filter

Source Audio Artifakt Multi-Algorithm Stereo Lo-Fi Pedal

The Source Audio Artifakt Lo-Fi Elements is the new, long-awaited release by the Massachusetts-based brand that excelled at multi-algorithm time-based effects like the Nemesis or the Ventris. While a lo-fi pedal represents a departure from the company's usual offerings (known for their pristine audio quality), the engineers have maintained their…Click on the title for more

Source Audio Artifakt Multi-Algorithm Stereo Lo-Fi Pedal