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Awol Flow Autowah

We have all grown to love (or at least like) mini pedals for an effect or another on our board, but one of the format's obvious limitations isthat it doesn't give builders much space to be imaginative... Awol Pedals is a Nashville, TN based company that has embraced the format's…Click on the title for more

Awol Flow Autowah

Best New Pedals of 2021 | March Edition

Click Here for More Recent Lists like this one. --- Starting today, we are going to switch our monthly appointment with the StompBuzz with something a little more subjective than a data-driven chart (which saw the same "winning" pedals featured over and over in it for months on end!). Enter…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2021 | March Edition

Origin Effects Revival Drive Hot Rod Compact

The Origin Effects Revival DRIVE "Hot Rod" Compact is a streamlined version of this 12-knob monster of a pedal, featuring a single channel (instead of two) simulating the "Hot Rod" mod made by hard rock bands of the late '70s and early '80s to their rectified Marshall and Mesa Boogie amps.…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects Revival Drive Hot Rod Compact

Vaderin Pedals Vaporizer Octave-Up Fuzz

Those who among you are in love with the word "gnarly" may have found a new best friend - or maybe a new "lover"?? - in the Vaderin Pedals Vaporizer Fuzz. We would be seriously remiss if we didn't warn you, though, that the creator himself warns that this octave-up…Click on the title for more

Vaderin Pedals Vaporizer Octave-Up Fuzz

Mad Professor Electric Blue II

The good folks at Mad Professor unveiled MkII of their Electric Blue Chorus/Vibrato, which adds two key features: The original model was just a Chorus, this is also a Vibrato MkII features a Tone knob. Built with high-end components as we have come to expect from the Finnish builder, the…Click on the title for more

Mad Professor Electric Blue II

Mythos Oracle Analog Echo

Nashville's Mythos released its first non-dirt pedal with a live video stream: it's the Oracle Analog Echo, a Bucket Brigade analog delay with Tap Tempo designed in collaboration with John Snyder of Electronic Audio Experiments. Inspired by the somewhat dark, warm sound of vintage Japanese echo pedals, the Mythos Oracle…Click on the title for more

Mythos Oracle Analog Echo

LPD Pedals Rival Delay

Mesa AZ's LPD Pedals just unveiled this great-sounding, three-knob digital but analog voiced echo called Rival Delay. Check out how it sounds in the first videos of it, streaming below. This is the company's website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I9NJBGnZcA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ul52SxGJNIClick on the title for more

LPD Pedals Rival Delay

Dreadbox Lethargy 8 Stage Phase Filter

The Lethargy is one of the pedals from a new series recently unveiled by Athen's (the Greek one) Dreadbox FX, a boutique builder that hit it big in the desktop synthesizer world in the last decade or so. This purple beauty represents a very peculiar approach to the phaser effect…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Lethargy 8 Stage Phase Filter

Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator

We all need a mood boost these days, and although pedals in general help (a lot) in that department, this is the first time we stumble upon a device that promises to directly mess around with our mood! Enter the Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator, a ginormous stompbox hand built by…Click on the title for more

Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator

Dreadbox Kinematic Envelope Filter + Overdrive

Those of you looking for an envelop filter pedal with some serious filter may want to check out the new KINEMATIC by Greece's Dreadbox, a company with an extensive and very successful background in desktop synthesizers. The Dreadbox Kinematic is actually a lot more than that, featuring a two-mode circuit…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Kinematic Envelope Filter + Overdrive

Dreadbox Unveils Three New Effect Pedals

Dreadbox is a (Greek) company that, although launched as a pedal builder in the mid-aughts, has morphed throughout the years into one of the most successful boutique synth manufacturers. However, some of its original and now discontinued pedals, like the lo-fi delay Sonic Bits, are still popular among guitar players.…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Unveils Three New Effect Pedals

Walrus Audio Julia V2 Analog Chorus/Vibrato

The Julia Analog Chorus/Vibrato was one of Walrus Audio's most popular pedals, so it's not entirely unexpected to see Version 2 of it. It's a great sounding Analog Chorus packed with features, including Dry-Chorus-Vibrato Blend, selectable analog LFO wave shapes, and the unique Lag control: The Lag knob lets you…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Julia V2 Analog Chorus/Vibrato