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Warm Audio Jet Phaser

Texas-based Warm Audio is a pro audio company dedicated to manufacturing a variety of analog gear with a classic flavor (from mics to preamps to sound processors), often inspired by legendary vintage models. They have two guitar pedals under their roster, and the Jet Phaser is their recreation of the…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Jet Phaser

Pete Cornish GC-1 High Gain Crunch Drive

British pedal engineer Pete Cornish is a true legend of the scene, having worked with the likes of Paul McCartney, David Gilmour and Mark Knopfler, among many other rock'n'roll stars. The GC-1 is the stompbox he chose to celebrate his 45th year of designing and building professional stage equipment. Although…Click on the title for more

Pete Cornish GC-1 High Gain Crunch Drive

Thermion Zero Stereo Pedal Amp

Henning at EytschPi42 is freaking out about the Zero pedal amp by Spanish company Thermion. While major pedal companies are busy trying to reduce the size of pedal amps to the compact stompbox format (i.e. the size of a regular BOSS pedal), Thermion has taken a different approach, focusing on…Click on the title for more

Thermion Zero Stereo Pedal Amp

Fairfield Circuitry Long Life EQ

Quebec-based pedal maker Fairfield Circuitry has built a solid following thanks of a line of stompboxes that's at once stylishly minimalistic and inspiringly creative. Today the company released not one but two pedals! The Long Life is in its essence an analog, parametric, resonant EQ channel with extra controls to…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Long Life EQ

3 Creative Features of the Hologram Microcosm: Hold Sampler, Arp Mode, Granules

Since it was announced in February 2020, the Hologram Microcosm has been consistently the most searched pedals on this blog (it's July 22nd at the time of writing). But look beyond the hype and you’ll find that this pedal is a serious creative and compositional tool. It can be used…Click on the title for more

3 Creative Features of the Hologram Microcosm: Hold Sampler, Arp Mode, Granules

Nocturne JR Barnyard Pre-War Hot Preamp V2

From San Diego, CA, hails Nocturne, a family company that hand-builds pedals, amps and preamps led by a self-described "ol' American rockabilly boy true to old school heritage ." The JR Barnyard is their take on the vintage 1930's-40s octal tube amp circuit found in early Gibson and Dickerson amps…Click on the title for more

Nocturne JR Barnyard Pre-War Hot Preamp V2

Sabbadius El Toro Overdrive

Argentinian company Sabbadius was able to build a solid reputation for their modern take on classic vintage circuits. Their new El Toro Overdrive is their own take on the Tube Screamer. The New Old Stock TOSHIBA 1S1588 diodes give it a glassier tone, and it also offers more output than…Click on the title for more

Sabbadius El Toro Overdrive

Flamma Dist FC06 Distortion

Chinese pedal builder Flamma recently unveiled a new, mini, cute-looking, super-affordable two-mode Distortion pedal simply called Dist. The two modes are simple called "HP" and "LP," one being more open and bright and the other beefier and bassier. Some say this sounds like a clone of the Fuller OCD. You…Click on the title for more

Flamma Dist FC06 Distortion

BOSS SY-1 Synth Pedal

Just a few weeks ago, BOSS announced three stompboxes from a new pedal line, the 200 Series, but if you thought that was their Summer NAMM 2019 launch, you were mistaken. The Japanese brand introduced another two new products at the Nashville event: the SY-1 compact synth pedal and the…Click on the title for more

BOSS SY-1 Synth Pedal

Now Shipping: Suhr Discovery Analog Delay

Analog delay pedals where the signal id controlled and affected through digital means have been around for some time, but, until today, no pedal builder has created an analog echo with functionality as deep as the one found in digital delay workstations offered by companies like Strymon, Eventide or BOSS.…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Suhr Discovery Analog Delay

8 Emerging Builders at Delicious Audio’s 2021 SNAMM Pedal Booth

On July 15 and 16 we will be at the Nashville Music Center for the 2021 edition of Summer NAMM with a 30'x10' booth full of pedals (the Delicious Audio Stompbox Booth!). Among the 19 manufacturers involved there are some that many of you may not be too familiar with…Click on the title for more

8 Emerging Builders at Delicious Audio’s 2021 SNAMM Pedal Booth

Whimsy Machines Short Stack Preamp

The Whimsy Machines | Short Stack is a lot more than meets the eye: it's a Preamp/Boost that provides guitarists with a lot of options to reach that fleeting tone they hear in their heads. The four knobs already provide three stages of gain (Volume, Level and Gain, which is the…Click on the title for more

Whimsy Machines Short Stack Preamp