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Spaceman Polaris Resonant Overdrive

If you think overdrive pedals are due for a facelift, you've got to check out the Spaceman Effects Polaris, a hand made medium-gain overdrive with a series of unexpected tone shaping features, including a "2-pole resonant filter, controllable via expression pedal for filter sweeps and out-of-this-world overdrive tones." The filter…Click on the title for more

Spaceman Polaris Resonant Overdrive

Fowl Sounds Echonomicon Parallel Delay+Reverb and Distortion

Fowl Sounds is a small builder that specializes in pedals for down-tuned guitars, bass, heavy music, shoegaze and other alternative genres. Their Echonomicon is a parallel delay/reverb + distortion. The signal is split in two and sent, on one side, to the delay and then the reverb and, on the…Click on the title for more

Fowl Sounds Echonomicon Parallel Delay+Reverb and Distortion

Mattoverse Inflection Point Tremolo/Vibrato

We profiled Mattoverse Electronics some time ago in this article, and since then the small Wisconsin manufacturer has added a bunch of really interesting designs to its line. The builder's latest stompbox is an update to their Inflection Point multi-wave tremolo/vibrato pedal with tap tempo and clock input - the new…Click on the title for more

Mattoverse Inflection Point Tremolo/Vibrato

New Pedals: Shotmaker The Heroine Deluxe

Guitarists who enjoy complex and unusual gain circuits should take a look at the Heroine Deluxe, by Canadian/Polish builder Shotmaker Industries. This is a high gain distortion that, through its three gain stages, can deliver a wide range of dirty tones. Here's a quick look at the controls: Pre controls…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Shotmaker The Heroine Deluxe

Vahlbruch Pipeline v2 Spring Reverb

Hand made in Germany, the Vahlbruch Pipeline v2 is a spring reverb with several tweakable parameters. Although the reverb sound - like in all compact reverb pedals - is digital, the dry signal of your guitar is 100% analog and perfectly preserved. Besides the two main knobs Reverb and Volume, the Pipeline features…Click on the title for more

Vahlbruch Pipeline v2 Spring Reverb

JHS Pedals 3 Series Fuzz

The JHS 3 Series Fuzz is the first fuzz pedal released by JHS with a price tag under $100 USD, belonging to the $99 JHS 3 Series. The effect straddles the line between vintage and modern with soaring sustain and clear articulation. The Bias knob gives it a more gated…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals 3 Series Fuzz

Old Blood Noise Black Fountain V3 Delay

The Old Blood Noise Black Fountain is a delay that emulates vintage echo devices based on the short-lived but full of character "oil can" technology from the '50s, a Ry Cooder's favorite. In this pedal, the Fluid control adds those devices' typical dark modulation on the repeats, originally generated by…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Black Fountain V3 Delay

Teisco Overdrive

The Teisco Overdrive is a simple low- to medium-gain transparent overdrive with an added Kick toggle switch that takes it into medium-gain territory. Introduced at NAMM 2020, it integrates the new (and gorgeous looking) Teisco line of guitar pedals launched the previous year. This low-gainer is designed to be harmonically…Click on the title for more

Teisco Overdrive

Win 3 pedals by Maxon, Heather Brown and Crazy Tube Circuits + accessories! [ENDED]

Hello, insatiable pedal consumers! This week we have a bunch of awesome effects over here (with cables and a PSU to power them all!) waiting to be shipped to the luckiest among y’all! Here’s the list of the goods in alphabetical order: Crazy Tube Circuit Memphis Vibrato Maxon 808 Overdrive…Click on the title for more

Win 3 pedals by Maxon, Heather Brown and Crazy Tube Circuits + accessories! [ENDED]

Veri-Tone Azzurro Tube Preamp

Fans of Eric Clapton's tone with the Blues Breakers (a band from the '60s headed by John Mayall), might be familiar with the term "Beano Tone," a warm yet edgy sound that became the signature of those records. If you are wondering what amp Clapton used with that band, you…Click on the title for more

Veri-Tone Azzurro Tube Preamp

SUV Pedals High Rider Overdrive

German pedal company SUV Pedals has only two pedals under its belt, but that's enough to gain attention among tone lovers. Henning from EytschPi42 posted this glowing review of the High Rider, a mid-gain overdrive that's perfect to push your amp beyond its inevitable gain limits. The pedal features a…Click on the title for more

SUV Pedals High Rider Overdrive

Flower Pedals Poppy Dual Boost

Sometimes simple yet innovative ideas are the best ones we come up with, and Flower Pedals' Poppy seems to belong to that category: it's a dual boost with separate in/outs for each channel, so that you can insert the two circuits anywhere you want in your pedal chain. If you…Click on the title for more

Flower Pedals Poppy Dual Boost