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New Pedals: NUX Steel Singer Drive

The most affordable Dumble-style pedal out there (street price is just under $50!), the NUX Steel Singer is an analog overdrive that recreates the tone of less popular of the two Dumble amps (the Steel String Singer) at a tiny fraction of the cost. Expect smooth high end and the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: NUX Steel Singer Drive

Electro-Harmonix Oceans 12 Dual Stereo Reverb

Electro-Harmonix showcased a few prototypes at NAMM 2020 and the Oceans 12 Dual Stereo Reverb is probably the most exciting of the bunch. It's a stereo digital reverb with presets that take the Ocean 11 one step further (hence the name) by adding an extra reverb engine. The two reverbs…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Oceans 12 Dual Stereo Reverb

Danelectro 3699 Fuzz

The 3699 Fuzz is a faithful recreation, and a tribute of the vintage FOXX Tone Machine of the 1970s ("3699" spells out "FOXX" on the telephone keypad, and that was the last 4 digits of the company phone number back in the day). The originals today sell for over $600,…Click on the title for more

Danelectro 3699 Fuzz

Win an Eventide Blackhole Reverb through Effectopia 2020! [ENDED]

Our Stompbox Exhibit is back in virtual format on November 1st under the Effectopia 2020 moniker (it's a free event, RSVP here!), and, with it, are a bunch of wonderful pedal giveaways! This week we give our readers the chance to take home an Eventide Blackhole, the new ambient reverb…Click on the title for more

Win an Eventide Blackhole Reverb through Effectopia 2020! [ENDED]

Loe Sounds SuperFuzz

Loe Sounds is a boutique pedal company run by two queer female artists based in upstate New York. The in-house designer is Aisha Loe, mostly known for the quirky, but beloved by many, Atari Fuzz and her knack for using recycled circuits and materials to build her company's one-of-a-kind stompboxes.…Click on the title for more

Loe Sounds SuperFuzz

New Pedals: Seamoon Funk Filter

Filters change your instrument's tone quite radically, and because of this, musicians who use them get very picky about them - just ask any synth enthusiast. When it comes to pedals, the filter niche is rather small and mostly confined to funk, a genre whose sound was forged in the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Seamoon Funk Filter

Prodigal Sound Atropos Modulated Delay

Coming out of a boutique shop in Portland, Oregon, the Prodigal Sound Atropos is a modulated delay offering up to a second of delay time with Trails and Feedback knob. The modulation section gives the player a choice of three LFO waves (Square, Triangle and Random), with controls for Speed…Click on the title for more

Prodigal Sound Atropos Modulated Delay

JHS Pedals Crimson Fuzz

The JHS Pedals Crimson, from the Legends of Fuzz Series, is a faithful recreation of the "Mike Matthews' Red Army Overdrive" Read the story of the pedal at the bottom of the page and check out the videos, below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLXtMCMcu6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eVeqEIn2Yc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MPpoOs9hu4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNdZ4hz601Y In 1969, Electro Harmonix released the first…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals Crimson Fuzz

Mask Audio Electronics Titan Muff-Style Fuzz

Mask Audio Electronics Titan is a stripped-down fuzz pedal by a boutique builder based in Michigan that offers a wide-ranging set of tones from a very limited set of controls. Check out the videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuIUh3bRbD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRwA9itdvc8 TITAN looms over your pedalboard. Its mighty sword hangs ready to defile any in…Click on the title for more

Mask Audio Electronics Titan Muff-Style Fuzz

Bardic Audio Oathbreaker

Bardic Audio Devices is an emerging pedal builder run by a young, Michigan-based developer called Tim Novak. The man is really into D&D, so we shouldn't be surprised to find references to the role game both in the name of his company and products ("Bardics" were Celtic minstrels). The Oathbreaker…Click on the title for more

Bardic Audio Oathbreaker

Analog Alien Rumble Seat Drive/Delay/Reverb

The Analog Alien Rumble Seat is a three-footswitch pedal featuring Overdrive, Delay and a simple one-knob Reverb emulating the vintage spring reverbs of early Fender Black Face amps. Each effect can be turned on or off through its dedicated footswitch. The drive is extremely flexible and can act as a…Click on the title for more

Analog Alien Rumble Seat Drive/Delay/Reverb

Cascade Pedals Hosstortion

Cascade Pedals, out of Ashville, NC, builds hand-wired guitar effects and mods. Their latest release is the Hosstortion, a Mosfet Distortion voiced after the Ibanez MT-10 Mostortion, a short-lived pedal that was later rediscovered for its warmth and solid low end. The Hosstortion employs a modern BiMOS chip instead of…Click on the title for more

Cascade Pedals Hosstortion