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Electrofoods ULTD Germ Warfare Germanium Boost

We'll let the expert YouTube demo-man Ryan describe what this new germanium boost from Electrofoods does and how it sounds: The Germ Warfare is a germanium boost that does a lot more than just slam your signal and add distortion. You can use the intuitive EQ to brighten a muddy…Click on the title for more

Electrofoods ULTD Germ Warfare Germanium Boost

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

This is a quirky, creative sampling audio mangling stompbox by Alexander Pedals that got a lot of attention at Summer NAMM. An enhanced "Arcade Game" style effect inspired by the 8-bit sounds of the early videogames, the Syntax Error delivers grainy, lo-bit tones reminiscent of vintage videogames, and includes many…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

Torino Audio Crumble Germanium Fuzz

Torino Audio is a new pedal builder based in Italy that's getting a fair amount of attention from pedal YouTubers. The company's debut line of pedals is described as "Organic" because they have no integrated circuits, no buffers nor digital processing. The Crumble is presented as a pedal that stands…Click on the title for more

Torino Audio Crumble Germanium Fuzz

Big Ear Pedals Loaf Fuzz

The Loaf by BIG EAR Pedals, (a builder previously known as Big Ear NYC, but now based in Nashville) is a fuzz loved by many. Unlike most pedals in the fuzz niche, it reigns in the gain and provides a less brittle, more low-end-rich sound, tweakable through a Tone knob.…Click on the title for more

Big Ear Pedals Loaf Fuzz

Bondi Effects Breakers Overdrive

Pedal geeks might be familiar with Australian stompbox manufacturer Bondi Effects for their popular Sick As Klon "evolution." Breakers is an overdrive released in 2017 that "started as a revision to our Del Mar Overdrive, and quickly took on a whole new character." Besides your usual controls for Level, Gain, Bass…Click on the title for more

Bondi Effects Breakers Overdrive

Horrothia FX Type One Analogue Ensemble/Chorus

One-knob devices have their charm, in particular when they sound really good, and that is, in a few words, what Falmouth, UK's pedal builder Horrothia FX specializes in. A one-man operation by recording engineer Tom Oakes, the company strives to build effects that offer studio-quality sound and simplicity of operation.…Click on the title for more

Horrothia FX Type One Analogue Ensemble/Chorus

Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp & Dual Compressor

The Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp & Dual Compressor is part of a triad of pedals from their UAFX line released by the pro audio manufacturer at NAMM 2023. A particular take on dynamics, the Max is rather unique in the stompbox realm in providing two compressors in one device.…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp & Dual Compressor

Alexander Pedals RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer Preamp/Boost

I guess we have the first COVID-19 inspired guitar pedal, people! The RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer is Alexander Pedal's limited edition Class A boost/preamp. The three knobs (Kills, Most, Germs) control output, highs and voicing - turn the latter to the left for a more mellow tone and to the…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer Preamp/Boost

Vongon Paragraphs Resonant Filter

We just stumbled upon the video by Fireghosting about the Vongon Paragraph and were instantly mesmerized by the sound this resonant filter device can produce. Vongon is a small builder based in Oakland with three pedals in its roster, of which the Paragraph is the more "normal-looking" one. The Paragraph…Click on the title for more

Vongon Paragraphs Resonant Filter

Retro-Sonic Phaser

We met the Retro-Sonic's Tim Larwill at our recent Montreal Stompbox Exhibit earlier this year, and it's great to see this ProGuitarShop video of their Phaser. The company's no frills approach allows them to laser focus on tone. You can read our little profile about the company here. Here's more…Click on the title for more

Retro-Sonic Phaser

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

Pedal companies in the last couple of years have been frantically competing to make synth guitar pedals more compact and feature-heavy. BOSS, by all measures the leading manufacturer in this niche, just came out with a new, polyphonic synth pedal (the SY-1000) that looks and sounds like a bold statement:…Click on the title for more

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

Stomping Stones – Haxan Fuzztortion

The Haxan by Stompbing Stones Pedals, is a vintage-voiced distortion/fuzz with some unusual controls (and parts: its circuit uses NOS military can opamps!): on top of your regular volume and gain knobs, it features two clipping modes, an extra boost, and bright/dark voicing options selectable via toggle switches. The two…Click on the title for more

Stomping Stones – Haxan Fuzztortion