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Solo Dallas Storm Boost + Limiter – 2019 Version

Californian company Solo Dallas surfaced in 2015 with a 1:1 hand-built recreation of the preamp circuit of the Schaffer–Vega wireless guitar system of the '70s, called the Schaffer Replica. That circuit had a particular color that AC/DC Angus Young was very vocal in praising (apparently that was the only device…Click on the title for more

Solo Dallas Storm Boost + Limiter – 2019 Version

Tsakalis AudioWorks Phonkify Envelope Filter + Wah + Octave

The envelope filter has been an essential effect in funk and soul, creating vocal-like sounds that drip with attitude. Phonkify takes it to a new extreme by adding an octave up and/or down feature. Tsakalis AudioWorks' Phonkify features controls for Volume, Octave selection, Frequency, Sensitivity and In(put) Gain. There’s also…Click on the title for more

Tsakalis AudioWorks Phonkify Envelope Filter + Wah + Octave

New Pedals: Flower Pedals Hosta

Earlier this year we came to the (in hindsight, rather obvious) realization that synths are more or less 90% just effects. If you take out the oscillators (and whatever's needed to trigger them), all you are left with is signal manipulation. In subtractive synths (i.e. 95% of the synths on…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Flower Pedals Hosta

Maxon 40th Anniversary Pigtronix Modified Overdrive OD808-40P

We blogged at length about the modded versions of the classic OD808 Maxon is releasing to celebrate its 40th anniversary in collaboration with several top-notch US builders. The one highlighted here is the Pigtronics mod (OD808-40P), featuring a “Germanium Fat Mod” which, according to Pigtronic's David Koltai, has been “imbued…Click on the title for more

Maxon 40th Anniversary Pigtronix Modified Overdrive OD808-40P

Tech21 Steve Harris SH1 Signature SansAmp

NYC's Tech21 SansAmp line is welcoming today a new, sleek member to its family: the Steve Harris SH1 Signature SansAmp. The release of the first SansAmp stompbox, which started the amp modeling pedal frenzy, actually dates back to exactly 30 years ago: 1989. The legendary Iron Maiden singer/guitarist - who…Click on the title for more

Tech21 Steve Harris SH1 Signature SansAmp

Siren Pedals Airavata Distortion

JayLeonardJ is very fond of this new distortion pedal called Airavata, the third device released by Nashville based company Siren Pedals - the other two are a compressor and a fuzz. Besides the expected Volume and Distortion knobs, the circuit features a combination of peculiar controls that give the…Click on the title for more

Siren Pedals Airavata Distortion

Spiral Electric FX Yellow Spiral Overdrive

At the end of 2018 we interviewed Tom Cram about his new company Spiral Electric FX as he launched its debut device, the Black Rose Fuzz. The Yellow Spiral Overdrive is the second stompbox Tom previewed at our NAMM 2019 Stompbox Booth, and we finally have the first official video of…Click on the title for more

Spiral Electric FX Yellow Spiral Overdrive

Reverb posts official trailer of The Pedal Movie

It really seems like pedals are taking over the world these days! To underscore the golden age of stompboxes, online marketplace Reverb.com has been working on a movie entirely focused on this niche, called "The Pedal Movie." Today the official trailer was posted on YOuTube, check it out, below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djikmL-q7_8…Click on the title for more

Reverb posts official trailer of The Pedal Movie

Birmingham Sounds FX twentyseventeen overdrive

Birmingham Sounds FX launched its first pedal at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2019, the twentyseventeen overdrive. Designed to be a "wide range" overdrive and distortion, this is a “Swiss Army Knife” kind of pedal, offering a variety of tones, from a slight hint of crunch all the way up to…Click on the title for more

Birmingham Sounds FX twentyseventeen overdrive

Best Guitar Pedals of 2019 – Aggregating the online “Best of Lists”

This list was updated on 02.07.2019 --- Although January, in the pedal world, rhymes with “NAMM” (with its bountiful promise of new "stompable" devices), the first month of the year also represents an opportunity to look back at what stood out during the previous twelve-month period. At the end of…Click on the title for more

Best Guitar Pedals of 2019 – Aggregating the online “Best of Lists”

New, Non-Gain Pedals Released at NAMM 2020

GO HERE FOR GAIN AND COMPRESSOR PEDALS GO HERE FOR THE COMPANIES HOSTED IN OUR STOMPBOX BOOTH AT NAMM 2020 Here's the Aggregate Shortlist of the Best Guitar Pedals Presented at NAMM 2019 ATTENTION! Not all pedals have a video link! We will keep adding pedals and videos during the…Click on the title for more

New, Non-Gain Pedals Released at NAMM 2020

New Gain Pedals released at NAMM 2020

THIS LIST IS STILL BEING UPDATED! GO HERE FOR NON-GAIN PEDALS GO HERE FOR THE COMPANIES HOSTED IN OUR STOMPBOX BOOTH AT NAMM 2020 --- ATTENTION! Not all pedals have a video link! We will keep adding pedals and videos during the 4 days of NAMM (and beyond). NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS:…Click on the title for more

New Gain Pedals released at NAMM 2020