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Aion FX Quantum Mosfet Distortion

Based in Des Moines, Iowa, Aion FX is a company that's taking the pedal kit format to the next level through cool, PCB-based circuits and a pedal line with a sober yet stylish look.... Click on the title for more

Aion FX Quantum Mosfet Distortion

Strymon Iridium Amp & IR Cab

One may say that black is the color favored by rockers.... Click on the title for more

Strymon Iridium Amp & IR Cab

TC Electronic Mimiq Mini Doubler

A slimmer version of its big brother, the TC Electronic | Mimiq Mini Doubler creates the impression that your guitar track was double-tracked - a studio trick where the same part is played twice.... Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Mimiq Mini Doubler

Nux Fireman Plexi-Style Distortion

We start to see a pattern here: NUX's new Fireman Distortion, quite explicitly inspired by the Friedman BE-OD Deluxe (a Plexi-style overdrive, follows the 2020 NUX Steel Singer Drive, inspired by the... Dumble Amp inspired Vertex Steel String.... Click on the title for more

Nux Fireman Plexi-Style Distortion

JD Analog Tone of the Gods

Since boost pedals are supposed to do a very simple job, we have grown to assume that they don't need to be very big. New Zealand builder JD Analog begs to disagree.... Click on the title for more

JD Analog Tone of the Gods

Tubesteader Beekeeper Overdrive

The Beekeper is the first pedal by Canadian company Tubesteader, a boutique shop that prides itself with building its devices to order - and in embedding real vacuum tubes in them! ... Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Beekeeper Overdrive

Strymon BigSky Reverberator

We were all anticipating a new, BIG reverb stompbox by Strymon, since the Californian company's last two super hyped pedals focused on creating the ultimate digital delay (Timeline) and Modulation (Mobius) pedals. Well we were right: that reverb pedal is now reality, and its name is BigSky.... Click on the title for more

Strymon BigSky Reverberator

Electro-Harmonix Ripped Speaker Fuzz

The folks at Electro-Harmonix know something about fuzz, since they invented the Muff. Their latest fuzz pedal, however, is not inspired by their signature fuzz model. Enter the Ripped Speaker, a modern fuzz with old school roots and a wider sonic palette than the average Muff pedal.... Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Ripped Speaker Fuzz

Best New Pedals of 2022 | May Edition

It's time for our monthly look at the best pedal releases of the previous month (in this case, May 2021), organized in gain and non-gain lists. Previous editions can be found here.... Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2022 | May Edition

Now Shipping: Fulltone CS-PlimSoul mkII Overdrive/Distortion

The Fulltone CS-PlimSoul mkII is an overdrive that updates the popular first version with higher gain, higher impedance, top-mounted jacks and increased separation between the soft-clipping (gain 1, asymmetrical) and hard-clipping (gain 2, symmetrical) stages. The latter also features two Germanium diodes instead of LED.... Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Fulltone CS-PlimSoul mkII Overdrive/Distortion

Old Blood Noise RÊVER delay/reverb

Emerging dream-pop Brooklyn based band Datachoir has recently unveiled a collaborative pedal called RÊVER, a reverse delay + reverb circuit built by the folks at Old Blood Noise Endevors.... Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise RÊVER delay/reverb

Electronic Audio Experiments & Mask Audio Electronics Eldritch Blast Octave Fuzz

If your arsenal of fuzz pedals is out of control, the Electronic Audio Experiments & Mask Audio Electronics | Eldritch Blast should be a good excuse for you to make it slightly MORE so.... Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments & Mask Audio Electronics Eldritch Blast Octave Fuzz