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Updated Pedal: Formula B Vintage Vibe MkII

The Formula B Vintage Vibe MkII is the updated uni-vibe pedal by a well-regarded, high-end Italian brand. Running internally at 18v for extra headroom, this 2nd version is based on a design that features the same simple controls as the original vintage units (Volume, Intensity, Speed), plus a second footswitch…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Formula B Vintage Vibe MkII

Best Delay + Reverb Pedal Combos in 2024 | Stereo & Mono

Ready to buy? Please use our affiliate links – that’s what’s allowing us to keep this site alive at no cost to you! Check out also our in-depth article about the Best Delay Pedals and the Best Reverb Pedals. A Guide to Delay+Reverb Pedal Combos Echo (aka delay) and Reverb…Click on the title for more

Best Delay + Reverb Pedal Combos in 2024 | Stereo & Mono

Neural DSP Nano Cortex Amp/Cab Sim

Neural DSP has just entered the stompbox realm with the Neural DSP Nano Cortex, a compact yet powerful amp and effects processor, packing the (much larger) Quad Cortex’s top-tier sound into a pedal that fits in your hand. Weighing less than two pounds, The Nano Cortex boasts 2GHz of SHARC…Click on the title for more

Neural DSP Nano Cortex Amp/Cab Sim

Mezzabarba Even Drive

For the electric guitar elite looking to drop close to a grand on an overdrive, there's the Mezzabarba Even Drive, hailing from a country that specializes in spending temptations: Italy. An all-tube preamp the Even uses two 12AX7 tubes to faithfully reproduce the sound of the company's own and renown…Click on the title for more

Mezzabarba Even Drive

Benson Delay

Portland, OR's Benson Amplification is known for their boutique amps and ingenious and innovative Germanium pedals. The Benson Delay is the company's first foray into designing a device outside the dirtbox realm. Company owner and designer Chris Benson has been working on refining this design since 2019, when he got…Click on the title for more

Benson Delay

Chase Bliss Lossy Digital LoFi

The Chase Bliss Lossy is a collaboration with audio plugin builder Goodhertz, and could be described as a digital version of the company's Generation Loss, informed by Goodhertz's plugin of the same name. Where Generation Loss originated as an effect intent to recreate the sonic artifact of the analog VHS…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Lossy Digital LoFi

Bennett Custom Audio Lighthouse Tremolo

Hand-built with love and care in Newfoundland, Canada, by Mr. Mark Bennett, who completed his engineering studies at Montreal's prestigious McGill University, the Bennett Custom Audio Lighthouse is a high-quality tremolo pedal for the tweaking-inclined. It's also a preamp, since it features a Gain circuit that can deliver edge-of-breakup, overdriven…Click on the title for more

Bennett Custom Audio Lighthouse Tremolo

New Pedal: Bleak District Electric Terra Overdrive

Inspired by both the Tube Screamer and the Klon, the Bleak District Electric Terra Earthly Overdrive meets the criteria of modern saturation stompboxes by providing a wide array of organic-sounding dirt tones, through a unique 5-knob interface controlling a hybrid circuit featuring both Germanium and Silicon diodes. The Gain level…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Bleak District Electric Terra Overdrive

Polyend Press Stereo Compressor

At SuperBooth 2024, Polish synth brand Polyend unveiled its first pedal, a high-end stereo analog compressor called Press. The Polyend Press is now shipping. At the intimidating price point of $399 USD (and €399), this circuit offers a little more than just studio-quality compression and limiting. That extra value can be…Click on the title for more

Polyend Press Stereo Compressor

New Pedal: Hangman FX Meteoric Echo Monster

Hand-built in Los Angeles, CA, the Hangman FX Meteoric Echo Monster, depicted here in the (gorgeous) limited pink edition but normally available in white, is an analog-voiced delay with dual modulations, a boost, a momentary mode, and a host of noisy tricks up its sleeve. Thanks to its depth of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Hangman FX Meteoric Echo Monster

Crazy, Cool and Weird Delay Pedals in 2024: the Best Psychedelic Echo Stompboxes

For more classic psychedelic delays check out our Best Tape Delay Pedals article. For a more comprehensive article about delays organized by type, see our Best Delay Pedals article. --- Delay is one of the most loved effects for guitar and can serve a range of purposes from subtle slapback…Click on the title for more

Crazy, Cool and Weird Delay Pedals in 2024: the Best Psychedelic Echo Stompboxes

Atomic Tone Saturation Tryptic Fuzzstortion

Hand-built by a husband and wife team based in Fresno, California, the Atomic Tone Saturation Tryptic is an analog dirt box that's mostly an overdrive but adheres to modern standards by being able to shine also as a boost, sagged fuzz and everything in between, shining as an overdrive/distortion when…Click on the title for more

Atomic Tone Saturation Tryptic Fuzzstortion