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Lastgasp Art Laboratories Transroom Stereo Modulated Reverb

The Lastgasp Art Laboratories Transroom is warm stereo reverb with modulation. While most analog reverbs have a spring in it, this one uses BBD devices for both the reverb and the modulation section, and can deliver a range of tones from rich multi-tap chorus to winding vibrato sounds. An Expression…Click on the title for more

Lastgasp Art Laboratories Transroom Stereo Modulated Reverb

Comodoro Pedals Sabon Shimmer/Tremolo Reverb

The Comodoro Pedals Sabon is a rather original take on ambient reverb offering two widely different lush-sounding modes, selectable via the central toggle switch: Shimmer and Tremolo. The reverb's algorithm changes depending on the selected mode, delivering long reverberations in Shimmer and a classic spring-style reverb in Tremolo. The Mist and Rate…Click on the title for more

Comodoro Pedals Sabon Shimmer/Tremolo Reverb

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Demon Pedals is a German manufacturer dedicated, at least for now, to gain pedals. Their popular pedal Ganesha is a versatile, dynamic overdrive that can cover everything from a soft-sounding drive to more aggressive distorted tones. It has a deep tone section that interacts beautifully with the volume pot of…Click on the title for more

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Engl Alpha Drive

The Engl Alpha Drive produces the vintage overdrive of a tube amp and has a rather unique feature: it can be operated with voltages from 6v to 18v, with results from the very to compressed to the incredibly dynamic. The two-way EQ section lets you add and cuts 7.5 dbs…Click on the title for more

Engl Alpha Drive

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb

At NAMM 2019 Dwarfcraft Devices announced two new pedals, unexpectedly hosted in compact cases (the company's latest pedals all defied the current minaturization trend of effects. The Treeverb is a 3-mode reverb that offers deep but intuitive controls. Hall is a traditional, long reverb, with controls for Tone, Pre-delay (Character),and Length.…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb

Siren Pedals Juneau Blues Breaker-Style Overdrive

Mythology is a recurring theme in boutique guitar pedals, whether referencing satanic figures in stompboxes targeting Metal players or the more benevolent religious characters from ancient Greece. In their pursuit of sonic goodness, Nashville's Siren Pedals has chosen the brighter, latter path, although the singing half women half fish were…Click on the title for more

Siren Pedals Juneau Blues Breaker-Style Overdrive

TC Electronic Ditto+Looper

The Ditto series was a noteworthy success for Danish pedal maker TC Electronic, which presented today a new evolution on the mini format of this looper pedal: Ditto+. The main new feature of this new generation Ditto consists in the Extended Loop Mode, which allows you to put longer overdubs…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Ditto+Looper

Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

The Hermida Audio Zendrive is one of the first Dumble-style pedals and it's still very well regarded. The compressed-but-not-too-squashed tone of a real Dumble is there, as well as the thick overdrive sounds. The company recently released a V2, which features high voltage FET technology that clones the Tung-Sol 12AX7…Click on the title for more

Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

New Pedals: RandalePedale Blossom Filter

Small German builder RandalePedale lately has started churning out some interesting creative pedals with a rather unique angle. The Blossom Filter is a hybrid of autowah and tremolo, with tap tempo, a Peak knob that lets you set the wah's frequency, a Multi(plier) button for shorter LFO cycles and multiple…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: RandalePedale Blossom Filter

Alexander Pedals Super Neo-Matic

The Pefftronics Super Rand-O-Matic is a rather unique and semi-obscure pedal that appeared in the early '90s. It used a hybrid analog/digital circuit to produce a very particular modulation sound, described by some as "flange, chorus, doubling, and slapback plus alien blips and even the sound of a Huey chopper."…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Super Neo-Matic

Win a J. Rockett Archer Ikon Overdrive!

In the cutting edge race to build the best "Klone," Nashville's J. Rockett Audio Designs is a clear winner with their Archer line, a pedal series started with a stompbox featuring a circuit inspired to the most legendary and rare of overdrives and that has slowly evolved to incorporate several variations.…Click on the title for more

Win a J. Rockett Archer Ikon Overdrive!

Wampler Terraform Multi-Modulation Pedal

Wampler shared the first new of the Terraform at NAMM 2019 (and came to our booth to shoot a video as well, see below). It took almost a whole year to see this multi-mode, stereo, digital modulation pedal, with tap tempo and presets ready for release. (To be fair, the…Click on the title for more

Wampler Terraform Multi-Modulation Pedal