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Horizon Devices Flux Echo + Reverb

Horizon Devices, founded by Periphery's Misha Mansoor, is well known for its devices designed specifically for artists playing Prog Metal, Prog Rock and other similar punchy yet adventurous genres. The Flux Echo is their first foray into non-gain-related effects. A Stereo delay/reverb with Tap Tempo and Freeze function, the Flux…Click on the title for more

Horizon Devices Flux Echo + Reverb

New Pedal: Lefty Guitars Daily The Cannon

Designed by pedal videographer Eric Merrow as an all-in-one gain solution for any pedalboard, the Lefty Guitars Daily The Cannon is multi-gain stage overdrive featuring an extra boost with separate footswitch and controls. The amount of boost can be controlled through the orange knob and it's placed before the drive,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Lefty Guitars Daily The Cannon

Pettyjohn Rous Distortion

The RAT Distortion belongs to that very exclusive pedal circuit "elite" that provides seemingly infinite inspiration to stompbox builders. We know something about it, since we've been working for over a year on a comprehensive article about RAT clones, and each and every time we try to finalize it we…Click on the title for more

Pettyjohn Rous Distortion

Win a Red Panda Context V2 Reverb through Effectopia 2020 (Ended)

Our Stompbox Exhibit is back in virtual format on November 1st under the Effectopia 2020 moniker (it's a free event, RSVP here!), and, with it, are a bunch of wonderful pedal giveaways! This week we give our readers the chance to take home a Red Panda Context V2, a Stereo…Click on the title for more

Win a Red Panda Context V2 Reverb through Effectopia 2020 (Ended)

JHS Pedals Supreme Fuzz

The JHS Pedals Supreme, from the Legends of Fuzz Series, is a faithful recreation of the Univox Super Fuzz. Read the story of the pedal at the bottom of the page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDJyt09xmz8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MTSY2q0vDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kGWOlf_--E In the late 1960’s, Japan was bursting at the seams with amazing guitar pedal companies and…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals Supreme Fuzz

Hotone Ampero Multi-Effect

The multi-effect pedal Hotone Ampero was announced at Music China 2018 and then unveiled in the US at the NAMM 2019 show. Driven by the company's CDCM HD (Comprehensive Dynamic Circuit Modeling High Definition) and F.I.R.E. (Field Impulse Response Enhancement) systems, the Ampero is a stereo, dual-core modeling digital pedal featuring…Click on the title for more

Hotone Ampero Multi-Effect

Pyu Pyu Electronics Kongsberg Reverb + Fuzz

Pyu Pyu Electronics is an emerging pedal builder based in Oslo, Norway, mostly focused on designing creative pedals and mods. Their Kongsberg is a hybrid circuit featuring an ambient Reverb and a Fuzz, with a separate footswitch for each effect (the DRONN one is for the fuzz). Check out the…Click on the title for more

Pyu Pyu Electronics Kongsberg Reverb + Fuzz

New Pedals: NUX Steel Singer Drive

The most affordable Dumble-style pedal out there (street price is just under $50!), the NUX Steel Singer is an analog overdrive that recreates the tone of less popular of the two Dumble amps (the Steel String Singer) at a tiny fraction of the cost. Expect smooth high end and the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: NUX Steel Singer Drive

Electro-Harmonix Oceans 12 Dual Stereo Reverb

Electro-Harmonix showcased a few prototypes at NAMM 2020 and the Oceans 12 Dual Stereo Reverb is probably the most exciting of the bunch. It's a stereo digital reverb with presets that take the Ocean 11 one step further (hence the name) by adding an extra reverb engine. The two reverbs…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Oceans 12 Dual Stereo Reverb

Danelectro 3699 Fuzz

The 3699 Fuzz is a faithful recreation, and a tribute of the vintage FOXX Tone Machine of the 1970s ("3699" spells out "FOXX" on the telephone keypad, and that was the last 4 digits of the company phone number back in the day). The originals today sell for over $600,…Click on the title for more

Danelectro 3699 Fuzz

Win an Eventide Blackhole Reverb through Effectopia 2020! [ENDED]

Our Stompbox Exhibit is back in virtual format on November 1st under the Effectopia 2020 moniker (it's a free event, RSVP here!), and, with it, are a bunch of wonderful pedal giveaways! This week we give our readers the chance to take home an Eventide Blackhole, the new ambient reverb…Click on the title for more

Win an Eventide Blackhole Reverb through Effectopia 2020! [ENDED]

Loe Sounds SuperFuzz

Loe Sounds is a boutique pedal company run by two queer female artists based in upstate New York. The in-house designer is Aisha Loe, mostly known for the quirky, but beloved by many, Atari Fuzz and her knack for using recycled circuits and materials to build her company's one-of-a-kind stompboxes.…Click on the title for more

Loe Sounds SuperFuzz