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New Pedals: Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

Portland (OR) based Blammo! Electronics just unveiled a new pedal inspired by the very popular (and very pricey) circuit of the Prescription Electronics COB - an acronym that stands for Clean Octave Blend. Enter the Slob, a hand-made $149 compact clone of the COB with a few updates like soft…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

Win an Eventide MicroPitch! [ended]

Hey, effective pedal gatherers! Our synth & pedal online expo Synthesthesia 2021 is a gift that keeps giving! (At least to the lucky ones, one may say!) We have yet another face-melting giveaway, this time for a brand new Eventide MicroPitch Delay, a wonderful stompbox that can do a lot…Click on the title for more

Win an Eventide MicroPitch! [ended]

Vertex Ultra-Phonix HRM Overdrive/Distortion

The Vertex Ultraphonix is an overdrive inspired by ultra-rare (and ultra-cloned) Dumble Overdrive Special amp. The HRM (Hot Rubber Monkey) version of this pedal emulates a particularly popular tube mod implemented on a limited number of those amps that resulted in a modification of the mid-range that brought it closer…Click on the title for more

Vertex Ultra-Phonix HRM Overdrive/Distortion

BOSS RC-500 Dual Track Loop Station

The newly release BOSS flagship loop station RC-500 offers all the goods you would expect in a looper pedal, plus a series of unexpected features, including: Two mixable tracks Stereo Input (and Output) Onboard Rhythms and loop effects A microphone with phantom power in to connect external condenser mics See…Click on the title for more

BOSS RC-500 Dual Track Loop Station

Horrothia FX TEETH Discrete Low-Gain Overdrive

From the descriptions of its pedals, UK's Horrothia FX clearly devises its creations as tools for solving very specific sonic problems, coming from a distinct recording engineering angle. The company's discrete low-gain overdrive Teeth, a 9 transistor design, all analog design, using no IC opamps, was imagined as a necessary…Click on the title for more

Horrothia FX TEETH Discrete Low-Gain Overdrive

2021 UPDATE: Best Reverb Pedals, a Complete Guide by Type

Updated on 06.10.2021 Reverb pedals never seem to go out of fashion, maybe because reverb is something that's part of our daily lives and each one of us can relate to it. [lwptoc depth="4" numeration="decimalnested" title="TABLE OF CONTENT (click to jump to list)" toggle="1" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingText="A Guide to…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: Best Reverb Pedals, a Complete Guide by Type

JET Pedals Revelation V2.0

The JET Pedals Revelation V2.0 is a three-mode stereo digital reverb with (3) presets and a streamlined control panel featuring just three knobs: Mix, Decay and Cntrl. These are the pedal's reverb modes: Cyan (Sky Blue) creates deep lush modulated hall-type reverbs. Used to create heavenly pads under your base…Click on the title for more

JET Pedals Revelation V2.0

Fowl Sounds Flannel Overdriver

Fowl Sounds is a company that has found a very specific niche: heavy pedals for down-tuned guitars. Inspired by classic distortion circuits, their new pedal Flannel Overdriver represents an effort to provide the heavy guitarist with a stompbox that can deliver a wide variety of dirt tones, from overdrive to…Click on the title for more

Fowl Sounds Flannel Overdriver

Supro Analog Chorus

The Supro Analog Chorus is a quality, all-analog and full-stereo chorus-vibrato, delivers a luscious, tri-dimensional effect with plenty of headroom. Its controls are your usual Speed, Time and Depth, with the exception of the innovative Dimension knob, which mixes the two channels of the Chorus into one another, creating an intermingling…Click on the title for more

Supro Analog Chorus

Jam Pedals Eureka Fuzz

The Eureka is an original fuzz circuit based on a silicon transistor design by Greek manufacturer Jam Pedals. Here’s the video demo of it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05I38Xktvaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr5Ed7on2P8 Here's the demo we shot at our Stompbox Booth at NAMM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5dvWDgdTgc&feature=youtu.be Click on the title for more

Jam Pedals Eureka Fuzz

New Pedals: Bananana Effects TARARIRA Pitch Shift Sequencer V2

Unconventional, creative, hybrid pedals that borrow from synths have become a niche in itself in the pedal realm - by far the most exciting one. Bananana is a quirky Japanese builder that focuses on designing original effects that spark inspiration, and one may say that their products' supercool minimalistic graphics…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Bananana Effects TARARIRA Pitch Shift Sequencer V2

New Pedal: Zander Cranium V2 Multi-Mode RAT-Style Distortion

If you are a RAT fan and like what JHS did to the Tube Screamer with the Bonsai (a pedal that gathers 9 different historical TS voicings in one pedal), you should be all over the Zander Circuitry Cranium, a pedal that extends that concert to the most beloved rodent…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Zander Cranium V2 Multi-Mode RAT-Style Distortion