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New Pedals: Mr. Black – Mini Echo-Delay

While many guitarists see the digital rack delays of the '80s as hopefully obsolete, they still enjoy remarkable popularity among players into shoegaze rock, which - some say - wouldn't sound the same with a different kind of delay, which introduced some pleasing sounding artifacts shoegazer players have become attached…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mr. Black – Mini Echo-Delay

How Synth Pedals Work

Written by Christopher Scapelliti, Nicholas Kula and Paolo De Gregorio, this article appeared in print in the 2nd issue of the Delicious Audio magazine and can be read with enhanced streaming digital content here. --- In September 1963, as the Beatles convened in Abbey Road Studios to record “Don’t Bother…Click on the title for more

How Synth Pedals Work

New Pedals: Loophole Pedals Greymatter

The fruit of two years of meticulous testing and development, the Loophole Pedals Grey Matter consists in two circuits emulating the classic (and grey) ‘77 DOD250 preamp that can be run individually or stacked. The footswitches are close enough together so you could set one as a textured boost and…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Loophole Pedals Greymatter

Wren and Cuff De La Riva BM20-Ultra Fuzz

Wren and Cuff came out with a new, deep take on the Big Muff called De La Riva BM20-ULTRA, and we have to say that the device looks and sounds impressive. The concept is rather unique: a Muff emulation that lets you design the gain stages of the pedal through…Click on the title for more

Wren and Cuff De La Riva BM20-Ultra Fuzz

Rabbit Hole FX Chaosmic Fuzz

The Chaosmic Fuzz from North Carolina’s Rabbit Hole FX is a modern take on the obscure Scrambler guitar pedal design. While most fuzz pedals tend to be one trick ponies, the Chaosmic Fuzz is a flexible octave fuzz stompbox capable of producing some really “out there” sounds. Six knobs allow the…Click on the title for more

Rabbit Hole FX Chaosmic Fuzz

Deep Space Devices Trigonaut Octave/Glitch/Stutter/Drive

Alabama based Deep Space Devices is one of the most promising new US pedal manufacturers, and we can say that with proof to support the claim, since they won our 2018 contest reserved to the emerging manufacturers participating in the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit. That's why we couldn't be more excited to…Click on the title for more

Deep Space Devices Trigonaut Octave/Glitch/Stutter/Drive

Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit and Synth Expo 2019 Recap!

ATTENDANCE The Brooklyn Synth and Pedal Expo attracted around 2,000 synth and pedal lovers - this is not an inflated number. COVERAGE A big thank you to Synthtopia for the amazing coverage of our event! FEEDBACK We gathered spontaneous attendee feedback we found online here, while the comments in these two…Click on the title for more

Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit and Synth Expo 2019 Recap!

M.D. Effects The Timber Overdrive

Released in 2017, the M.D. Effects The Timber is a boost and low gain overdrive featuring two toggle switches that give access to two different boost levels and two different clip modes. Here's the video of it by Shnobel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0iMGo7Ybhs OVERDRIVE, REIMAGINED The M.D. Effects Timber is a dirt pedal…Click on the title for more

M.D. Effects The Timber Overdrive

LPD Javelina Overdrive Boost

RJ Ronquillo test drove the LPD (Lawrence Petross Design) Javelina Overdrive Boost, which features 26dB of boost and a little roll off on the low frequencies to keep things nice and tight. Check out the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om0f1xDbg9I The Javelina boost is a single control boost. There is a light…Click on the title for more

LPD Javelina Overdrive Boost

Seen at the BK Stompbox Exhibit ’19: Flower Pedal Dandelion Tremolo

The Flower Pedal Dandelion is a tremolo offering both standard and harmonic tremolo, along with 3 voicings for the harmonic mode (triangle, sine, and square). Controls are available for Boost, Depth, Speed, and Shape. Extra footswitch acts as tap tempo as well as ramping device. A set of secondary controls…Click on the title for more

Seen at the BK Stompbox Exhibit ’19: Flower Pedal Dandelion Tremolo

Deep Trip – The Bog Fuzz

Deep Trip is a Brazilian manufacturer out of Sao Paolo that specializes in nuanced fuzz pedals based on tireless research of classic analog circuits, and thoroughly dedicated to troubleshooting out all the nuisances of vintage boxes like noise, instability and power supply inconsistencies. All units are overseen, fine-tuned and signed by…Click on the title for more

Deep Trip – The Bog Fuzz

Dusky Electronics Mandorla Boost

Durham's amp and pedal manufacturer Dusky Electronics recently announced this new "non clean" boost pedal called Mandorla. While clean boosts are all the rage these days, many guitarists appreciate the character that colored, non-linear devices add to their tone. In this circumstance, the "dirt" is associated to a MOSFET gain circuit…Click on the title for more

Dusky Electronics Mandorla Boost