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MG Music Midnight Rambler Overdrive

A tribute to the sound of The Rolling Stones (and more specifically their late '60s/early '70s tone), the Midnight Rambler Overdrive, by Brazilian company MG Music, borrows a sophisticated circuit used in high-end preamps to deliver a warm and balanced overdrive with vintage character. A second footswitch adds extra gain,…Click on the title for more

MG Music Midnight Rambler Overdrive

Vick Audio Lucky No. 13 Fuzz Reissued

Arizona's Vick Audio specializes in high-quality recreations of classic pedal designs, and the Lucky 13 is their popular take on the Colorsound Fuzz circuit designed in the 60’s but with higher gain, a smoother tone, and a more modern voicing. The company recently reissued this model due to popular demand.…Click on the title for more

Vick Audio Lucky No. 13 Fuzz Reissued

The Monthly StompBuzz: the Most Searched New Pedals in August 2020

August is over and done, and because of this we did our monthly "Stompbuzz" thing, i.e. we looked at our Google search terms to see what new effects the pedal lovers around the world are looking up! Due to the fact that August is widely seen as an off month,…Click on the title for more

The Monthly StompBuzz: the Most Searched New Pedals in August 2020

Echoline Pedals Everest Overdrive

Hand-built in the UK, the Echoline Pedals Everest Overdrive emulates the driven tone of valve amps thanks to an original design featuring two special NOS germanium diodes in conjunction with Texas Instruments Op-Amps for a warm valve amplifier-like feel. Responsive, rich and articulate, this simple three-knob drive might be what the…Click on the title for more

Echoline Pedals Everest Overdrive

Teisco Delay

We blogged a few times about the return of vintage Japanese brand Teisco to the forefront of the guitar world with the release of three new pedals, and we'll now focus our attention on their Delay. Delivering up to 600ms of delay time, the Teisco Delay, with its warm and…Click on the title for more

Teisco Delay

Laney Black Country Custom Spiral Array Chorus

Few effects beat the sound of a gloriously lush chorus - in particular in stereo - and the Spiral Array, part of the Black Country Customs series of pedals manufactured by UK's builder Laney Amplification, promises exactly that, in three variations. A toggle switch in the center of the pedal…Click on the title for more

Laney Black Country Custom Spiral Array Chorus

Win a Line 6 HX Stomp! – [Ended]

Compatible with guitars and line-level instruments, the HX Stomp by Line 6 is a professional-grade multi-fx processor that encapsulates over two decades of experience developing software for guitar by the company that launched - among other things - amp emulation and the format that is now standard in multi-mode stompboxes.…Click on the title for more

Win a Line 6 HX Stomp! – [Ended]

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