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New Pedal: J. Rockett Audio Broverdrive Overdrive

The uncharacteristically tongue-and-cheekily-named Brotherdrive by J. Rockett is an original overdrive circuit that's incredibly versatile for a three-knob stompbox. The Brotone knob can alone confer a variety of qualities to the overdriven sound affecting both high end and the character of the overdrive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d86H-QgXdp8Click on the title for more

New Pedal: J. Rockett Audio Broverdrive Overdrive

MXR Octavio Fuzz

With its popular line of Jimi Hendrix-inspired Uni-Vibes, MXR is further tying its brand to the tone of the legendary guitarist with the release of the Octavio, a Silicon based Octave-up Fuzz that's as simple and responsive as the original units of the '60s - but a lot smaller and…Click on the title for more

MXR Octavio Fuzz

Shoneswood Effects Shralp Gated Fuzz

Shoneswood is a small pedal manufacturer that hand-builds its stompboxes, giving each one a unique enclosure made out of... repurposed old skateboards! The Shralp is a Gated Fuzz with controls for Volume, Gate and Tone, inspired by vintage gated fuzz, and can also deliver tones closer to an overdrive at…Click on the title for more

Shoneswood Effects Shralp Gated Fuzz

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz

Los Angeles' Spruce Effects just announced a new line of limited pedal releases called Americana, and unveiled the first device in this series, the Acadia, a dual Germanium fuzz. This pedal is very flexible thanks to the two gain stages, controlled by the two top knobs, and the three tone…Click on the title for more

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz

Dwarfcraft Devices Ghost Fax Phase Computer

After a couple of decades of declining "fashionability," phaser pedals seem to be all the rage again, although the new models present twists that make them a lot more interesting and multi-faceted than your classic old-style phasers. Dwarfcraft Devices is not a company interested in rehashing what's done before, and…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Ghost Fax Phase Computer

Tonetuga FX Songbird Overdrive

The Songbird Overdrive by Tonetuga FX is presented as a general tone enhancer that has the ability to get your clean amp into breakup territory. It stacks well with other drives and can be used direct as a preamp, with the gain and volume knobs interacting with each other just…Click on the title for more

Tonetuga FX Songbird Overdrive

Dwarfcraft Devices Eau Claire Thunder Gold Standard

The Eau Clair Thunder fuzz may as well be the pedal that put Wisconsin's pedal builder Dwarfcraft Devices on the map in the early aughts. It's a Muff-style fuzz box with three footswitches and some pretty unusual controls (in particular for those years, when the "stompbox madness" was just about to…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Eau Claire Thunder Gold Standard

BOSS DD-3T Digital Delay

BOSS has been at the forefront of digital delays since the early days, and even now that the field is crowded with many excellent competitors, the Japanese company doesn't miss a beat with updates and new, powerful designs (see the recent DD-200). If the DD-200 was a brand new, fully-featured…Click on the title for more

BOSS DD-3T Digital Delay

Dwarfcraft Devices Hax 2 Ring Modulator

During NAMM 2018 Ben from Dwarfcraft Devices came to see us at our Stompbox Booth to shoot the video of the Hax 2 you can see at the bottom of this post (we kept the blurb we wrote at the time, under this one). The pedal is finally officially out and…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Hax 2 Ring Modulator

Hungry Robot Pedals: The Lumen

It's somewhat unexpected to see a new dirt box from Hungry Robot Pedals, a boutique manufacturer that has built its reputation through creative effects ranging from the spacey to the synthy. But The Lumen, a FET-based overdrive, is a device that still bears Hungry Robot's trademark quirkiness, in particular thanks…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot Pedals: The Lumen

Dunable Eidolon Boost + Delay + Reverb

The many guitarists who play genres too fast to allow them to stomp on more than one pedal before their solos should take a look at the Dunable Eidolon, a compact-ish multi-effect device that allows you to get your rhythm and lead tone in one stomp, with an added wetness…Click on the title for more

Dunable Eidolon Boost + Delay + Reverb

Ground FX Keto Double Chorus

The new course of modulation pedals seems to be consisting of "doubling" the effect, and the Keto Double Chorus, by German builder Ground FX, goes exactly in this direction. The two choruses share Room, Delay and Volume knobs but have separate controls for Rate and Depth, and feature separate footswitches.…Click on the title for more

Ground FX Keto Double Chorus