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Valco, a company that - intriguingly! - doesn't seem to have a web presence, put out a new pedal called BloodFuzz, a tribute to the Lovetone Cheessource of '90s.... Click on the title for more
Vertex's Steel String Clean Drive was voiced after the legendary 
All of a sudden there seems to be a lot of interest, among stompbox manufacturers, in taking the phaser effect to new places.... Click on the title for more
The newly released Rare Buzz Effects Piccolo Falsetto, is a Germanium based Rangemaster variant overdrive (bordering on a fuzz) with features that improve on the original design by allowing the players to tailor the voicing of the pedal to complement their guitar and signal chain.... Click on the title for more
Although many guitarists prefer to defer gain-related duties to traditional, "one function" analog stompboxes, the case for multi-mode, digital dirt boxes has become more and more compelling with the advancement of digital and DSP technology in the audio realm.
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2018 has seen guitar giant Fender aggressively enter the stompbox market with two "waves" of pedal releases, the latest of which included a 
Vintage Fender tube amp were the first ones to feature a tremolo effect embedded in them, so the guitar giant thought it would be a good idea to recreate that circuit (NOS 6205 preamp tube included) in a pedal format.... Click on the title for more
The JHS Pedals Bender, from the 
In a world where meeting has become unexpectedly challenging, the story of the 
