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Surfy Industries SurfyVibe

The Magnatone amps from the '60s, incredibly rare and expensive, set the standard for the effect known as vibrato, which was achieved through a component called "varistor," which is now obsolete. In their orange SurfyVibe pedal, Swedish builder Surfy Industries recreated the character of the varistors found in a Magnatone 280 amp…Click on the title for more

Surfy Industries SurfyVibe

Iconic Guitars I-Scream Overdrive

The Iconic Guitars I-Scream is a TS inspired overdrive that takes things beyond the original with extra tone sculpting capabilities which open up a variety of colors and tones. The most obvious feature is that Scream knob, which adds sustain and a certain compression to the signal, making it stand out…Click on the title for more

Iconic Guitars I-Scream Overdrive

NativeAudio Wilderness V1.5 Delay + Modulation

The Wilderness delay is the latest creation by Dayton, Ohio's NativeAudio, a company that house found its voice in offering sophisticated yet simple looking analog and digital pedals decorated with stilish graphics inspired by owner Mike Trombley’s Blackfeet Native American ancestry. The Wilderness offers 1,000ms of delay and two modulation…Click on the title for more

NativeAudio Wilderness V1.5 Delay + Modulation

Soundslice FX Kobold Vintage Fuzz + Delay

The Soundslice FX Kobold is a seriously gnarly delay + fuzz from a small boutique manufacturer based in Quebec. While the Delay can be added or entirely removed through the Delay knob, the fuzz, which has a clear '70s sonic character, is always on and only features a Texture control…Click on the title for more

Soundslice FX Kobold Vintage Fuzz + Delay

Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd Overdrive

Boston's Electronic Audio Experiments just unveiled a new flexible Overdrive called Halberd, in the words of the builder "a discrete transistor overdrive circuit designed for the greatest possible dynamic range and note clarity." Not to be filed under the "transparent ods", and based on a circuit blending silicon and germanium…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd Overdrive

Fender Bubbler Two Speed Stereo Chorus

For Fender, NAMM 2019 was the year of modulation pedals: they unveiled three of them, all sharing a few features with each other. Designed together with Bruce Egnater, the Bubbler is a Stereo chorus that applies a quirk found on rotary effects to chorus through the introduction of two separate, "footswitchable"…Click on the title for more

Fender Bubbler Two Speed Stereo Chorus

Seymour Duncan Polaron Phaser

Seymour Duncan just put out a multi-mode phaser pedal called Polaron that features a selectable number of stages, from two to 16. The signal path is fully analog but controlled digitally. The pedal can work as a regular modulation pedal (with tap tempo footswitch controlling the cycle's speed) or like…Click on the title for more

Seymour Duncan Polaron Phaser

Champion Leccy The Skitter Reverb + Trem

With its charming DIY graphics and creative pedal designs, Champion Leccy has slowly carved out a niche in the ever-expanding universe of pedal circuits. The company's latest mode, named The Skitter, is an intriguing variation on the reverb & tremolo combo, with a unique routing section that (through the Kilter…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Skitter Reverb + Trem

The 8 Best Stereo Pedals in 2021 – according to The Pedal Zone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L09mWdyoD54 The 8 Best Stereo Pedals, video by The Pedal Zone. See also our other articles about Stereo pedals: Best Stereo Reverbs, Best Stereo Modulation Pedals, Best Stereo Chorus Pedals. --- The statement "music in Stereo sounds much better than in Mono" is one of the few absolute truths we…Click on the title for more

The 8 Best Stereo Pedals in 2021 – according to The Pedal Zone

True North Tweed Drive

Jay Leonard J is running a series on Canadian pedals this week, and since in 2018 we officially moved to Canada (to be precise, Montreal!) we want to praise this effort by giving it some exposure. The "all Canadian rig" he's put together is comprised in most part by pedal…Click on the title for more

True North Tweed Drive

MAS Effects Mimir’s Well

"Many of your favorite pedals have nearly identical circuitry, with the only important difference being the patches running on their FV-1 audio DSPs (digital signal processors). This creates a neat little niche in the market for something like this." This premise, found on the MAS Effects Mimir's Well's presentation page,…Click on the title for more

MAS Effects Mimir’s Well

Tru-Fi COLORDRIVER Overdrive/Fuzz

Sometimes you can tell how much a videographer likes a pedal from how good is the music in his or her video of it. Well, it doesn't get much better than what Barrero did for the Tru-Fi COLORDRIVER 18v video below. This is an overdrive/ fuzz made in the USA…Click on the title for more

Tru-Fi COLORDRIVER Overdrive/Fuzz