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Announcing Effectopia 2020 – the First Online Stompbox Exhibit

The (pedal) show must go on! You can RSVP for our first Online Stompbox Exhibit here - it's a FREE virtual event!... Click on the title for more

Announcing Effectopia 2020 – the First Online Stompbox Exhibit

The Monthly StompBuzz: the Hottest Pedals in September 2020

After a very slow summer with few new releases, pedal builders seemed to be awakening in September, unleashing a series of brand new devices that spurred frantic online searching activity. ... Click on the title for more

The Monthly StompBuzz: the Hottest Pedals in September 2020

Sitek Freya (Joss Allen Signature) Boost + Overdrive

Freya is a family-run pedal company based in Poland that focuses on hand-building gain pedals.... Click on the title for more

Sitek Freya (Joss Allen Signature) Boost + Overdrive

Mad Professor Super Black Overdrive

The Super Black is a new amp-in-a-box by Mad Professor that recreates the valve circuitry of the Black Face Fender amps from the'60s and their classic mid-scooped tone.... Click on the title for more

Mad Professor Super Black Overdrive

The Best Pedals for Synths with CV in/out in 2022

CV (an acronym for "Control Voltage") is a system that allows the remote of parameters of synths and pedals remotely - exactly like Midi, CV surpasses that format in smoothness and flexibility. ... Click on the title for more

The Best Pedals for Synths with CV in/out in 2022

Formula B Super Plexi Overdrive

The Formula B Super Plexi Distortion is a two-channel distortion pedal with a clean boost on one side and a Marshall JTM45 emulation on the other, using transistors to mimic the character of the tubes.... Click on the title for more

Formula B Super Plexi Overdrive

Engl Powerball Distortion Pedal

Tonally based on the company's Lead2 channel of the Powerball II amp, the Engl Powerball Distortion Pedal recreates the gain stages of the amp. ... Click on the title for more

Engl Powerball Distortion Pedal

BAE Audio Hot Fuzz – Fuzz + Boost

BAE Audio’s Hot Fuzz – a beast of a pedal that will travel to NYC to take part in our 8th Brooklyn Stpompbox Exhibit – combines a high-frequency boost and an English 1970s-style fuzz box that can be used independently or together in series to create high-frequency distortion. ... Click on the title for more

BAE Audio Hot Fuzz – Fuzz + Boost

JHS Pedals Smiley Fuzz

The JHS Pedals Smiley, from the Legends of Fuzz Series, is a faithful recreation of the Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face.... Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals Smiley Fuzz

Stone Deaf FX Noise Reaper Gate Pedal

The Stone Deaf FX Noise Reaper is a simple, high-quality noise gate designed for line-level instruments. The only knob controls the db threshold under which the signal is silenced, with a LED indicating if the noise gate is active or not.... Click on the title for more

Stone Deaf FX Noise Reaper Gate Pedal

New Pedals: Ernie Ball Ambient Delay

Ernie Ball's Expression series takes the wah/volume pedal chassis concept and applies it to other effect types, therefore allowing a sweepable foot control for some paramters.... Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Ernie Ball Ambient Delay

Danelectro Roebuck Distortion

The Danelectro Roebuck is a recreation of the vintage and rare Ibanez Mostortion, a pedal that has many fans among session players because of its flexibility.... Click on the title for more

Danelectro Roebuck Distortion