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ZVex unveils Russian Fuzz Factory 7 Mod

The ZVEX Fuzz Factory is a pedal that refined and redefined fuzz, and was able to survive the test of time. Over the years, company owner/designer Zachary Vex played around a lot with this circuit, releasing various versions of the original with slightly different circuits or even just graphics (we…Click on the title for more

ZVex unveils Russian Fuzz Factory 7 Mod

Animals Pedal Tioga Road Cycling Distortion

We saw Animals Pedal's Tioga Road Cycling at Summer NAMM 2018. This is a classic RAT pedal evolution designed in collaboration with Californian manufacturer Wren and Cuff. The three way toggle switch delivers two different flavors of distortion and and a clean overdrive sound. Here are a few video demos…Click on the title for more

Animals Pedal Tioga Road Cycling Distortion

Buffalo FX 66 Fuzz

Here's a great sounding, two-knob custom fuzz by French manufacturer Buffalo FX called '66 Fuzz. Will it sound retro? You can find out in this video by Shnobel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1iK35VwiLkClick on the title for more

Buffalo FX 66 Fuzz

Dazatronyx SPOT (Stereo Panning Optical Tremolo)

Designed by South-East Melbourne, Australia's Dazatronyx, the SPOT is a Stereo Panning Optical Tremolo with some interesting features. Your standard "Speed" and "Depth" knobs are integrated with a Boost knob that allows to compensate for any signal loss or actually boost the signal even more (the "Pad" switch also helps taming…Click on the title for more

Dazatronyx SPOT (Stereo Panning Optical Tremolo)

First Stomp-Bong unveiled at the BK Stompbox Exhibit 2018

In the world of stompboxes, innovation is the name of the game, and we are always excited to bring to our audience the most cutting edge new products. That's why we are very proud to have hosted, at our recent Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, the launch of what will be remembered…Click on the title for more

First Stomp-Bong unveiled at the BK Stompbox Exhibit 2018

Native Sun’s favorite stompboxes and guitar gear

Brooklyn Native Sun's fast paced and heavy handed mix of garage and psych rock has earned a space in the soundtrack to our summer 2018 trips. Their recent EP "Songs Born from Love and Hate" features many flavors of fuzzed-out guitars, so we thought it might be interesting to ask the band…Click on the title for more

Native Sun’s favorite stompboxes and guitar gear

Doc Lloyd Face Ripper

The Doc Lloyd Face Ripper is a gated fuzz with 4 controls (Fuzz, Bias, Tone and Volume). All pretty straightfoward apart from the Bias knob, which "knob is used to starve the transistors to decrease the pulse width and introduce a gating effect that leaves your amp silent between bursts…Click on the title for more

Doc Lloyd Face Ripper

Dedalo FX alu9 Aliaser Pedal

We shot a video of the Dedalo FX alu9 Aliaser at our NAMM 2018 Stompbox Booth (embedded at the bottom of the post), and we are happy to finally see the first produced videos appear. This pedal hailing from Argentina belongs to the quirky family of lo-fi effects, but introduces some…Click on the title for more

Dedalo FX alu9 Aliaser Pedal

Win $400+ in Pedal Gear with the Toronto Stompbox Exhibit!

The Pedal and Synth Expo is back in Toronto on August 18-19 (it's free! RSVP here), and to celebrate we are giving away two awesome effects by One Control and Animals Pedal and one pedalboard by Outlaw Effects! Desgned by Bjorn Juhl, the One Control Super Apricot is designed to capture the tone…Click on the title for more

Win $400+ in Pedal Gear with the Toronto Stompbox Exhibit!

Ark Atom Grumpkin

New from Australia, Ark Atom unveiled their first pedal called the Grumpkin, a three knob overdrive with a "Magic" know that open things up a little on the high end. Check out the video by our favorite Australian pedal-videographers The SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL8WoSU3Drc A Tube-like overdriven breakup with a “magic”…Click on the title for more

Ark Atom Grumpkin

Black Arts Toneworks Skyboost

Delivering anything "from a gentle full range boost, gritty treble boost, gassing up to a full aggressive fuzz," the Black Arts Toneworks Skyboost is one of the more flexible pedals from a manufacturers known for heavy gain effects. Check out the demo video by Mike Hermans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGxILyMVw34 You’ll find sounds from…Click on the title for more

Black Arts Toneworks Skyboost

TEFI Vintage Lab GainOver

The GainOver Overdrive by Italian TEFI Vintage Lab was designed "for the musician who needs to move from a soft crunch to pushed overdrive tones during the execution of a song, always preserving the same sound but with different gain and volume using a single stompbox." It features two gain circuits - one high and…Click on the title for more

TEFI Vintage Lab GainOver