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New at NAMM 2019: Vanflet Distortion1

The Distortion1 is a high-end, three knob, distortion by French boutique amps pedal manufacturer Vanflet that can deliver anything from simple boost to metallic saturation. Vintage hard rockers will find what they love in it. The company will make its debut at NAMM this year, you can find them in booth…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM 2019: Vanflet Distortion1

Vanflet Driver1

The Driver1 is a high quality, three knob, '70s inspired overdrive by French boutique pedal manufacturer Vanflet. The company will make its debut at NAMM this year, you can find them in booth #2845. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lZugIwQ8XIClick on the title for more

Vanflet Driver1

SnK VHD Distortion+ Preamp

The VHD from SnK Pedals is a recreation of the preamp circuit found in the long discontinued Ampeg VH140C, an amp beloved by hardcore and death metal guitarists of the '90s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9mhVkinZPA The Ampeg VH-140C Solid State Amplifier was a staple of the 1990's Hardcore and Death metal genres. Long…Click on the title for more

SnK VHD Distortion+ Preamp

Shift-Line Everest M Reverb + Delay

A Reverb + Delay pedal by Russian manufacturer Shift-Line, the Everest features a "psychedelic mode" that can be activated by selecting the Moonshine symbol on the three-way toggle switch. In Moonshine mode an octave up is added to filtered delay repeats, while the dry signal bypasses the filter. High frequencies…Click on the title for more

Shift-Line Everest M Reverb + Delay

Pigtronix Resotron Filter Synth

The perennial innovators at Pigtronix have delivered the Resotron, a resonant envelope filter that gives you all the tools to transform your guitar into a full-blown '70s synth. Inside the Resotron, you'll find a filter based on the legendary Solid State Micro SSM2040 chip, the same one found in classic synths…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Resotron Filter Synth

Dophix David Distortion

A distortion pedal by young Italian manufacturer Dophix, full of character and power - like Michelangelo's David. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmnF5S7U_-E Not by chance the distortion is represented by the David, the Hero par excellence. The statue depicting him, carved from the hands of Michelangelo, is a masterpiece of sculpture and symbol of Florence,…Click on the title for more

Dophix David Distortion

Mastro Valvola LFO Optical Tremolo

Italian pedal maker Mastro Valvola unveiled in 2018 this gorgeous-looking optical tremolo, simply called LFO. The effect is packed with features, including Tap Tempo, 16 waveforms, and Symmetry control to alter the shape of LFO waveforms. The waveforms feature some unheard of shapes, which can be tweaked into even more complex shapes through…Click on the title for more

Mastro Valvola LFO Optical Tremolo

Taurus Stomp-Head 1.VT

The Stomp-Head 1.VT, by Polish amp builder Taurus Amplification, is a pedalboard guitar amp dedicated to supporters of single-purpose amplifiers who prefer a vintage type of sound. It is an amplifier with extremely small dimensions, technologically based on the company's own Master Tube Design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTe2E-cPJlM Until today, guitarists could only choose…Click on the title for more

Taurus Stomp-Head 1.VT

Adventure Audio unveils the Merge – Pedals/Modular integrator

OK, OK this is not a pedal, but it's a product by a stompbox manufacturer (Adventure Audio) that can integrate your board with an Eurorack system, with results that some of you, knob geeks, will find infinitely creative, potentially mind blowing, borderline short-circuiting and at times also undoubtedly paralyzing (the…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio unveils the Merge – Pedals/Modular integrator

Thomann Music’s Best 5 Pedals of 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uhwyDTWlrQ Thomann (big German online retailer that's coming to the US in 2019) released their year-end list of their favorite pedals of 2018. They stuck to just five effects, but definitely picked some interesting ones, mostly in the gain realm, check them out in our interactive gallery below! You can…Click on the title for more

Thomann Music’s Best 5 Pedals of 2018

Farm Pedals The Mountain Fuzz

Guitarists into fuzz very often have a maximalist approach to it, meaning that they enjoy and seek fuzz excess and even redundancy rather than refined tone balance. If you belong to the category, you should check out The Mountain, by Maine's Farm Pedals. It features three harmonically different one-knob fuzz circuits…Click on the title for more

Farm Pedals The Mountain Fuzz

Pedals and Effects’ Best 10 Pedals of 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScO3aBqbmJA Pedal Year End List Alert!!! We've been diligently posting all the Best Stompboxes of 2018 lists compiled by our favorite pedal videographers, and we couldn't leave out the one by the folks at Pedals and Effects, who just published it. They didn't specify a particular order for their favorite…Click on the title for more

Pedals and Effects’ Best 10 Pedals of 2018