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ProAnalog Devices Manticore V2 Overdrive

Based in Merrillville, IN, ProAnalog Devices is a small builder dedicated to building... professional analog devices (as in guitar pedals)! The company has been getting an increasing amount of attention since the 2017 release of their Klon-style Manticore overdrive, described by Riff City as a "fresh take on the topic" in their Best of 2017…Click on the title for more

ProAnalog Devices Manticore V2 Overdrive

Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost

The four generation of the Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost has arrived, a new version of a popular pedal that was last updated in 2010. Check out the videos below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImDGFAc1ro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKfrfQCQX4c The Mercury IV is a dynamic tone enhancer, created to bring out additional harmonic character from instruments and…Click on the title for more

Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost

JHS unveils the Tidewater Mini Tremolo

In a rather unexpected move, JHS Pedals this week unveiled two new mini-pedals, a format it only tackled once before with the Foot Fuzz. As a matter of fact, one of the new design is version 2 of that mini-fuzz, which we highlighted here. The second pedal is an entirely…Click on the title for more

JHS unveils the Tidewater Mini Tremolo

Friedman BE-OD Deluxe Overdrive

Friedman just unveiled a two-channel version of their popular BE-OD, called BE-OD Deluxe. This new BE-OD Deluxe pedal employs the exact same circuit but adds another channel and dual midrange controls. The top row (Channel 1) is identical to the original BE-OD pedal while Dave voiced the bottom row (Channel…Click on the title for more

Friedman BE-OD Deluxe Overdrive

Nanolog C4 Distortion

Read more about Nanolog and their Carbon Clipping Devices in this other article/Q&A, and check out the videos of the C4 Distortion below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh27eDYAsJk The C4 Distortion is designed to truly ignite the distortion potential of our carbon technology. The pedal features three different clipping options to allow the user to experiment with…Click on the title for more

Nanolog C4 Distortion

Friedman Golden Pearl Overdrive

The Friedman pedal line is probably the biggest success story of the last decade in the challenging and overcrowded field of gain pedals and dirt boxes. In our 2017 survey of the best selling overdrive pedals the LA builder managed to place two of its designs in the top ten, in…Click on the title for more

Friedman Golden Pearl Overdrive

Vertex Boost (+ Volume Exp)

Vertex focuses on two things: simplicity and tone. Their clean boost pedals, simply called Boost, covers all your volume basics by including clean boost, buffer and volume pedal in one, completely uncolored stompbox. Interestingly, if you connect an expression pedal to control the volume, it will work both when the pedal…Click on the title for more

Vertex Boost (+ Volume Exp)

JHS Mini Foot Fuzz V2

JHS just released the version 2 of their Mini Foot Fuzz, check out the demo by GearManDude! Although small, this pedal covers a lot of ground, thanks to the new +/- toggle switch: In the – mode, the toggle gives you a low-gain mode where you get vintage broken-speaker type…Click on the title for more

JHS Mini Foot Fuzz V2

Q&A with Nanolog Audio about Carbon Clipping

In recent years, a few companies have been working on new ways to create distortion (for musical purposes). Senior PhD researcher from the Canadian National Institute for Nanotechnology Adam Bergren has been on the forefront of this effort, collaborating in 2016 with Dr. Scientist to create the first guitar pedal…Click on the title for more

Q&A with Nanolog Audio about Carbon Clipping

Nanolog Audio Orbital Fuzz

Nanolog Audio is a Canadian company dedicated to exploring the new technology of carbon-driven clipping - read more about it in our profile. Carbon clipping - produced by the company's own Nanolog Device circuits - delivers a more dynamic, less squashed distortion than your regular silicon or germanium diodes. The…Click on the title for more

Nanolog Audio Orbital Fuzz

Fuzzrocious lunaReclipse Preamp/Boost/Overdrive

The lunaReclipse from Fuzzrocious Pedals, like the astronomical event it borrows its name from, is a unique stompbox that select between 12 (yes, 12!) different diode configurations to let you clip your signal in the best way that suits you. Needless to say, this all happens in the analog realm.…Click on the title for more

Fuzzrocious lunaReclipse Preamp/Boost/Overdrive

Keeley unveils Verb O Trem and VoT Workstation

Fans of the surfy tremolo/reverb effect combo now have two more options to consider when shopping for a stompbox that offers both effects (the list has been growing quite a bit lately). Keeley just unveiled a pair of new Tremolo + Reverb pedals that are identical in color and share…Click on the title for more

Keeley unveils Verb O Trem and VoT Workstation