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SolidGoldFX unveils the Spanish Castle Dual Fuzz

Noise seekers who aren't quite satisfied with one fuzz at a time should take a look at the brand new SolidGoldFX Spanish Castle. Hailing from beautiful Montreal, this Canadian manufacturer has been stepping up its game in the last year or so with new products that marry great tone with plenty of…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX unveils the Spanish Castle Dual Fuzz

Rediscovering the Keeley Bubble Tron Dynamic Flanger/Phaser

The Keeley Bubble Tron is a dynamic flanger/phaser that didn't exactly make a splash when it was unveiled back in 2016. However, pedal geeks are starting to realize that it anticipated a trend that became established in 2018, when companies like EQD, Dwarfcraft Devices and Mr. Black (among others) put out…Click on the title for more

Rediscovering the Keeley Bubble Tron Dynamic Flanger/Phaser

Tech 21 unveils the Paul Landers PL1 Signature Fly Rig

For the unaware US readers, alternative rock in Germany is something else entirely. The European nation has a fascination for goth and darkness (not just in music, but in all art forms) and it's home to the largest industrial rock scene in the world. East Berlin band Rammstein is the group…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 unveils the Paul Landers PL1 Signature Fly Rig

BOSS Metal Zone MT-2w

If you don't know this pedal... what are you doing here??? Here's the new version of the legendary BOSS Metal Zone, called MT-2W recreated with the company's new Waza Craft technology. This new version features the good old Metal Zone sound we all love and revere in Standard Mode, and also…Click on the title for more

BOSS Metal Zone MT-2w

Fender Engager Boost

The Engager is Fender's very versatile boost pedal delivering up to 20db of clean gain and featuring a three band EQ including a toggle switch that selects two different frequencies for the mids. A switch on the back panel lets you select true or buffered bypass. Here's the video demo…Click on the title for more

Fender Engager Boost

First video of the Lunastone Blue Drive

We took a video of the Lunastone Blue Drive at our Stompbox Booth at NAMM 2018 (the second one under here). It's a medium gain overdrive built with blues in mind, and features a combination of cascade coupled gain stages and diode clipping. You can get tones from sustain-y clean…Click on the title for more

First video of the Lunastone Blue Drive

Zander Circuitry Cafetiere Distortion Fuzz

From Essex in the UK, comes Zander Circuitry and its latest pedal Cafetiere, a "distortofuzz" featuring two separate circuits of... you know what! This is an evolution of the infamous Harmonic Percolator fuzz, featuring an extra gain stage with separate footswitch and a 6-way clipping diode selector. The purple pedal…Click on the title for more

Zander Circuitry Cafetiere Distortion Fuzz

Boredbrain Transmutron Dual FX Loop Crossover Filter

EffectsBay.com recently blogged about this very interesting pedal by Richmond, VA's Boredbrain Music, called the Transmutron. This is a very useful and creative device that, rather than simply applying an effect to your signal, also allows your other effects to interact with it - and with each other - in a way…Click on the title for more

Boredbrain Transmutron Dual FX Loop Crossover Filter

Zorg Effects Small Basstar

Originally built as a smaller/simpler version of this beast of a pedal, the (French) Zorg Effects Small Basstar is a peculiar overdrive obviously intended for bass but also intriguing-sounding on guitar. The circuit also gained its own quirks during the designing process. The controls are pretty self explanatory, the toggle switch in the…Click on the title for more

Zorg Effects Small Basstar

Bondi Effects Art Van Delay + Modulation

Today Reverb.com posted this preview video of the Bondi Effects Art Van Delay, a tap tempo enabled, bucked brigade delay + modulation pedal inspired by the delay pedals of the late '70s and early '80s. Among the extra features, there's the always useful subdivision function. Also, the Tap Tempo footswitch…Click on the title for more

Bondi Effects Art Van Delay + Modulation

MidValleyFx Mad Robot Distortion with Oscillator

Comprised of a husband and wife team based in Albany, OR, MidValleyFx specializes in heavy fuzz and distortion pedals. Their newest pedal Mad Robot, an oscillating distortion, was recently featured on Premier Guitar, and it's bound to make noise lovers smile. Featuring 5 unnamed controls (four knobs and one toggle switch),…Click on the title for more

MidValleyFx Mad Robot Distortion with Oscillator

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Reflector Chorus V3

There's an update to the OBNE flagship chors - the Reflector V3! - with a new reverb chorus mode called Washed. These are all the modes: Wrinkle Mode: A Vibrato-esque warble chorus with the added option of pitch selection, meaning the Modulate knob goes from one octave down to one octave up, with…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Reflector Chorus V3