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Old Blood Noise Bathing Liminal Delay

Old Blood Noise Bathing Liminal Delay The Old Blood Noise Bathing Liminal Delay from is not just another delay pedal—it’s a sonic exploration tool that defies traditional categorization. Combining delay, phaser, and reverb-like textures, it creates an immersive, ever-shifting soundscape that exists in a liminal space—somewhere between familiar effects and something entirely new.... Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Bathing Liminal Delay

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Swello

Electro-Harmonix Pico Swello The Electro-Harmonix Pico Swello brings one of the most musical features of the classic POG2 - its polyphonic attack envelope - into a mini, standalone pedal.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Swello

BOSS Poly Shifter XS-1

BOSS Poly Shifter The BOSS Poly Shifter represents a significant leap in polyphonic pitch-shifting technology, offering glitch-free, ultra-fast tracking across a wide range of up to ±7 semitones or ±3 octaves. Powered by advanced proprietary algorithms and 24-bit Adaptive Focus conversion, the XS-1 maintains the natural character and attack of your instrument while delivering pristine pitch-shifted tones.... Click on the title for more

BOSS Poly Shifter XS-1

Electro-Harmonics Bender Royale Fuzz

The Electro-Harmonics Bender Royale is an advanced version of the classic three-transistor germanium fuzz circuit, inspired by the famous MkIII Tone Bender design. This modern fuzz pedal combines vintage authenticity with contemporary features, offering the sought-after germanium fuzz sound that influenced numerous iconic recordings.... Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonics Bender Royale Fuzz

New Pedal: Silktone Expander Preamp Fuzz

Silktone Expander The Silktone Expander reimagines the classic dirt pedal as a dynamic tone-enhancing engine. Far from a one-trick distortion, it functions as an "always-on" harmonic foundation, thickening your core sound with rich texture and amp-like responsiveness before you even engage a drive channel.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Silktone Expander Preamp Fuzz

Fish Circuit Echo Limiteur

Fish Circuit Echo Limiteur Hand-made in Montreal (the lovely city we call home), the Fish Circuits Echo Limiteur is a distinctive hybrid delay that merges analog warmth (via an MN3005 chip) with digital extension (PT2399) for delay times up to 1750ms. Its defining feature is a dynamic limiter circuit, offering unprecedented control over feedback behavior—allowing everything from self-regulating infinite repeats to rhythmically resetting echoes.... Click on the title for more

Fish Circuit Echo Limiteur

Crazy Tube Circuits Venus Overdrive

At NAMM 2025, Greek pedal brand Crazy Tube Circuits introduced the Venus overdrive, a real tube overdrive inspired by all the pedal and rack versions of the Butler Tube Driver.... Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Venus Overdrive

EarthQuaker Barrows Fuzz Attacker

 EarthQuaker Barrows Fuzz Attacker If you’ve ever chased that raw, singing, mid-heavy fuzz tone that defined everything from ’60s rock rebellion to ’80s shoegaze walls-of-sound, meet your new foundation: the EarthQuaker Devices Barrows. This isn’t just another fuzz—it’s a faithful and modernized recreation of the legendary Tone Bender MkII circuit, built with three carefully matched germanium transistors for that authentic, dynamic response.... Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Barrows Fuzz Attacker

BOSS OD-3 Overdrive

BOSS OD-3 The BOSS OD-3 is the third generation of the revered OD-1, but with more controls. It sounds like a refined version of the Ibanez Tube Screamer, which was built to compete with the OD-1 and was close to being an OD-1 clone with an added mid-bump.... Click on the title for more

BOSS OD-3 Overdrive

New Pedal: LPD Supernode Dual Overdrive

LPD Supernode

The LPD Supernode Dual Overdrive is a versatile dual overdrive pedal that combines two classic analog circuits in a single, highly configurable unit. On the right, you'll find a refined take on the iconic ODR circuit, complete with a post-clipping Bass control and an internal trimmer for low-end saturation. The left side delivers a simplified yet potent version of the Seventy4 Deluxe's Green channel, capturing the punch and growl of a '70s-era amp.

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New Pedal: LPD Supernode Dual Overdrive

Origin RevivalDRIVE Overdrive

The folks at Origin Effects say it took them several years of research and development to finalize the RevivalDRIVE, and looking at this beast we can certainly see why!... Click on the title for more

Origin RevivalDRIVE Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Diamond Memory Lane V2 Delay

Diamond Pedals Memory Lane V2 The original - and now vintage - Diamond Pedals Memory Lane Delay went down in history as the first (analog) delay with tap tempo, but the unit received plenty of great feedback for its sound too. It was a big pedal and based on a chip that went out of production, which forced a premature retirement.... Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Diamond Memory Lane V2 Delay