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Summer NAMM Stompbox Booth this week at #1549!

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Summer NAMM Stompbox Booth this week at #1549!

Way Huge Conspiracy Theory Professional Overdrive

The Way Huge Conspiracy Theory is a brand new "Klone" (i.e. a circuit inspired by the uber-hyped Klon Centaur Overdrive - see our comprehensive article about the Klon and its clones). The pedal doesn't stray away from the three-knob design of the original (Output, Gain and Treble), so the fortunes…Click on the title for more

Way Huge Conspiracy Theory Professional Overdrive

Fender MTG Tube Distortion

Designed with amp guru Bruce Egnater, the Fender MTG delivers true tube saturation and distortion from a US-made NOS 6205 preamplifier tube. Complete with a 3-band EQ and a Tight control to focus your tone, the MTG is basically a tube preamp pedal — you can run it into the…Click on the title for more

Fender MTG Tube Distortion

Mad Professor Double Moon Modulation Pedal

Mad Professor showed a new pedal release at NAMM 2019, the Double Moon Modulation. Hosted in a compact case, the Double Moon is a multi-modulation device featuring 11 modes: 3 chorus effects, 3 dual chorus effects, 3 flanger effects, flanger+chorus and a vibrato. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9RYrIkE9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSTrdTCORzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjhOFjkrQCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqWXX6TdYbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToER9kEpxJI The Mad…Click on the title for more

Mad Professor Double Moon Modulation Pedal

New DIY pedal kits: Aion FX

DIY kits have been around for a while and they are an ideal product for those musicians who are flirting with the idea of a future in musical gear manufacturing. Based in Des Moines, IA, Aion FX is a new player in this niche, providing not only kits of pedal…Click on the title for more

New DIY pedal kits: Aion FX

Walrus Audio ARP-87 Multi-Function Delay

Te ARP-87 delay by Walrus Audio has a ton more than meets the eye. Its four modes are digital, analog, lo-fi, and slap back, with an X knob that changes functions depending on the mode selected. The momentary knob ramp function allows for special effects both in on and bypass…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio ARP-87 Multi-Function Delay

Electro-Harmonix Mono Synth (for guitar)

Electro-Harmonix just came to our Stompbox Booth at NAMM to shoot the first video of their Mono Synth for guitar, check it out! More info under the video. The Mono Synth was announced after the Bass Mono Synth and brings an equal quiver of juicy monophonic synth goodness to the…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Mono Synth (for guitar)

New Pedals: Mr. Black – Mini Echo-Delay

While many guitarists see the digital rack delays of the '80s as hopefully obsolete, they still enjoy remarkable popularity among players into shoegaze rock, which - some say - wouldn't sound the same with a different kind of delay, which introduced some pleasing sounding artifacts shoegazer players have become attached…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mr. Black – Mini Echo-Delay

How Synth Pedals Work

Written by Christopher Scapelliti, Nicholas Kula and Paolo De Gregorio, this article appeared in print in the 2nd issue of the Delicious Audio magazine and can be read with enhanced streaming digital content here. --- In September 1963, as the Beatles convened in Abbey Road Studios to record “Don’t Bother…Click on the title for more

How Synth Pedals Work

New Pedals: Loophole Pedals Greymatter

The fruit of two years of meticulous testing and development, the Loophole Pedals Grey Matter consists in two circuits emulating the classic (and grey) ‘77 DOD250 preamp that can be run individually or stacked. The footswitches are close enough together so you could set one as a textured boost and…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Loophole Pedals Greymatter

Wren and Cuff De La Riva BM20-Ultra Fuzz

Wren and Cuff came out with a new, deep take on the Big Muff called De La Riva BM20-ULTRA, and we have to say that the device looks and sounds impressive. The concept is rather unique: a Muff emulation that lets you design the gain stages of the pedal through…Click on the title for more

Wren and Cuff De La Riva BM20-Ultra Fuzz

Rabbit Hole FX Chaosmic Fuzz

The Chaosmic Fuzz from North Carolina’s Rabbit Hole FX is a modern take on the obscure Scrambler guitar pedal design. While most fuzz pedals tend to be one trick ponies, the Chaosmic Fuzz is a flexible octave fuzz stompbox capable of producing some really “out there” sounds. Six knobs allow the…Click on the title for more

Rabbit Hole FX Chaosmic Fuzz