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SoundBrut VA Boost

Swedish pedal manufacturer SoundBrut, who got their first magazine award a few weeks ago, didn't waste any time and unveiled a new stompbox, the VA, a Mosfet based clean boost. Check out Mike Hermans' video below and read more info about it at the bottom of this post or here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL_4b2z_TGw A…Click on the title for more

SoundBrut VA Boost

Best “Non-Clone” Overdrive/Distortion Pedals of 2017 according to In The Blues

After compiling and publishing the list of the Best Selling Overdrives of 2017, which features almost exclusively units built by established companies, we were looking for an online "Best Of Lists" featuring mostly smaller manufacturers. This video by Australian videographers In The Blues not only fit our criteria, but it exceeded it:…Click on the title for more

Best “Non-Clone” Overdrive/Distortion Pedals of 2017 according to In The Blues

Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive

We featured Brazilian pedal builder Beetronics in this very blog a few months ago and we are psyched to see that Reverb.com / The Tone Report picked up their Overhive Overdrive for a video demo. Check out the footage below and find more info about the pedal at the bottom of this…Click on the title for more

Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive

Stuyedeyed talk about Guitar Pedals

Stuyedeyed is an alternative worldview presented through noisy and loud psych-rock, led by Nelson Antonio Espinal's exuberant blues-inflected vocals. Their music is grounded in the punk DIY scene and the NYC garage tradition, and their personal revolt against the disingenuous and the gentrified shines through with each howl of rage. With fuzzy layers…Click on the title for more

Stuyedeyed talk about Guitar Pedals

Wilson Effects Stoned Grasshopper Fuzz/Overdrive/Boost

Wilson Effects is a Guilford, Indiana based pedal builder with a noteworthy number of pedals under its belt (we are talking about 20+!), mostly gain related. Many of this manufacturer's most recent offerings are centered on circuits featuring multiple gain stages. Just Nick picked up one of these, the Stoned Grasshopper…Click on the title for more

Wilson Effects Stoned Grasshopper Fuzz/Overdrive/Boost

Hologram Infinite Jets Review

The Infinite Jets is a second YUGE hit for Nashville's Hologram Electronic, after the undeniable success of their first pedal, the Dream Sequence. It actually seems like this new device was even better received than the previous one, appearing in several "Best of 2017" pedal list. Our friends at digital…Click on the title for more

Hologram Infinite Jets Review

TC Electronic Honey Pot Fuzz

Even though TC Electronic won't be participating to NAMM this year, they have unveiled four new pedals just before the Anaheim event. Here's the Honey Pot Fuzz video by GearManDude. Honey Pot Fuzz has a knob just for giving you the exact amount sustain you want for those epic solos…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Honey Pot Fuzz

Hungry Robot The Stargazer V2 Reverb

Our friends Hungry Robot just unveiled the Version 2 of The Stargazer, check out Livingroom Gear Demos video below, and the info about the new features: The most exciting change is the "simultaneous, parallel processing" of the two channels. With the new Stargazer, both channels can be used at the…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot The Stargazer V2 Reverb

Gingerlys’ favorite guitar pedals

Describing themselves as "pure ear candy," Gingerlys provide catchy and hazy dream pop tunes. The female-fronted, five-piece indie pop band began when guitarist Matt Richards started sharing acoustic demos of his pop songs with his fellow bandmates in his Valley Stream, New York basement. We asked the band's lead guitarist…Click on the title for more

Gingerlys’ favorite guitar pedals

RedShift Effects – Mirage

The RedShift Effects Mirage is a prototype of a delay pedal. Redshift Effects is gathering funds to make this design happen: "A high-quality, hand-built tap tempo delay pedal with modulated filtering, plenty of delay time, and a handful of tricks up its sleeve." Check out this demo by A Bunch…Click on the title for more

RedShift Effects – Mirage

Anasounds Bitoun Double Fuzz with Octave Up

The stompboxes by French manufacturer Anasounds might look very chic, but don't fear, they can rip bigly under the right circumstances. In particular, their double fuzz with octave up Bitoun (not to be confused with Bitcoin, which is fuzzy in a different way!). Check out this latest video of it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8o9LGRtkmY&t=0sClick on the title for more

Anasounds Bitoun Double Fuzz with Octave Up

Orion Effekte + Twangtone – Dakota Red II OD + Boost

German pedal manufacturers seem to be all the rage these days! Orion Effekte is a one-man boutique operation whose pedals are loved by noteworthy artists like Noveller among others. Sofa Jams just posted this demo of the Dakota Red II, a low gain overdrive and FET-clean boost they designed in collaboration with another…Click on the title for more

Orion Effekte + Twangtone – Dakota Red II OD + Boost