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SoundBrut DrVa Gets Premier Guitar’s Award

Premier Guitar just issued a "Premier Gear" award for this intriguing looking (and sounding) drive + boost from Swedish builder SoundBrut, called DrVa. Currently, this is the only pedal produced by this manufacturer. Although its drive section is quite transparent, the Drva shines in delivering tones that are full of character, thanks…Click on the title for more

SoundBrut DrVa Gets Premier Guitar’s Award

XTS Pedals Imperial Overdrive

Gearmandude returns with a new demo of the XTS Pedals Imperial Overdrive, check it out! The XTS Imperial Overdrive is a clear, open-voiced, wide-bandwidth overdrive that has been optimized for low gain to higher-mid gain tones. We developed the Imperial with a great deal of input from our Nashville clients.…Click on the title for more

XTS Pedals Imperial Overdrive

Randale Pedale Smoke’s A Blowin’ Fuzz

Randale Pedale is a German company that hand makes evil sounding dirt pedals, without being too preoccupied with describing what they do and how they sound. Luckily for us, Eirik from Living Room Gear Demos put his hands and ears on their Smoke's A Blowin' fuzz - here's the demo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC-YqnPKUAMClick on the title for more

Randale Pedale Smoke’s A Blowin’ Fuzz

Xotic Effects BB Preamp Andy Timmons

The Xotic Effects BB Preamp (a pedal that can be used to overdrive your amp and fine-tune your tone's EQ) had already a stellar reputation, this version tweaked by guitar legend Andy Timmons (Danger Danger, Pawn Kings, Andy Timmons Band) adds an extra aura of prestige to it. Xotic Effects combines forces…Click on the title for more

Xotic Effects BB Preamp Andy Timmons

Best Stompboxes of 2017 according to Dennis Kayzer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBI0pJEaObQ&t=310s Ladies and gentlemen, we've got one more "Best of 2017" list of pedals for you, this time coming from stompbox videographer Dennis Kayzer, who is obviously a kind of guy who enjoys weird sounding shtuff (and heavy fuzz!). Here are the top ten pedals on his list, each thumbnail links to Dennis' video of the…Click on the title for more

Best Stompboxes of 2017 according to Dennis Kayzer

KHDK – Dark Blood Distortion

The KHDK Dark Blood is a distortion that will satisfy evil tone seekers (read: metalheads). Check out Dennis Kayzer's new video below. The tone of Dark Blood is tube-like and mid-heavy with added high gain. It’s unique power is its distinctly amp-like sound. Richly articulate and deep, Dark Blood can…Click on the title for more

KHDK – Dark Blood Distortion

Top 10 Stompboxes of 2017 according to The Pedal Zone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbNOTtnc-44 Hey, hey we are not done quite yet with the "Best of 2017" lists! Stefan from The Pedal Zone just posted this uber-intriguing list of edgy stompboxes and - as usual - we are breaking it down for you so that you can examine each device more thoroughly. Get…Click on the title for more

Top 10 Stompboxes of 2017 according to The Pedal Zone

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Those wondering why there are so many emulations of the Ibanez Tube Screamer should find a final explanation in this chart of the best selling overdrive pedals of 2017: 35 years after its launch, the green stompbox known as TS9 is still the best selling guitar overdrive on the market,…Click on the title for more

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Nanolog Audio The WaveFunction Overdrive

The WaveFunction is a new stompbox by a young and ambitious Canadian company called Nanolog Audio, which presents its products as revolutionary devices ("It's nanotechnology - the product of years of research and patents. It is the first commercialized example of molecular electronics."). The WaveFunction is an overdrive with switchable…Click on the title for more

Nanolog Audio The WaveFunction Overdrive

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

Here's an obscure pedal demoed by Dennis Kayzer, a stompbox by MAK Crazy Sound Technology designed by metal guitarist Chocoslayc. The device is designed primarily for tapping, but also compatible with other guitar techniques. The pedal control unit consists of four adjustment knobs and a three-position effect switch. Prometheus mode…Click on the title for more

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

Best 10 Pedals of 2017 according to Livingroom Gear Demos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIso5qj4_lg One cool thing about Livingroom Gear Demos' "Best of Pedals" lists is that they always feature more than one unexpected stompbox - overdrives in particular. Here's Eirik's list of his favorite pedals of 2017 (from the video streaming at the bottom of this page). It's organized in our usual…Click on the title for more

Best 10 Pedals of 2017 according to Livingroom Gear Demos

Radial ToneBone Hot-British V9 Distortion

Radial's updated V9 amp-in-a-box stompboxes from the Tonebone series are getting a really good reception from the community of pedal lovers. Here's a new video by the Tone Report about the updated plexi-style V9 Hot British unit. Packed into a pedalboard-friendly compact chassis, the Hot-British V9 retains the same soul and…Click on the title for more

Radial ToneBone Hot-British V9 Distortion