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Dophix David Distortion

A distortion pedal by young Italian manufacturer Dophix, full of character and power - like Michelangelo's David. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmnF5S7U_-E Not by chance the distortion is represented by the David, the Hero par excellence. The statue depicting him, carved from the hands of Michelangelo, is a masterpiece of sculpture and symbol of Florence,…Click on the title for more

Dophix David Distortion

Mastro Valvola LFO Optical Tremolo

Italian pedal maker Mastro Valvola unveiled in 2018 this gorgeous-looking optical tremolo, simply called LFO. The effect is packed with features, including Tap Tempo, 16 waveforms, and Symmetry control to alter the shape of LFO waveforms. The waveforms feature some unheard of shapes, which can be tweaked into even more complex shapes through…Click on the title for more

Mastro Valvola LFO Optical Tremolo

Taurus Stomp-Head 1.VT

The Stomp-Head 1.VT, by Polish amp builder Taurus Amplification, is a pedalboard guitar amp dedicated to supporters of single-purpose amplifiers who prefer a vintage type of sound. It is an amplifier with extremely small dimensions, technologically based on the company's own Master Tube Design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTe2E-cPJlM Until today, guitarists could only choose…Click on the title for more

Taurus Stomp-Head 1.VT

Adventure Audio unveils the Merge – Pedals/Modular integrator

OK, OK this is not a pedal, but it's a product by a stompbox manufacturer (Adventure Audio) that can integrate your board with an Eurorack system, with results that some of you, knob geeks, will find infinitely creative, potentially mind blowing, borderline short-circuiting and at times also undoubtedly paralyzing (the…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio unveils the Merge – Pedals/Modular integrator

Thomann Music’s Best 5 Pedals of 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uhwyDTWlrQ Thomann (big German online retailer that's coming to the US in 2019) released their year-end list of their favorite pedals of 2018. They stuck to just five effects, but definitely picked some interesting ones, mostly in the gain realm, check them out in our interactive gallery below! You can…Click on the title for more

Thomann Music’s Best 5 Pedals of 2018

Farm Pedals The Mountain Fuzz

Guitarists into fuzz very often have a maximalist approach to it, meaning that they enjoy and seek fuzz excess and even redundancy rather than refined tone balance. If you belong to the category, you should check out The Mountain, by Maine's Farm Pedals. It features three harmonically different one-knob fuzz circuits…Click on the title for more

Farm Pedals The Mountain Fuzz

Pedals and Effects’ Best 10 Pedals of 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScO3aBqbmJA Pedal Year End List Alert!!! We've been diligently posting all the Best Stompboxes of 2018 lists compiled by our favorite pedal videographers, and we couldn't leave out the one by the folks at Pedals and Effects, who just published it. They didn't specify a particular order for their favorite…Click on the title for more

Pedals and Effects’ Best 10 Pedals of 2018

Lovepedal Purple Plexi

The Marshall Plexi is one of the most beloved and iconic amplifiers of all times, and while many manufacturers have tried to harness this Marshall monster in a compact stompbox format, few have been able to successfully pull off the character that give it that magical quality. Lovepedal’s Purple Plexi…Click on the title for more

Lovepedal Purple Plexi

Pine-Box Custom The Skin-Walker

Pine-Box Custom is a Memphis based pedal builder that specializes in gain pedals and fuzzes featuring illustrations of screaming old white men at times featuring sea creatures in their mouths (it's true!). The Skin-Walker is their new release for 2019 and it's a take on the Tone Bender circuit with added…Click on the title for more

Pine-Box Custom The Skin-Walker

Swindler Effects Iron Drive

The Swindler Effects Iron Drive belongs to a series of devices the Alabama based manufacturers built in collaboration with NYC's Matt Kraus. The series is named Functionalist Design as an homage to the design principles of German industrial designer Dieter Rams, who advocated for better, more functional and less obtrusive consumer…Click on the title for more

Swindler Effects Iron Drive

Morley Mini Volume Plus

Morley Pedals has been building quality effects for over half a century, becoming an industry standard in the niche of treadle-style stompboxes like wah-wahs and volume pedals. The board-friendly Mini Volume Plus is a shrunken version of the regular Volume Plus, and features the same active, Electro-Optical circuitry and audio taper, generating…Click on the title for more

Morley Mini Volume Plus

Stone Deaf FX Syncopy Analog Delay

UK’s Stone Deaf Effects & Amplification have unveiled the new Syncopy Analog Delay, which is now shipping. Designed for analog purists, the Syncopy is an analog delay with 500mS of pristine and four presets that can be expanded via MIDI. What the pedal lacks in delay length it more than makes…Click on the title for more

Stone Deaf FX Syncopy Analog Delay