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Best New Pedals of 2019 Readers’ Poll – Results

We can hear you perfectly: "Best Pedals of 2019 list? We are not even halfway through the year yet!... Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2019 Readers’ Poll – Results

JHS Pedals’ VCR becomes the Space Commander

Change of name for this JHS pedal after alleged rockstar scandal....... Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals’ VCR becomes the Space Commander

Mastro Valvola Area Multi Reverb

It turns out Italian "tube master" Mastro Valvola (that's what the company's name means) excels also at designs lacking tubes.... Click on the title for more

Mastro Valvola Area Multi Reverb

OVNIFX Smoothie Opto Compressor

Portland is a hotbed of pedal manufacturers and OVNIFX is certainly not the most well known in the list. Notwithstanding, the company's only creation, called Smoothie Opto Compressor, has built a very good reputation for itself.... Click on the title for more

OVNIFX Smoothie Opto Compressor

SolidGoldFX Athena Vibra-Phase

Montreal SolidGoldFX's fascination for Greek mythology is getting deeper with the release of the Athena Vibrophase.... Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX Athena Vibra-Phase

D-Sound Sunny Distortion

The Sunny Distortion is a one knob distortion (volume, the gain is set at full blast) based on the sound of the Sunn Model T amp, manufacturers by Russian company D-Sound.... Click on the title for more

D-Sound Sunny Distortion

The Mixed Synth Board at the 2019 Austin Stompbox Exhibit

There was a lot of attention for this board at last week's Austin Stompbox Exhibit, so we thought we'd create an interactive gallery for it,... Click on the title for more

The Mixed Synth Board at the 2019 Austin Stompbox Exhibit

Walrus Audio Monument V2 Harmonic Tap Tremolo

Walrus Audio just released version 2 of the Monument Harmonic Tap Tremolo, which fits the same circuit of the original in an enclosure roughly half the size.... Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Monument V2 Harmonic Tap Tremolo

NEO Instruments Drive In Overdrive

Mike Hermans took a shot at the NEO Instruments Drive In Overdrive in the video below, a rich and nuanced medium gain drive for blues and rock players.... Click on the title for more

NEO Instruments Drive In Overdrive

Daredevil Bootleg Dirty Delay

The Daredevil Bootleg is analog delay designed to give classic tones that sound similar to vintage tape machines, increasingly more lo-fi and dirty when driven at intense or longer settings. ... Click on the title for more

Daredevil Bootleg Dirty Delay

Win an Eventide Rose with the Austin Stompbox Exhibit

The giveaways linked to the Austin Pedal and Synth Expo never end folks! (You can find the full list here).... Click on the title for more

Win an Eventide Rose with the Austin Stompbox Exhibit

keyztone ExChanger Pickup Remodeler

In the last few decades we've seen our fair share of "modeling" technology applied to guitar pedals, guitar amps, and even actual guitars, but this is the first time we stumble upon a pedal that claims to "remodel" your guitar's pickup.... Click on the title for more

keyztone ExChanger Pickup Remodeler