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Benson Germanium Boost

Out-of-the-box thinking can lead to more than one ideas or discoveries. Chris at Benson Amps stumbled upon the circuit for the new Germanium Boost while working on his temperature-controlled Face Fuzz clone, also Germanium-based. Both pedals deliver uniquely consistent performance thanks to different ways to address the same issue: the…Click on the title for more

Benson Germanium Boost

New Pedal: Colombo Audio The One

Inspired by the rack-mounted Marshall JMP-1 preamp, the Colombo Audio The One aims to make its iconic tones accessible without complex setups. It delivers a practical tonal tool for players seeking vintage-voiced high gain with studio-grade EQ flexibility. Rather than a direct clone, the circuit reimagines the JMP-1’s signature tones—beloved…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Colombo Audio The One

Warm Audio WA-C1 Chorus

An improved recreation of the rare vintage BOSS C1-E, the Warm Audio WA-C1 Chorus/Vibrato is a stereo modulation effect that will satisfy guitarists and keyboardists looking for authentic vintage modulation. Just like the original, the C1 offers separate controls for vibrato and Chorus and a footswitch to toggle between the…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio WA-C1 Chorus

Pladask Elektrisk TÅKEN Dual Head Delay

The Pladask Elektrisk TÅKEN is an asynchronous, dual-head delay with random modulation and a powerful send/receive-loop. The Head knob sets the balance between the two 'tape' heads from 100% 'short' to 100% 'long'. Internal switches can add more resonance and high pass filtering. It offers four routing options through send/receive-loop.…Click on the title for more

Pladask Elektrisk TÅKEN Dual Head Delay

New Pedal: Fortin Amps Meshuggah Preamp Distortion

The Fortin Amplification Meshuggah pedal is a highly interactive, feature-packed preamp-distortion designed to shape extreme and versatile tones, designed in collaboration with the Swedish metal band that already collaborated with the Illinois-based company on a popular guitar amp. Needless to say, that amp's tone is encapsulated in the pedal. It…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fortin Amps Meshuggah Preamp Distortion

New Pedal: LPD Bedlum Overdrive

The LPD Bedlum Overdrive is a meticulously crafted analog recreation of the legendary #102 D-style amp, famously used by Robben Ford on his Talk To Your Daughter album and tour. Designed to capture the tone and feel of that era, it features straightforward controls: Master (output level), Drive (preamp gain),…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: LPD Bedlum Overdrive

New Pedal: Mojo Hand FX Rock City Dual Overdrive

The Mojo Hand FX Rock City dual overdrive evolved from an effort to refine the company’s discontinued Odessa pedal, but slowly morphed in a highly interactive and tweakable dual-channel drive. During development, the addition of series/parallel switching opened new tonal possibilities, allowing users to shape their sound with precision. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mojo Hand FX Rock City Dual Overdrive

New Pedal: Asheville Music Tools Analoger APH-12 Phaser

The Asheville Music Tools Analoger APH-12 is the North Carolina company's take on Jimi Hendrix's favorite modulation effect. True to its name, this fully analog phaser with the unique feature of offering up to 12 stages of phase-shifting, selectable via a 12-position rotary knob. Designed by the brain behind the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Asheville Music Tools Analoger APH-12 Phaser

New Pedal: Reeves Electro Leo Twelve

The (mini) Reeves Electro Leo Twelve is a Tweed-voiced overdrive that packs the company's (big) Leo’s magic into a compact daughterboard PCB, with hardwired favorite settings. Its gain control blends a sparkling clean boost with saggy, blown-out tweed grit, powered by vintage ’79 Phillips BC549c transistors and sleek Vishay resistors.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Reeves Electro Leo Twelve

Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive

Inspired by the AnalogMan King of Tone, the legendary dual overdrive pedal that, one may say, started the trend of high-quality, multi-function dual-channel dirt boxes, the Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive is a reinterpretation and expansion of that circuit, designed in collaboration with its original creator, Mike Piera. Also a…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive

Win a Noise Engineering Dystorpia! [ENDED]

With the Dystorpia, the folks at Noise Engineering have created a really cool and innovative pedal distortion (their debut in the stompbox realm and inspired by their Eurorack modules) and what's probably the best-named pedal of the decade so far.Click on the title for more

Win a Noise Engineering Dystorpia! [ENDED]

New Pedal: Caroline Kilobyte 2000 Lo-Fi Delay

The Caroline KILOBYTE-2000 is the ultimate evolution of the company's lo-fi delay pedal, initially introduced as the Kilobyte in 2013. In the pedal's circuit, which is based on the infamous yet awesome PT-2399 chip, the usual Drive, Level, Time and Feedback knobs are joint by three new controls in the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Caroline Kilobyte 2000 Lo-Fi Delay