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New Pedal: Catalinbread Perseus Dio Octave Down Fuzz

The world is full of octave-up fuzzes that cut through dense arrangements. the Catalinbread Perseus Dio V2, an octave-down fuzz, won’t do that, but it will provide audacious guitarists with a unique synth tone for the ages. (Here’s a list of other octave-down pedals we covered in the blog). This new version (the original came…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Perseus Dio Octave Down Fuzz

New Pedals: JHS Good Vibrations Vibrato/Chorus

The JHS Good Vibrations is a Sweetwater exclusive linked to the Disney+ produced 2024 movie about the Beach Boys. It's a tribute to the iconic sounds of '60s-style chorus and vibrato circuit based on the old-school bulb-driven circuit. The red rocker switch on the top left switches between two distinct…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: JHS Good Vibrations Vibrato/Chorus

Colortone Pedals LoFi Delay

Handcrafted in Syndey, Australia, the Colortone Lo-Fi Delay is a dual-channel delay with each channel having independent Regen (decay) and Time controls, offering three delay types: a pristine hi-fi delay and two lo-fi, tape-style delays with different filtering options. The circuit has two modes that operate differently and can be…Click on the title for more

Colortone Pedals LoFi Delay

Win a Novation Bass Station II via the L.A Synth & Pedal Expo

Hey, sound creators! To celebrate our third Los Angeles Synth & Pedal Expo, (RSVP here if you want to attend, it’s free!), we are giving away a radical piece of gear worth $499: a Novation Bass Station II!Click on the title for more

Win a Novation Bass Station II via the L.A Synth & Pedal Expo

Win 2 Synths and 2 Pedals (+PSU) via the LA Synth & Pedal Expo!

The festivities linked to our upcoming (and free) Los Angeles Synth & Pedal Expo continue with this hybrid synth/pedal giveaway.Click on the title for more

Win 2 Synths and 2 Pedals (+PSU) via the LA Synth & Pedal Expo!

The Best Granular Pedals for Synths: Happy Accident Generators!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMrFE-fpZ2c An increasing number of creative musicians (including many synth and keyboard players) are adopting guitar pedals to expand their sonic palette with unusual effects. Stompboxes using an emerging type of synthesis called "granular" can be particularly inspiring for musicians interested in inserting elements of control randomness into their compositions.…Click on the title for more

The Best Granular Pedals for Synths: Happy Accident Generators!

Win FIVE pedals through the LA Synth & Pedal Expo! [ENDED]

As always, our Los Angeles Synth & Pedal Expo comes with a plethora of giveaways, and this is an especially rich one giving a lucky reader the change to take home FIVE pedals! Here's the list of the goods, in rigorous anti-alphabetical order, for a change: Tone City Angel Wing…Click on the title for more

Win FIVE pedals through the LA Synth & Pedal Expo! [ENDED]

Updated Pedal: October Audio Robotic Celebrity Head V3

An overdrive with fuzzy leanings inspired by an obscure single-transistor design of the '70s, the October Audio Robotic Celebrity Head bears a bizarre name referring to one of these creepy robotic busts of Elvis. Using Schottky type diodes in this 3rd version (instead of Germanium), this one-knob mini-pedal is very…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: October Audio Robotic Celebrity Head V3

Win an ASM Hydrasynth Explorer via LA Synth & Pedal Expo! [ENDED]

To properly celebrate the return of the Los Angeles Synth & Pedal Expo we are giving away an utterly cool device... Ashun Sound Machines, aka ASM, together with its Hydrasynth, is one of the best new things that happened to the synth world in the last few years - this…Click on the title for more

Win an ASM Hydrasynth Explorer via LA Synth & Pedal Expo! [ENDED]

New Pedals: Mask Audio Screws Octave Fuzz

The Mask Audio Screws is a two-knob octave fuzz that abuses an op-amp to deliver an ever-present octave, specializing in tones from the lo-fi to the gnarly. A three-way toggle switch allows for brighter and bassier voices. The builder claims that this pedal will deliver the octave in the fuzz…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mask Audio Screws Octave Fuzz

New Pedal: Wampler Mofetta (Mostortion-Style)

The Wampler Mofetta is not the latest device inspired by the Ibanez MT10 Mostortion overdrive/distortion, (here's are other recent ones), a pedal known for producing a variety of tones (and love/hate feelings). Brian Wampler gave the circuit the treatment it got us accustomed to with all his dirt boxes, enhancing…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Wampler Mofetta (Mostortion-Style)

Henning Pauly went to the Berlin Stompbox Exhibit 2024

Do you know one of the reasons why Henning Pauly of YouTube channel EytschPi42 is one of the coolest guitar and pedal videographers out there? Because if he knows there's a guitar show (or a Stompbox Exhibit) near where he is, he'll visit it out of his own will and…Click on the title for more

Henning Pauly went to the Berlin Stompbox Exhibit 2024