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Kino Kimino’s Pedals and Sources of Inspiration

Brooklyn darlings Kino Kimino's debut LP "Bait is for Sissies," featuring Sonic Youth Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley serving as session men, will throw you off-guard, just like the band's bizarre, at time nonsensical videos. The brainchild of Kim Talon, the power trio offers deadpan vocals, gritty guitars, and 90's-cool-kid vibes embedded…Click on the title for more

Kino Kimino’s Pedals and Sources of Inspiration

Lastgasp Art Laboratories 88 Super Oscillo Fuzz

The 88 Super Oscillo Fuzz is a very intriguing looking and sounding pedal by Lastgasp Art Laboratories, check out video and manufacturer description below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwmpb3hoqrc The "Hachihachi shiki kebadate hizumaseki SUPER OSCILLO FUZZ" (88) is a fuzz distortion pedal with it's own internal oscillation system. Using a combination of its six switches,…Click on the title for more

Lastgasp Art Laboratories 88 Super Oscillo Fuzz

Outlaw Effects Unveils Four New Mini-Pedals

More new pedals released in timely NAMM fashion! Mini-pedal manufacturer Outlaw FX just unveiled four new designs, here's a description of what they do: Cactus Juice Overdrive: Two distinct modes offer a wide array of classic, screamer-inspired crunch: Normal Mode gives you that traditionally warm and creamy breakup, while Juiced Mode…Click on the title for more

Outlaw Effects Unveils Four New Mini-Pedals

Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

Videographer extraordinaire Knobs just posted this video of an upcoming pedal by Canadian builder Empress Effects, which looks like something entirely new and exciting - so exciting we are giving it the freshly made up tag "Game Changer Alert"! The name of the device is Zoia, and it could be…Click on the title for more

Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

Pigtronix Ringmaster Ring Modulator

After driving the incredibly successful revival of the Supro amps, it looks like the guys at Pigtronix are refocusing their attention on their first love: guitar pedals. In advance of NAMM they announced the Pigtronix Ringmaster Analog Multiplier, an "intelligent" ring modulator effect that can sync to your notes frequencies to avoid the…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Ringmaster Ring Modulator

Amptweaker announces CurveballTM Jr EQ

It looks like Cumming, GA pedal builder Amptweaker will have a busy NAMM show this year. The company just announced the release of the CurveballTM Jr EQ, a three way EQ with boost featuring three options for Mid (US, UK and Trash) and also the company's popular boost circuit from their Tight…Click on the title for more

Amptweaker announces CurveballTM Jr EQ

Daredevil Almighty Bass Fuzz

Daredevil Pedals, the company of Chicago based guitarist Johnny Wator, is approaching NAMM 2018 with a new pedal for bass. The Daredevil Almighty Bass Fuzz is an original design circuit, not a variation of some other pedal. The gain is biting and thick, with enough tonal options to cover a…Click on the title for more

Daredevil Almighty Bass Fuzz

Mattoverse Fuzzy Gates Fuzz + Tremolo

The brand new Fuzzy Gates from Mattoverse combines monster fuzz tones with a footswitchable tremolo to create a diverse disintegration device. The fuzz section provides everything from light gain to gated fuzz tones which can be combined with an innovative tremolo that allows the user to run one tremolo rate…Click on the title for more

Mattoverse Fuzzy Gates Fuzz + Tremolo

New Monster Looper by EHX: the 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory

Going against all trends, that see looping pedals getting smaller and smaller and with fewer footswitches, Electro-Harmonix has just unveiled a monster looper called 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory. It's a 6-track looping station which functions almost as mini on-the-fly studio. Each track features an individual volume slider and panning knob for…Click on the title for more

New Monster Looper by EHX: the 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory

SolidGoldFX Electroman MKII Delay

Canadian manufacturer SolidGoldFX dared to unveil its new Electroman Delay MKII just over a week after NAMM. Now, that takes a certain dose of chutzpah, considering the stompbox nausea pedal lovers might experience immediately after the Anaheim convention's glut of new product announcements! The confidence might stem from the fact that this…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX Electroman MKII Delay

SoundBrut VA Boost

Swedish pedal manufacturer SoundBrut, who got their first magazine award a few weeks ago, didn't waste any time and unveiled a new stompbox, the VA, a Mosfet based clean boost. Check out Mike Hermans' video below and read more info about it at the bottom of this post or here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL_4b2z_TGw A…Click on the title for more

SoundBrut VA Boost

Best “Non-Clone” Overdrive/Distortion Pedals of 2017 according to In The Blues

After compiling and publishing the list of the Best Selling Overdrives of 2017, which features almost exclusively units built by established companies, we were looking for an online "Best Of Lists" featuring mostly smaller manufacturers. This video by Australian videographers In The Blues not only fit our criteria, but it exceeded it:…Click on the title for more

Best “Non-Clone” Overdrive/Distortion Pedals of 2017 according to In The Blues