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All the Pedalboards of the 2018 Toronto Stompbox Exhibit!

This past weekend we had a helluva time (in a good way!) in Canada during the 2nd Toronto Stompbox Exhibit - check out the pictures of the event here! We had almost 500 pedal lovers coming through the doors, and as many synth-heads showed up for sister event Synth Expo,…Click on the title for more

All the Pedalboards of the 2018 Toronto Stompbox Exhibit!

KHDK Unicorn Blood Octave Fuzz

Here's a fun video of the new, limited series octave fuzz by KHDK, cruelly named Unicorn Blood - don't let your toddler see it or hear it! The pedal delivers an authentic vintage fuzz tone through its discrete transistors and germanium diodes, but features a flexible modern design that allows for…Click on the title for more

KHDK Unicorn Blood Octave Fuzz

Danelectro Billion Dollar Boost

The Billion Dollar Boost is part of the Billionaire line of pedal effects that marked Danelectro’s 2017 return to the stompbox arena, after a break lasting more than a decade. The company presents it as a reissue of rare 1980’s “hidden gem” that boosts all frequencies through a clean pre-amp with gobs of gain…Click on the title for more

Danelectro Billion Dollar Boost

Anasounds Savage Overdrive

This Klone overdrive called Savage was staring at us in a very French way from the Anasounds' board at our NAMM 2018 Stompbox Booth, so we took a video of it (at the bottom of the post). That was a custom version of it with an extra toggle switch that…Click on the title for more

Anasounds Savage Overdrive

Carl Martin 2018 DC Drive

The 2018 DC Drive is smaller and updated version of Carl Martin's classic overdrive pedal. Besides the size, the main upgrade consists in the new Regular/Fat switch, which adds - in Fat mode - more gain for a modern sound. Here are a few videos of this pedal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqHnRQUEZXE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_S0Nd6dCGY We…Click on the title for more

Carl Martin 2018 DC Drive

ZVex unveils Russian Fuzz Factory 7 Mod

The ZVEX Fuzz Factory is a pedal that refined and redefined fuzz, and was able to survive the test of time. Over the years, company owner/designer Zachary Vex played around a lot with this circuit, releasing various versions of the original with slightly different circuits or even just graphics (we…Click on the title for more

ZVex unveils Russian Fuzz Factory 7 Mod

Animals Pedal Tioga Road Cycling Distortion

We saw Animals Pedal's Tioga Road Cycling at Summer NAMM 2018. This is a classic RAT pedal evolution designed in collaboration with Californian manufacturer Wren and Cuff. The three way toggle switch delivers two different flavors of distortion and and a clean overdrive sound. Here are a few video demos…Click on the title for more

Animals Pedal Tioga Road Cycling Distortion

Buffalo FX 66 Fuzz

Here's a great sounding, two-knob custom fuzz by French manufacturer Buffalo FX called '66 Fuzz. Will it sound retro? You can find out in this video by Shnobel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1iK35VwiLkClick on the title for more

Buffalo FX 66 Fuzz

Dazatronyx SPOT (Stereo Panning Optical Tremolo)

Designed by South-East Melbourne, Australia's Dazatronyx, the SPOT is a Stereo Panning Optical Tremolo with some interesting features. Your standard "Speed" and "Depth" knobs are integrated with a Boost knob that allows to compensate for any signal loss or actually boost the signal even more (the "Pad" switch also helps taming…Click on the title for more

Dazatronyx SPOT (Stereo Panning Optical Tremolo)

First Stomp-Bong unveiled at the BK Stompbox Exhibit 2018

In the world of stompboxes, innovation is the name of the game, and we are always excited to bring to our audience the most cutting edge new products. That's why we are very proud to have hosted, at our recent Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, the launch of what will be remembered…Click on the title for more

First Stomp-Bong unveiled at the BK Stompbox Exhibit 2018

Native Sun’s favorite stompboxes and guitar gear

Brooklyn Native Sun's fast paced and heavy handed mix of garage and psych rock has earned a space in the soundtrack to our summer 2018 trips. Their recent EP "Songs Born from Love and Hate" features many flavors of fuzzed-out guitars, so we thought it might be interesting to ask the band…Click on the title for more

Native Sun’s favorite stompboxes and guitar gear

Doc Lloyd Face Ripper

The Doc Lloyd Face Ripper is a gated fuzz with 4 controls (Fuzz, Bias, Tone and Volume). All pretty straightfoward apart from the Bias knob, which "knob is used to starve the transistors to decrease the pulse width and introduce a gating effect that leaves your amp silent between bursts…Click on the title for more

Doc Lloyd Face Ripper