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Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning

Presented at Summer NAMM 2018, the Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning is a brutal and versatile new fuzz pedal featuring a Timewarp toggle, which "connects/disconnects a clipping diode for some octave-up artifacts to scratch your psych itch!"... Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning

Bondi Effects Sick As High Shredroom Overdrive

A limited run of 30 units, Bondi Effects' Sick As High Shredroom Overdrive is a variation on the company's extremely popular Sick As circuit, designed in collaboration with Earthling Designs. ... Click on the title for more

Bondi Effects Sick As High Shredroom Overdrive

CAST Engineering Gypsy Haze Octave Up Fuzz with Tap Tempo

The Gypsy Haze by Cast Engineering (check out our profile article on them here) is an Octave up/fuzz pedal with a very unique switching system for the octave, which also has a "Stutter" mode controllable through Tap Tempo.... Click on the title for more

CAST Engineering Gypsy Haze Octave Up Fuzz with Tap Tempo

Emerging Manufacturer: Greenchild Amplification

Out of Martinez, Georgia, (via Binghamton, NY), Greenchild Amplification was founded by engineer and ex US Army Surface Warfare Officer Melvin Greenchild, after the sudden death of his cousin and childhood friend. That unexpected loss made him realize of the shortness of our days, which in turn inspired him to dedicate the rest of his life to something he truly enjoyed: building guitar pedals.... Click on the title for more

Emerging Manufacturer: Greenchild Amplification

LPD 68 Deluxe Pedal

The Lawrence Petross Design 68 Deluxe is modeled after the '68 Marshall, a classic plexi modeler for the Hendrix fan. This is a bigger version of the original pedal with two extra footswitch, one to toggle between the two overdrive gain settings, and the other to kick in an extra boost.
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LPD 68 Deluxe Pedal

Death By Audio Deep Animation Envelope FIlter

Oliver from Death By Audio, who is gracing the cover of our NAMM issue of our sister publication The Deli Mag, came to see us at our NAMM 2018 Stompbox Booth with a brand new pedal called Deep Animation - an Envelope Filter. We shot a video of it!... Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Deep Animation Envelope FIlter

One Control Jubilee Red AIAB

Japanese pedal manufacturer One Control has built a solid reputation with its mini-pedal series designed by Björn Juhl, in particular with regard to amp-in-a-box devices like the Strawberry Red Overdrive or the (non-mini) Honey Bee OD.... Click on the title for more

One Control Jubilee Red AIAB

Hotone Binary Eko

Based on the same modeling/original effect library used in Hotone’s popular XTOMP pedal, the affordable Binary Series includes the Amp, IR Cab, Eko and Mod pedals. Each delivers high-quality effects in a compact case with dual footswitches, versatile inputs/outputs and a bright, clear display. The pedals also feature a USB jack for upgrading the firmware and loading/managing effects via the free Mac/PC software.... Click on the title for more

Hotone Binary Eko

Mammouth Machine Holy Fuzz

Belgium's Mammouth Machine is a boutique manufacturer of a few words - but of big tone! They currently have seven stompbox models under their name, all strictly handmade, and the Holy Fuzz is one of their two fuzz pedals.... Click on the title for more

Mammouth Machine Holy Fuzz

Pladask Elektrisk FORM2

Earlier in 2018 we briefly covered the Pladask Elektrisk FORM, a DIY glitch/granular stompbox kit fruit of a collaboration between Norwegian companies Pladask Elektrisk and BandOrg that can only be "acquired" by going to Norway and signing up for the BandOrg pedal-building workshop (if it can be of any consolation, Norway is a country that deserves to be visited - in the summer).... Click on the title for more

Pladask Elektrisk FORM2

Dophix Nettuno Fuzz

From Italian manufacturer Dophix comes the Nettuno, a fuzz pedal whose name and sound is inspired by the powerful god of the sea.... Click on the title for more

Dophix Nettuno Fuzz

Drolo Molecular Disruption Device

We covered edgy Belgian manufacturer Drolo's Moon Rabbit Phaser a few months ago, here's a look at another of its creation, the Molecular Disruption Device.... Click on the title for more

Drolo Molecular Disruption Device