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Black Cat Monster K-Fuzz

The Kay Fuzztone was a quirky, cheap looking, treadle-based fuzz pedal from the 60’s. It sounded quite unique though, and Black Cat pedals has ushered this idea into the modern era (and developed it further) with their Monster-K, an octave fuzz that is capable of complete sonic mayhem. The pedal's first…Click on the title for more

Black Cat Monster K-Fuzz

Fire Custom Carpe Diem

Fire Custom Shop is a Brazilian boutique manufacturer we were not too familiar with - even though they have already released 16 pedals of all kinds, including a wah! Check out below the recent demo by Shnobel of their hand made 'Carpe Diem' - a plexi style stompbox. By the way, if you…Click on the title for more

Fire Custom Carpe Diem

Q&A with Jack Deville from Mr. Black and Friday Club Pedals

Jack Deville of Oregon's Mr. Black Pedals recently unveiled a new line of no frills stompboxes that sport three knobs (and one footswitch) each and also a brand new name: Friday Club Pedals. Even though they are hand made in the US (normally a synonymous of pricey), most of these effects sell…Click on the title for more

Q&A with Jack Deville from Mr. Black and Friday Club Pedals

Montreal Stompbox Exhibit – May 6-7, Moog Audio

- A Smorgasbord of Pedals! - RSVP HERE May 6-7 from 12pm to 6pm at Moog Audio Add to your: Facebook Event DIRECTIONS TO MOOG AUDIO HERE READ OUR BLOG ABOUT PEDALS! The Deli, Delicious Audio, and Moog Audio are proud to announce the 1st edition of The Montreal StompBox Exhibit, a free for all interactive display of guitar…Click on the title for more

Montreal Stompbox Exhibit – May 6-7, Moog Audio

Pedal to the Metal: Keeley Filaments

New releases by Keeley Electronics always tickle the wallet of many pedal aficionados. We are detecting an above average amount of buzz for the company's new high gain distortion that's about to drop in stores, called Filaments, maybe because the stompbox in question doesn't have one, nor two, but THREE stages of gain, which,…Click on the title for more

Pedal to the Metal: Keeley Filaments

Tone Report Demo for DigiTech FreqOut

There was a lot of buzz about the DigiTech FreqOut at NAMM 2017, since it promised natural sounding feedback at any level. Does it keep its promise? Judge for yourself from the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puXTs6zclT4Click on the title for more

Tone Report Demo for DigiTech FreqOut

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers demo by Knobs

The pedal demos by Knobs are unmissable, here's the one for the new Chase Bliss Audio dual distortion, named Brothers. We highlighted it a few weeks ago as a "Best of NAMM 2017" pedal here and had the pleasure of seeing it/hearing it at our Austin Stompbox Exhibit a few weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7jn_hEd-FIClick on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers demo by Knobs

Q&A with Kevin Henretta about the new H-Bomb line

Hailing from Saint Paul, MN, Henretta Engineering got us accustomed to tiny stompboxes with a big sound and hidden tweakability. However, they recently came out with a new line of regular sized pedals under the "H-Bomb" line, which we actually had a chance to see and hear at our latest…Click on the title for more

Q&A with Kevin Henretta about the new H-Bomb line

New Pedals: Rainger FX Deep Space Pulsar

Here at Delicious Audio we always appreciate pedal designers who think outside the box, and London's Rainger FX surely excels at that kind of thinking, offering pedals that will inspire guitarists equipped with an experimental mind. The manufacturer's latest product is called Deep Space Pulsar - it's so new there's no…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Rainger FX Deep Space Pulsar

Here's an excerpt from the excellent Gearphoria feature on Red Panda Lab, by Blake Wright: Curt Malouin has an expansive vision and concept of sound, and Red Panda is his laboratory: "Most of our manufacturing is done at factories because we use surface-mount for reliability and because all of our stuff…Click on the title for more

From Gearphoria: Red Panda Lab – Manufacturer Profile

Ellman Tone introduces three new pedals

We familiarized with Markham, Ontario's Ellman Tone at last year's Toronto Stompbox Exhibit (here's the board they sent us for that event). Ellman is a very young manufacturer that keeps churning out new pedals. 2017 has just begun, but they didn't waste any time and unveiled three new designs, click on the…Click on the title for more

Ellman Tone introduces three new pedals

Pictures of the Austin Synth Expo 2017

Yes folk, this blog is mostly about pedals, but yours truly also organizes a Synth Expo. Its latest installment was in Austin, in the same room that hosted the Austin Stompbox Exhibit, check out a selection of pictures below, more pictures here!Click on the title for more

Pictures of the Austin Synth Expo 2017