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This Weekend! Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit at Main Drag Music

Stompbox Expo + Pedal Exchange! YOU MUST RSVP HERE, IT'S FREE! September 9-10 from 12pm to 7pm at Main Drag Music FACEBOOK EVENT DIRECTIONS TO MAIN DRAG MUSIC (330 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY) Add to Calendar The Deli, Delicious Audio, and Main Drag Music are proud to announce the 7th edition of The Brooklyn StompBox…Click on the title for more

This Weekend! Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit at Main Drag Music

Black Cat OD-Fuzz Deluxe

Dual gain pedals are all the rage these days, here's Black Cat's take on the Fuzz+Drive, in Deluxe version! The new Black Cat OD-Fuzz is the latest evolution of this well-known classic from the Black Cat line. The OD-Fuzz is a versatile, two-channel distortion/fuzz box that combines the Black Cat OD-1…Click on the title for more

Black Cat OD-Fuzz Deluxe

Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage

We saw this baby on the Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage board at our recent Summer NAMM 2017 Stompbox Booth and were impressed. Check out this video by Guitar Interactive Magazine. From the manufacturer's website: Palladium features three gain stages: a gain stage to control the overall saturation, a resonance control…Click on the title for more

Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage

Dunlop Gypsy Fuzz and Uni-vibe Hendrix Pedals

Andy from ProGuitarShop/ToneReport tests the Dunlop Fuzz and Uni-vibe from their Hendrix line, check it out! https://www.youtube.com/embed/AeEMP7ux4OwClick on the title for more

Dunlop Gypsy Fuzz and Uni-vibe Hendrix Pedals

Germany, considered the manufacturing engine of Europe, may not be the first (or the tenth) country that comes to mind when you think of guitar effects, but Munich-based Ohmless Pedals is working on changing that. The boutique pedal company, which has been churning out stylish looking stompboxes since 2014, has…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile – Ohmless Pedals

J Rockett Audio Rockaway Archer

We saw this baby at Summer NAMM 2017: the J Rockett Audio Rockaway Archer is a mod of the original, very successful Archer OD/Boost (a Klon clone) with graphic EQ instead of the tone knob. From the manufacturer's website: The Rockaway Archer is an overdrive EQ all in one. The…Click on the title for more

J Rockett Audio Rockaway Archer

Vintage, influential circuits: the Arbiter Fuzz Face [by Gearphoria]

Our friends at Gearphoria published a story about the legendary Fuzz pedal Arbiter Fuzz Face, one of the most cloned pedals in history. Here's an excerpt: "According to Mike Fuller." - Read the full article by Timothy Smith in the Summer 2017 issue of Gearphoria. Jim Dunlop bought the rights…Click on the title for more

Vintage, influential circuits: the Arbiter Fuzz Face [by Gearphoria]

Z.Vex’s latest limited edition pedals (2016-2017)

Minneapolis based pedal builder Z.Vex Effects features some true and tried classics among its colorful and quirky looking line of stompboxes. Their Fuzz Factory turned twenty in 2015 and has been a best seller for years - it recently placed second in this list of best selling fuzz pedals compiled by Reverb.com. Other popular models include…Click on the title for more

Z.Vex’s latest limited edition pedals (2016-2017)

Electro-Harmonix Operation Overlord Boost + Overdrive

Here's a new video demo by Reverb.com about the Electro Harmonix Boost + Overdrive Operation Overlord. From the manufacturer's page: A versatile, multi-instrument capable, stereo overdrive/distortion with a broad range of sound options and controls. With the Operation Overlord, whether you play guitar, bass, keyboards or pretty much any electronic…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Operation Overlord Boost + Overdrive

With its cosmic approach to feature-rich stompboxes, Wisconsin based Mattoverse builds self-described "handmade tools for new sonic adventures." Since we are fond of adventures - and adventurous art - we couldn't help but dig a little deeper, after noticing these intriguing boxes at the latest Summer NAMM. TIME BASED EFFECTS The pedals from…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile: Mattoverse Electronics

Best of SNAMM 2017: a RAT-in-the-Jack!

By far the most mind blowing thing we saw at Summer NAMM 2017 was... a guitar jack by ProCo. Yes, because in that guitar jack there is actually the distortion circuit of a RAT pedal!!! The RAT doesn't have a complicated circuit, but stuffing it in such a tiny enclosure is no…Click on the title for more

Best of SNAMM 2017: a RAT-in-the-Jack!

Catalinbread Antichthon Dynamic Fuzz/Tremolo

A new demo of the the Antichthon by Catalinbread by The Pedal Zone. From the manufacturer's website: “Antichthon” refers to the ancient Greek idea that there was a “Counter-Earth”, 180 degrees opposite of Earth, but unseeable since it was always on the opposite side of the “Central Fire” from Earth.…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Antichthon Dynamic Fuzz/Tremolo