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The Pedals of the Austin Stompbox Exhibit 2018

Check out the print section of the latest issue of The Deli with all the coolest pedals participating in the Austin Stompbox Exhibit (March 16/17)!Click on the title for more

The Pedals of the Austin Stompbox Exhibit 2018

Best New Guitar Pedals of 2018 Readers’ Poll – Results

After this year’s NAMM (which we covered in this über-thorough gallery of new pedal releases), we published this Best of NAMM 2018 aggregate list, compiling the “Best of”s published by 5 sites. We then decided to ask our readers, through this poll, what they thought were the most intriguing new…Click on the title for more

Best New Guitar Pedals of 2018 Readers’ Poll – Results

Southampton Pedals Utility Knife Modulator

The Utility Knife Modulator was on the board of Southampton Pedals at our recent NAMM Stompbox Booth. Reverb.com just unveiled this video of it, check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofulX8Mndw This below is the demo we shot directly in our NAMM booth with owner Hamish Hains! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJCUaVbDOKw&feature=youtu.be Provides four high-quality effects that are…Click on the title for more

Southampton Pedals Utility Knife Modulator

Electro-Harmonix OpAmp Big Muff Pi with JHS Pumpkin Patch MOD

Gear Man Dude shows us this Electro Harmonix OpAmp Big Muff Pi modded by JHS - the mod is called Pumpkin Patch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJoJAM8Zsgs Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix OpAmp Big Muff Pi with JHS Pumpkin Patch MOD

Walker Lukens’ Gear and Creative Process

One of the most creative singer/songwriters to claim Texas as home, Walker Lukens has put in the time to get where he is. Eclectic pop ditties exude from his pores, while at the recent Float Fest he proved to have one of the hottest live shows in the Austin music…Click on the title for more

Walker Lukens’ Gear and Creative Process

Brantone Electronics Tonemaster Mk1.5 Germanium Fuzz

Here's the Brantone Electronics Tonemaster Mk1.5 Germanium Fuzz, a high end take from this UK company on the Tonebender type circuit, featuring top notch components, including the NOS Mullard OC75 transistors found in the original. Just Nick is a huge fan of this pedal, and, in the video below, names it…Click on the title for more

Brantone Electronics Tonemaster Mk1.5 Germanium Fuzz

MXR Phase 95

MXR got the phaser right in 1975 with the Phase 90, even though its circuit design was inherited by Whirlwind's 1973 effect. That was the first pedal sold by the company and - to date - still one of the most popular. Two years later MXR released the Phase 45,…Click on the title for more

MXR Phase 95

Review of the Death by Audio Deep Animation [by Gearphoria]

Our friends at Gearphoria published a review of the Death by Audio Deep Animation in their 30th issue. The pedal is an intriguing take on the envelope filter. Here's the intro, read the full piece by Wade Burden here. THE DEATH By Audio Deep Animation is an envelope filter/…Click on the title for more

Review of the Death by Audio Deep Animation [by Gearphoria]

6 Degrees Amplitude Eleven

We were particularly proud to host in our Stompbox Booth one of the most powerful overdrive pedals presented at the NAMM 2018 convention. We are talking about the 6 Degrees Amplitude Eleven, an extremely flexible two channel overdrive with an added preamp section featuring Gain and 2 way EQ, plus switchable…Click on the title for more

6 Degrees Amplitude Eleven

Pigtronix Octava Micro

NYC's Pigtronix was one of the early adopters of the mini-pedal format (the Disnortion Micro dates back to 2014). Since then, the company took a few years off (or at least that's the perception) to focus on the revamping of the recently acquired Supro brand, and finally re-emerged with new models in…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Octava Micro

Crazy Tube Circuits Ziggy V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

At NAMM 2018 we caught up also with our friends from Crazy Tube Circuits (part of the numerous contingent of Greek pedal companies participating in the Anaheim convention). The manufacturer showed us their second version of the Ziggy Overdrive, a two -channel Plexi-style distortion that's one of the company's most…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Ziggy V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Farm Pedals Subsoiler Fuzz

The guys at Farm Pedals don't give us a lot of info on their about page, besides making it clear that, as a matter of fact, they also run a farm in Maine. But even if they didn't, the sheer number of stompboxes they have released this far would justify…Click on the title for more

Farm Pedals Subsoiler Fuzz