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Dusky Mandorla gets Premier Gear Award + goes to BK Stompbox Exhibit

We are happy to report that our friends at
Dusky Electronics just got rewarded with a Gear Award by Premier Guitar for their new, "non-clean" boost pedal called Mandorla - we blogged about it a few weeks ago here.... Click on the title for more

Dusky Mandorla gets Premier Gear Award + goes to BK Stompbox Exhibit

Chase Bliss Audio Thermae gets the Knobs Treatment

We are huge fans of Knobs and we were actually eagerly waiting for this video of the Chase Bliss Audio Thermae, a bucket-brigade based delay/pitch shifter that promises to bring "a radically new approach to analog delay and harmonization."... Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Thermae gets the Knobs Treatment

D Sound Orion Fuzz

Saint-Petersburg based pedal builder D Sound's Orion is a fuzz based on the Russian Muff (of course!) but hosts a series of extra controls, including an ever useful Mid knob and also a Focus one that lets you pick between a more focused and tight kind of fuzz, and a "fat," deep and saturated sound.... Click on the title for more

D Sound Orion Fuzz

Danelectro Filthy Rich Tremolo

Even those who didn't love the Danelectro Billionaire line's "high maintenance" theme (like the guy at The Ugly Guitar Truth) ended up admitting that these pedals sound and feel really good.... Click on the title for more

Danelectro Filthy Rich Tremolo

The ZVex Vibrophase is now portable (and safe)

Those who visited the ZVex Effects booth at Winter NAMM 2016 will certainly remember a radiant Zachary Vex introducing visitors to his brand new effect, the first one to be powered by... a candle!... Click on the title for more

The ZVex Vibrophase is now portable (and safe)

Death By Audio Robot 8-bit Fuzz Octaver

The Death By Audio Robot is a manic 8-bit pitch transposer fuzz that's become somewhat cherished among experimental guitarists.... Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Robot 8-bit Fuzz Octaver

Southampton Pedals Indie Dream Overdrive

Hosted in our Stompbox Booth, at NAMM 2018 Southampton Pedals unveiled a new device that should arouse interest among all the guitarists out there into genres like dream pop, psych rock, and shoegaze: it's called the Indie Dream!... Click on the title for more

Southampton Pedals Indie Dream Overdrive

O Mer’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

Andertones blind test the JHS Bonsai Multi-Overdrive

A new hilarious videos by Andertons of the JHS Bonsai Multi-Overdrive, a pedal that faithfully replicates 9 classic Tube Screamers!... Click on the title for more

Andertones blind test the JHS Bonsai Multi-Overdrive

ZVEX Silicon Vertical Fuzz Factory

API TranZformer GT Compressor + EQ

API is one of the most legendary names in the "tone shaping realm," but not necessarily linked to guitar pedals... until now! At NAMM 2017 the high end console and pro audio manufacturer introduced a new product called Tranzformer GT that can give you the warmth and presence of the API channel strips in a clean, stompbox format, perfectly suited for live and recording applications alike.... Click on the title for more

API TranZformer GT Compressor + EQ

Meris Pedals get the “Knobs Treatment” – see them at the BK SBE 2017!

We wrote about Meris in this manufacturer profile a few weeks ago. Knobs just posted a video featuring all their three pedals.... Click on the title for more

Meris Pedals get the “Knobs Treatment” – see them at the BK SBE 2017!