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Nanolog Audio The WaveFunction Overdrive

The WaveFunction is a new stompbox by a young and ambitious Canadian company called Nanolog Audio, which presents its products as revolutionary devices ("It's nanotechnology - the product of years of research and patents. It is the first commercialized example of molecular electronics."). The WaveFunction is an overdrive with switchable…Click on the title for more

Nanolog Audio The WaveFunction Overdrive

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

Here's an obscure pedal demoed by Dennis Kayzer, a stompbox by MAK Crazy Sound Technology designed by metal guitarist Chocoslayc. The device is designed primarily for tapping, but also compatible with other guitar techniques. The pedal control unit consists of four adjustment knobs and a three-position effect switch. Prometheus mode…Click on the title for more

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

Best 10 Pedals of 2017 according to Livingroom Gear Demos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIso5qj4_lg One cool thing about Livingroom Gear Demos' "Best of Pedals" lists is that they always feature more than one unexpected stompbox - overdrives in particular. Here's Eirik's list of his favorite pedals of 2017 (from the video streaming at the bottom of this page). It's organized in our usual…Click on the title for more

Best 10 Pedals of 2017 according to Livingroom Gear Demos

Radial ToneBone Hot-British V9 Distortion

Radial's updated V9 amp-in-a-box stompboxes from the Tonebone series are getting a really good reception from the community of pedal lovers. Here's a new video by the Tone Report about the updated plexi-style V9 Hot British unit. Packed into a pedalboard-friendly compact chassis, the Hot-British V9 retains the same soul and…Click on the title for more

Radial ToneBone Hot-British V9 Distortion

Rock Fabrik Effects AQUA LUNG Transparent OD/Clean Boost

Well, it turns out somebody is making guitar pedals even in Turkey! Here's Brett Kingman's demo of the Rock Fabrik Effects' Aqua Lung Transparent OD/Clean Boost. Aqua Lung is a transparent overdrive pedal which has special features such as low-cut and high-cut switches. Also it is overly suitable for clean…Click on the title for more

Rock Fabrik Effects AQUA LUNG Transparent OD/Clean Boost

Husbandry’s Gear and Creative Process

Brooklyn's post-hardcore/metal quartet Husbandry sounded pretty darn heavy on 2016's debut full length "Fera," but the 2017 EP "Bad Weeds Never Die" takes things to an entirely new level, with metal influences seemingly taking over emo and post-punk ones. Their distorted guitars, in this new record, are a lot more explosive…Click on the title for more

Husbandry’s Gear and Creative Process

MXR Booster Mini

Boost pedals should really give you as much gain as possible and take as little space on your board as possible, and the MXR Booster Mini does just that. Let's see also how it sounds in this video by the Living Room Gear. The MXR Booster Mini gives you the…Click on the title for more

MXR Booster Mini

Smallsound/bigsound Pretty Years Distortion

This blog and its blogger have seen a fair amount of gear in their lives, but an outboard rack effect that deals with distortion (not just saturation or subtle "warming") was missing from the list. This changed today, when, while looking into PA-based pedal builder smallsound/bigsound, we realized that its…Click on the title for more

Smallsound/bigsound Pretty Years Distortion

Baroni Lab Mini Amp Custom 50W Amp/Cab Sim

Italian amp and pedal builder Baroni Lab will be at NAMM in 2018 to showcase - among things - their new Amp/Cab simulators in stompbox format. Here's a demoby Brett Kingman of the Mini Amp Custom 50W Amp/Cab Sim. The BaroniLab Mini-Amp is a top-of-the-line 4-in-1, stage-ready guitar amplifier. It offers…Click on the title for more

Baroni Lab Mini Amp Custom 50W Amp/Cab Sim

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com

A the end of each year, most of us enjoy reading "Best of" lists of all kinds - a habit that helps us simplify choices, in particular when faced with fields overcrowded with products (like the gain stompbox one!). Guitar critics can say whatever they want about what new pedals…Click on the title for more

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com

Servus! Pedale – GLAM Programmable Distortion + Boost

Servus! Pedale is another emerging German manufacturer - lately we stumbled upon a bunch of them! GLAM Programmable Distortion. Dennis Kayzer just posted this video of their GLAM Programmable Distortion, a dual stages gain pedal with analog path and digital controls which offers... ...a classic 70's-early 80's British amp-like distortion.…Click on the title for more

Servus! Pedale – GLAM Programmable Distortion + Boost

NUX Tube Man MKII Overdrive

NUX won a Best in Show at the past Summer NAMM, the fact that Mike Hermans picked one of their pedals for his video series is also very promising: here's his demo of the Tube Man MKII Overdrive - quite obviously, a Tube Screamer clone. More gain! That was the overall…Click on the title for more

NUX Tube Man MKII Overdrive