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Malekko board at the Montreal SBE 2017

The guys at Malekko Heavy Industry definitely like to think outside the box, and their latest effects have been more and more interesting and unusual. They also participate to most of our events, so we thought it would be cool to highlight the pedals in the board they have sent to our latest…Click on the title for more

Malekko board at the Montreal SBE 2017

Death By Audio Micro Dream Delay

Guitar demo by The Pedal Zone of the lo-fi echo machine, the Micro Dream Delay by Death By Audio. The Micro Dream is a distilled version of Death By Audio's smash-hit delay, the Echo Dream II, offering the same magical lo-fi delays in a more compact and affordable solution. The…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Micro Dream Delay

New Pedal Manufacturers: Cast Engineering and the Mike Zito Peace Drive

Based in Atlanta, Cast Engineering has been forging stompboxes (and amps) since 2015, shortly after its founder Steve Evans decided it was time to quit the... professional bowling career! Ok, ok, not exactly "shortly after": the man has a long history running and owning engineering companies, and, as it often happens, at…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Manufacturers: Cast Engineering and the Mike Zito Peace Drive

Old Blood Noise board at the Montreal SBE

For those of you who missed our Montreal Stompbox Exhibit, we just thought of a way to give you the opportunity to experience it, one board at a time, in a... flawed but interactive way! Old Blood Noise sent the pictured mini-board for that show;o we have recreated it below in our…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise board at the Montreal SBE

Wampler Faux Tape Echo V2

Demo of the Wampler Faux Tape Echo from Pro Guitar Shop Based on the hugely popular best seller of the previous models, the v2 offers the same purity of signal path, the same depth of tone on the repeats and most importantly, the addition of sub divisions on the tap…Click on the title for more

Wampler Faux Tape Echo V2

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Pedal manufacturer profile: Retro-Sonic

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Analog Gain Stage

New demo video of the Chase Bliss Audio Dual OverdriveBrothers by Pro Guitar Shop https://www.youtube.com/embed/4lX3CWRnxbcClick on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Analog Gain Stage

6 of the best vintage guitar effect circuits (by Gearphoria)

We love it when our friends at Gearphoria publish these articles about vintage effect designs, this one is about the 6 classic circuits every stompbox geek should know! Attention, some of them were not originally found in pedals, like the Electra distortion (which was inside the guitar) or the Armstrong Green Ringer…Click on the title for more

6 of the best vintage guitar effect circuits (by Gearphoria)

Pelican NoiseWorks Half Horse Fuzz

Demo of the Pelican NoiseWorks Half Horse Fuzz Signal Chain, Fender Telecaster, Gibson Les Paul, Pelican Noise works Half Horse, TC Electronic Alter Ego X4, 1974 Marshall JMP 100w Super Lead Head https://www.youtube.com/embed/OoiHp3IEuDA Click on the title for more

Pelican NoiseWorks Half Horse Fuzz

Pedal Manufacturer Profiles: Lotus Pedal Designs (by Gearphoria)

“The pedal thing started when the band I was in earlier on got back together for a reunion show in like 2009,” recalled Erspamer. “I had sold off most of my gear. I had one electric guitar, one acoustic guitar… no amp anymore. But if I was going to get…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer Profiles: Lotus Pedal Designs (by Gearphoria)

Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz MK II

Jeorge Tripps’ flagship fuzz, the Way Huge Swallen Pickle, now in its MkII version, uses a Muff as its blueprint but adds more tone-shaping possibilities. Instead of the standard Muff tone control , the typical Loudness and Sustain controls are integrated with a high-end roll-off Filter. The Scoop miniknob can add extra…Click on the title for more

Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz MK II

Strymon Sunset Dual Overdrive

Debuted at our recent Austin Stompbox Exhibit, the Strymon Sunset is the Californian company's take on multi-mode overdrive, with a dual angle. A dual, hybrid analog/digital overdrive pedal with 3 different flavors of drive per channel, for a total of 18 possible tones between single and cascaded channel combos. A…Click on the title for more

Strymon Sunset Dual Overdrive