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Bondi Effects 2026 Compressor Limiter

You may think that Bondi Effects is another Italian manufacturer (we covered a bunch of them as of late), but the name actually originates from an Australian aboriginal word meaning "the sound of waves crashing over rocks." Is that natural sound the precursor of fuzz? Founded in 2013 and run by husband…Click on the title for more

Bondi Effects 2026 Compressor Limiter

New Pedal Manufacturers: Deep Trip

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New Pedal Manufacturers: Deep Trip

TC Electronics Mimiq and Keeley 30ms

Double tracking guitar parts has been a technique used in recording for decades (and also live actually, if there is more than one guitarist) to thicken things up. It can make guitars sound bigger, fuller, wider, and more textured. In the '60s Abbey Road Studio's engineer Ken Thousand came up…Click on the title for more

TC Electronics Mimiq and Keeley 30ms

Seen at NAMM: Baroni Lab Pedals

Italian based pedal manufacturer Baroni Lab offers an array of quality, hand-built stompboxes (they also manufacture amps). Their pedal range covers all kinds of ground, including distortions, modulation, time-based effects, and tube preamps. What sets the company’s pedal line apart from the rest is that all their stompboxes run on 12v DC…Click on the title for more

Seen at NAMM: Baroni Lab Pedals

Catalinbread Formula No. 55 Overdrive – Demo from Tone Report

Fresh video of the Catalinbread Formula 55 from Pro Guitar Shop, certainly one of the distortion pedals that made ear turns at the latest NAMM show. It's part of the Portland based manufacturer's Foundation Overdrive series emulating classic tube amp circuits. The 55 is presented as a "next-generation 5E3 Tweed Deluxe…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Formula No. 55 Overdrive – Demo from Tone Report

Welcome to the pedal blog/aggregator Delicious Audio!

Welcome to Delicious Audio, the official blog of the Stompbox Exhibit! This is what we do: 1. We aggregate the best YouTube videos of pedals in interactive galleries like this one, from the Eric Merrow's video you just saw: 10 "Must See" pedals from Winter NAMM 2018 2. We provide daily news about new…Click on the title for more

Welcome to the pedal blog/aggregator Delicious Audio!

The EHX Blurst is the Best Looking Pedal of NAMM 2017

I had a friend in high school who would just buy some records (from the equivalent of the $1 bin) for their covers. Even though I've never done anything like that, this idea has been slowly growing on me: beautiful art makes things more desirable and therefore more valuable. In this regard,…Click on the title for more

The EHX Blurst is the Best Looking Pedal of NAMM 2017

Stylish new pedals: Gurus Amps

You know how Italians are, right? Everything needs to be "BELLO," because... who on earth wants to see things that are "BRUTTE"? (By the way, we are using full caps because Italians are notoriously loud, and truly yours, who in the Mediterranean peninsula was born and raised, can certainly confirm that!). Well, maybe it's…Click on the title for more

Stylish new pedals: Gurus Amps

Next Level Mini Pedals? One Control BJF Series

Since their introduction a few years ago, mini effect pedals have been the delight of the cheapo guitarists and the curse of boutique maniacs. But as it always happens, innovation's constant improvement allows to pack more and more quality in ever smaller packages, and it feels like we have reached…Click on the title for more

Next Level Mini Pedals? One Control BJF Series

Alexander Sky Fi Reverb/Delay

Some guitarists (the ones into shoegazer in particular) can be very attached to their digital reverb rack units from the '80s (Alesis ruled at the time), even though they have become obsolete and as ridiculed for their size as the primitive cellphones from that same decade. But sometimes you just need THAT sound,…Click on the title for more

Alexander Sky Fi Reverb/Delay

New Cab Simulator Pedals at NAMM 2017: Neunaber, Atomic Amp, DigiTech

Cab simulators in the shape of a stompbox aren't exactly among the most widespread products in the pedal effect realm, but at NAMM 2017 three different companies unveiled such units, adopting three completely different approaches, so we guess there must be a sudden need for them out there! Clicking on the images…Click on the title for more

New Cab Simulator Pedals at NAMM 2017: Neunaber, Atomic Amp, DigiTech

Best of NAMM 2017: DigiTech’s FreqOut (Natural Feedback Creator)

Everybody's saying that the guitar pedal market has reached its peak, but after seeing how many new designs were unveiled at NAMM 2017, that notion seems rather debatable... It's particularly encouraging to see new technology applied to stompboxes, and DigiTech's FreqOut was one of the most intriguing new products in that department. So…Click on the title for more

Best of NAMM 2017: DigiTech’s FreqOut (Natural Feedback Creator)