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Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Imperium V2 Dual Drive

The Cornerstone Imperivm is a new dual overdrive by an Italian company that has built a super solid reputation mostly through one of the best D-Style overdrives on the market, the Gladio. The new release marries that very circuit with the company's take on the Tube Screamer, aka the Antique overdrive. The two channels are stackable and have each its own footswitch.... Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Imperium V2 Dual Drive

DigiTech HammerOn

At NAMM 2025 it was good to see DigiTech back with some new pedal releases after a few transitional years due to the change of ownership. The HammerOn was one of these new products, announced at the NAMM show but not for sale yet.... Click on the title for more

DigiTech HammerOn

Chase Bliss Dirt Bird EQ

The Chase Bliss Dirt Bird is a limited edition modified version of the Minneapolis-based company's Condor HiFi EQ pedal intended to worsen - rather than fix or improve - a distortion issue found in the pedal, linked to an op amp-generated artifact called "phase reversal."... Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Dirt Bird EQ

Montréal Assembly Count to 5 Granular Delay

The Montreal Assembly Count to 5 is a unique delay/sampler with three modes that can create sped-up and slowed-down—as well as forward and backward—tape effects, audio slicing, looping and overdubbing.... Click on the title for more

Montréal Assembly Count to 5 Granular Delay

Catalinbread Wake Chorus

The Catalinbread Wake is a chorus effect pedal that draws inspiration from the lush, studio-grade choruses of the ’80s and ’90s—particularly the dream pop era, where shimmering, modulated textures became a defining characteristic of the genre.... Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Wake Chorus

Tone City Holy Aura Distortion and Boost

The Tone City Holy Aura distortion captures the essence of classic American amp tone, delivering high-gain sustain and rich harmonics with exceptional clarity. Its 3-band EQ (Bass/Mid/Treble), Gain, Presence, and Volume controls provide precise tone shaping for everything from clean boosts to heavy metal distortion.... Click on the title for more

Tone City Holy Aura Distortion and Boost

Updated Pedal: Taurus Pedals Servo 3 Tone Enhancer

Hand-made in Poland, the Taurus Pedals Servo is a pedal that's slowly gaining a growing fanbase among the more "tone-oriented" guitarists.... Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Taurus Pedals Servo 3 Tone Enhancer

Amplified Nation Bigger Bloom D-Style Drive

The Amplified Nation Bigger Bloom follows in the footsteps of the Big Bloom and the Double Bloom, part of a line of hand-made Dumble-style overdrives built by a family-run business (Taylor Cox and his wife Alyson) based in Boston, MA, whose main focus is high-end guitar amps.... Click on the title for more

Amplified Nation Bigger Bloom D-Style Drive

Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper

Those who like imaginative pedals and have no problem with complexity and seriously BIG stompboxes, should already be familiar with French builder Glou Glou, a company that has embraced the idea that pedals can be full-fledged synths (without keys).... Click on the title for more

Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper

Upcoming Pedal: Old Blood Noise Signal Blender Stereo

The Old Blood Noise Signal Blender Stereo elevates parallel processing with a powerhouse upgrade to their acclaimed mixer/splitter. Designed for crafting lush, layered signal chains, it now delivers two channels of stereo parallel processing with studio-grade headroom, MIDI integration, and enhanced control.... Click on the title for more

Upcoming Pedal: Old Blood Noise Signal Blender Stereo

NUX Amp Core Studio

Chinese company NUX, which has been on a roll with well-received amp simulation pedals for a few years now, unveiled at NAMM 2025 a new entry in that family, the NUX Amp Core Studio, scheduled for release later in 2025.... Click on the title for more

NUX Amp Core Studio

Kernom Moho Fuzz

The Kernom Moho Fuzz is the fuzz equivalent of the Kernom Ridge, a pedal that surprised everyone in our community upon release, by offering an incredibly wide palette of tones. The Moho aims at doing the same, for fuzz tones.... Click on the title for more

Kernom Moho Fuzz