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New Pedal: Keeley Soft Reverb

Released on Christmas Eve 2024, the Keeley Soft Reverb is a $99 pedal that delivers three versatile reverb modes designed for studio and stage use, including one simulating the infamous "Soft Focus" patch from a Yamaha rack effect beloved by shoegaze guitarists. Its brand new algorithms provide rich, immersive effects…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Keeley Soft Reverb

New Pedal: Krozz Devices Royalbreaker Distortion

Krozz Devices is a rather young pedal company from Brazil that turned heads in the early '20s with two intriguing analog modulation pedals and a compressor. The Royalbreaker is their first foray into the realm of dirt boxes, a 2-voice distortion with a wide tonal range that can also deliver…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Krozz Devices Royalbreaker Distortion

New Pedal: Keeley Rotary (Stereo)

This Keeley Rotary pedal is a stereo, limited edition emulation of the Leslie cabinet effect, sold exclusively through the manufacturer's website. Although the company released a few other effects of this kind in the past, it claims the Rotary is based on a new circuit particularly effective in delivering the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Keeley Rotary (Stereo)

Alabs Timeslip Stereo Delay

Alabs is a new Chinese pedal brand that was able to take the "affordable compact pedal" concept to the next level by releasing a series of multi-algorithms stereo stompboxes chock-full of features. The Alabs Timeslip, mostly sold through Amazon, is the delay in this line. Offering a mix of…Click on the title for more

Alabs Timeslip Stereo Delay

New Pedal: TomKat Super Heavy Reverb

We are happy to learn that our ex-fellow NYC citizen Tom of TomKat pedals is still churning out pedals, since this new Super Heavy stompbox appears to be his first release in five years. Alas, at first glance, it looks and sounds like something that would take a long time…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: TomKat Super Heavy Reverb

Chase Bliss Clean Stereo Compressor

Can what's arguably the most creative pedal maker of this decade make the most boring effect ever exciting? Enter the Chase Bliss Clean and find out. Clean is a studio-grade, two-stage stereo analog compressor with an out-of-the-box approach that - to quote the builder - "brings the interactivity of distortion…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Clean Stereo Compressor

Frost Giant Soma V2 Heavy Fuzz

The Frost Giant Soma V2 is the new, updated, and improved version of this fuzz pedal made for Doom and Metal aficionados, a variant of the company's popular Massif Fuzz. Within a smaller case, now in the classic compact size, this new circuit packs more volume and more bass for…Click on the title for more

Frost Giant Soma V2 Heavy Fuzz

NuX TimeCore Deluxe MkII Stereo Delay

Among the many Chinese brands manufacturing guitar pedals, NuX (aka Nu>X) emerged in the early 2020s as one of the most reliable and innovative, with a varied roster of affordable stereo products in compact and even mini cases. The Time Core Deluxe MkII is their compact, stereo, multi-algorithm delay priced…Click on the title for more

NuX TimeCore Deluxe MkII Stereo Delay

Non-Human Audio Night Creatures

The Non-Human Night Creatures is a rather simple dual channel, hand-built delay. The two effects have slightly different voices and delay times, one darker than the other, and one slightly modulated. The two central knobs control overall output and blend between the two channels, while the side and left vertical…Click on the title for more

Non-Human Audio Night Creatures

One Control Dyna Red 4k Plexi Drive now shipping

The One Control Dyna Red Distortion 4k is an upgrade to the previous Barefoot version of this full-on Plexi pedal, featuring an extra Presence knob that tames some of the hard mid-range. It's designed to deliver an organic distortion reminiscent of the early to mid-70s UK voiced amplifiers, cranked up…Click on the title for more

One Control Dyna Red 4k Plexi Drive now shipping

Glou-Glou Flancher Stereo Pedals

From awesomely quirky French builder Glou-Glou comes a new series of stereo pedals that blur the line between stompbox and Eurorack (hey, they are both modular formats, after all!). Enter Flancher. Flancher consists of four stereo, analog, voltage-controlled pedals that utilize BBD chips and operate internally at 15V. These pedals…Click on the title for more

Glou-Glou Flancher Stereo Pedals

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor

Line 6, the company that introduced amp, effect and even guitar modelling to the masses, just unveiled their latest product in the Helix multi-effect line, the HX Stomp, which packs all of the Helix's amps, cabs, and effects into a stompbox roughly the size of a BOSS Space Echo. The…Click on the title for more

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor