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"Lo-Fi" is a term loved by many guitarists who grew up in the '90s to the sound of early Ween, Sebadoh, Guided by Voices, and - of course - Pavement and even early Beck. It's a word that's only superficially pejorative: the "low fidelity" of the recordings and slight sloppiness of the performances (that's what the terms refers to) reflected those musicians' slacking attitude, but somehow ended up also becoming a "plus factor," adding a peculiar character to their songs, while also implicitly conveying that truly great songwriting can't be ruined by under par production values.... Click on the title for more
Filter pedals, when paired with saturation or distortion, can become multi-faceted "tone sculptors." That's precisely what the Land Devices Moonbow does, opening up a lot of sonic possibilities by elegantly mixing an overdrive with a classic voltage-controlled dual-mode filter.... Click on the title for more
Centered around a pair of rare new-old stock Mullard OC201 transistors, the 
Presented as a Wide Range Boost, the 
The Rangemaster came about due to necessity. In the 1960s, British guitarists such as Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton enjoyed pushing their large Marshall and Vox amps into overdrive. But the more you turned these amps up, the more the mid-low frequencies dominated, creating muddiness and loss of definition.... Click on the title for more
Designed and released in collaboration with the Burbank based pedal company, the 
The JHS 3 Series Fuzz is the first fuzz pedal released by JHS with a price tag under $100 USD, belonging to the $99 
The Kasleder Vintage King is a Fuzz Face evolution based on two rare NOS silicon transistors. Also, it has a unique trick up its sleeve: a Beard knob that, by changing the value of the input capacitor, can gradually morph it into something closer to an overdrive or even a treble booster.... Click on the title for more
We heard a rumor about this and here it is, the new BOSS DD-202 Space Echo! Check back soon for our write-up. In the meantime, we can confirm that this pedal will in all likelihood be on display in our Stompbox Booth at 
A US brand known for love-them-or-hate-them (but mostly under-appreciated) solid-state guitar amps, at the NAMM 2025 show 
The envelope filter has been an essential effect in funk and soul, creating vocal-like sounds that drip with attitude. The 
Released in 2023, the 
