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$Diffractor Soundings Chromatic Journey Stereo Analog Phaser$

Designed by a French one-man company based in beautiful Toulouse, the Diffractor Soundings Chromatic Journey is an analog stereo phaser with digital controls that really looks like the mother of all phaser pedals, just like their previous release, the Arboretum, looked like the mother of all tremolos. Phaser-heads will be…Click on the title for more

Diffractor Soundings Chromatic Journey Stereo Analog Phaser

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz (Junior Ranger)

The Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz is the smaller (and much more affordable) brother of the company's unit bearing the same name from the Americana Series - which is almost three times as expensive. It's an uber-tweakable fuzz with multiple gain stages. It launches a new line of pedals called Junior…Click on the title for more

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz (Junior Ranger)

Chaos Audio Stratus

Available for pre-order after a successful Kickstarted campaign, the Chaos Audio Stratus is a do-it-all pedal that can load any kind of effect through your smartphone. The beauty of this product is that its flexibility allows for endless creativity during the songwriting or sound designing process, while in a live…Click on the title for more

Chaos Audio Stratus

Beetronics Whoctahell Low Octave Fuzz

Hailing from the Los Angeles-based workshops of a bunch of Brazilian bee (and pedal) lovers, the Beetronics Whoctahell is a renewed take on the company's first pedal, in a more compact and versatile format. It's a monophonic, two-octave-down fuzz available in only 300 units (including 40 Custom Shop and 20…Click on the title for more

Beetronics Whoctahell Low Octave Fuzz

Volta Black Tweed Plus Dual Drive

The Volta Black Tweed Plus is the deluxe/dual version of what was once known as the Nabla Black Tweed overdrive. This is due to the fact that the Italian company that manufactures this pedal recently renamed itself after Alessandro Volta, inventor of something crucial to pedals: the electric battery. As…Click on the title for more

Volta Black Tweed Plus Dual Drive

Cosmodio Pet Yeti Fuzztortion+Bitcrusher

The Pet Yeti is the colorful debut pedal by Massachusetts-based builder Cosmodio. A super-flexible, fully analog fuzzstortion with an added bit crusher circuit, the Pet Yeti is an original design that can offer tones from the classic to the unusual, and from the subtle to the monstrous. The circuit offers…Click on the title for more

Cosmodio Pet Yeti Fuzztortion+Bitcrusher

Walrus Audio ACS1 MkII Amp & Cab Simulator

Walrus Audio updated their Amp/Cab Simulator ACS-1 with a MkII, after the original version's 2.0 firmware introduced some new features. Firmware 2.0 Changes The firmware update, made public in August 2023, bring these improvements: Improved dynamic range on the gain knob on the existing amp simulators to allow for extra…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio ACS1 MkII Amp & Cab Simulator

New Pedal: Tubesteader Roy Vox-Style Tube Preamp

With the Vox-style Tubesteader Roy preamp, fellow Montrealer Olly Balan releases his first compact dual-channel pedal tube preamp - with double emphasis on the "compact," since fitting all of the above in such a small case is a remarkable achievement. Inspired by the vintage Vox AC30 Top Boost amp, Roy…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tubesteader Roy Vox-Style Tube Preamp

Old Blood Noise Pardner Fuzz with Looper

To their credit, Oklahoma City's Old Blood Noise Endeavours has yet to attempt to make a "normal" guitar pedal, and the Pardner Fuzz (depicted here in its purple variant, but also available in teal blue and yellow-tan) confirms this inclination by mixing two normally antithetic effects: a fuzz and an…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Pardner Fuzz with Looper

Line 6 POD Express Black

Although the original Line 6 POD Express was quite black, the new POD Express Black is even more black, because... it's a metal pedal! In it, you will find all the sonic goodness of the regular pod (7 amp models, 7 cab simulations, and 17 effects based on cutting-edge HX-derived technology, along…Click on the title for more

Line 6 POD Express Black

Crazy Tube Circuits High Power

The Crazy Tube Circuits High Power is a David Gilmour "Wish You Were Here"-era inspired pedal, combining variants of two units the Pink Floyd guitarist adopted in that phase of his career: the Colorsound Power Boost and the (now ultra-rare) Hiwatt DR103 AP amp - each with its separate footswitch.…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits High Power

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2024

For a more comprehensive take on delays, see our Best Delay Pedals, by Type article. [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="h3" skipHeadingText="Related Delicious Audio Posts:"] For the guitarists who live and breathe delay and enjoy tweaking and experimenting with this effect’s…Click on the title for more

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2024