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There's something funny about sonic artifacts created by recording gear. All evidence seems to confirm that human ears tend to dislike them at first, but then slowly grow fond of them, just like an acquired taste.... Click on the title for more
Handmade in Croatia by a boutique brand enjoying some sort of cult status in the pedalsphere, the Dawner Prince Boonar Tube Deluxe is an enhanced version of the company's most successful design, a pedal rendition of the vintage Binson Echorec 2, an Italian device utilizing four multi-head drums to create multitap-style echo.... Click on the title for more
Built by a pro audio 
The Jam Pedals Wahcko is a high-end, tension adjustable, Fasel-based wah offering a 6-position rotary switch for 6 different frequency sweep ranges and an internal trimmer for adjusting the input gain. There's also an optional Seagull effect that can be requested when ordered.... Click on the title for more
Synth enthusiasts often overlook the effects falling under the "Distortion" or "Saturation" umbrella.... Click on the title for more
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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 
