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LPD Pedals One20Three

The LPD One20Threeis a dual channel overdrive that combines features of the company's Fifty5 (a Fender Tweed-style pedal) and Sixty8 (a Plexi-style drive) into one versatile unit. It includes a new soft-touch true bypass switching system, along with order switching, parallel routing, and three programmable bypass modes.... Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals One20Three

Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker

The Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker is a stompbox that continues in the Greek company's mission to forge uber-tweakable pedal versions of legendary dirt-box + amp-in-a-box combos, a trend launched with their Unobtanium pedals and continued with the recent Hi Power.... Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker

Soldano SLO Plus Dual Channel Overdrive

Seattle via L.A. high-gain amp maker Soldano entered the pedal market not long ago with the SLO overdrive, a stompbox version of the Overdrive channel of their two-channel SLO amplifier. The SLO Plus pedal reintegrates in a slightly wider case also the other clean channel found in the original amp.... Click on the title for more

Soldano SLO Plus Dual Channel Overdrive

Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine

Strymon, an effect builder that will be remembered for breaking the guitarists' skepticism about digital technology applied to guitar pedals, just unveiled a new delay/looper pedal called Volante - their first pedal release in two years.... Click on the title for more

Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine

Wampler Catacombs Stereo Delay/Reverb

The Wampler Catacombs is the Martinsville, Indiana company's take on the multi-algorithm stereo Delay+Reverb combo, popular among ambient and shoegaze guitarists - something also evident by the name chosen for this device.... Click on the title for more

Wampler Catacombs Stereo Delay/Reverb

Old Blood Noise Dark Star Stereo Reverb

The Old Blood Noise Dark Star Stereo takes one of the most successful circuits of the Oklahoma City-based brand to its logical next level.... Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Dark Star Stereo Reverb

New Pedal: Anasounds Blues Believer DIY Kit

The 9many) fans of the Marshall Bluesbreaker circuit with a knack for soldering may want to check out the Anasound Blues Believer, available as a DIY kit for around $135 and as a full kit for around $150.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Anasounds Blues Believer DIY Kit

Kernom Ridge Overdrive

The Kernom Ridge Overdrive is a new pedal concept devised by a French upstart that aims at offering a comprehensive palette of overdrive tones through a six-knob device.... Click on the title for more

Kernom Ridge Overdrive

Vongon Ultrasheer Stereo Reverb + Vibrato

Oakland's one-man pedal builder Vongon hand-builds elegant-looking guitar pedals with a creative angle.... Click on the title for more

Vongon Ultrasheer Stereo Reverb + Vibrato

All-Pedal Macrodose Envelope Filter

Looking like a cover of a collaborative album from the late '60s by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Funkadelic, and Jimi Hendrix, the All-Pedal Macrodose is a striking attempt at delivering the ultimate envelope filter pedal... Click on the title for more

All-Pedal Macrodose Envelope Filter

Nobels ODR-1 and ODR Mini

German pedal manufacturer Nobels has been in the game for a while, slowly building a cultish following. If you’re not familiar with this company, suffice to say it builds one of the best-kept secrets in the overdrive realm: the ODR-1 (now also available in Mini version).... Click on the title for more

Nobels ODR-1 and ODR Mini

2025 UPDATE: Best Spring Reverb Pedals | Analog & Digital

Reverb is arguably the most useful effect in music, allowing musicians and producers to create a sense of space for individual instruments and entire mixes. Guitarists have been using this effect since at least the 1950s, when the first standalone spring reverb units began to appear.... Click on the title for more

2025 UPDATE: Best Spring Reverb Pedals | Analog & Digital