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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

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 Nobels ODR-1 (now also available in Mini version). The stompbox's acid…Click on the title for more

Nobels ODR-1 and ODR Mini

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

Electronic Audio Experiments Sending V2 Analog Delay

Released in its first version in 2018, the Sending is Boston’s Electronic Audio Experiments' love letter to the Bucket Brigade Device, the chip that makes analog delay possible. Based, just like the original, on a pair of MN3005 reissues, this stompbox was completely redesigned with the goal of extending its…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Sending V2 Analog Delay

New Pedal: Spruce Effects Badlands

California's Spruce Effects has just released a new addition to their Junior Ranger series of pedals: the Badlands Chorus. Inspired in the name and graphics by the Badlands National Park, this pedal employs an Optical LED to deliver organic-sounding modulation. The controls are unlabeled but straightforward once you memorize them,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Spruce Effects Badlands

New Pedal: Rude Tech Dude Alert! Overdrive

Developed in collaboration with guitarist Brian Klemm of SoCal band Suburban Legends, the Rude Tech Dude Alert! is a tube-screamer-style overdrive pedal with a fun NON-GREEN look and a few tricks up its sleeve. Besides your expected Level, Drive, and Tone knobs, it features a Whoa!/Woah! Switch that gives you…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Rude Tech Dude Alert! Overdrive

New Pedal: Fish Circuits Exploration #1

Hand-made in Montreal, Canada, the Fish Circuits Exploration #1 is the first pedal in a new series by the Quebecois brand dedicated to dirt tone exploration. Designed around BC549 silicon transistors, the pedal offers a wide range of classic overdrive and fuzz tones through the 3 position Texture rotary switch,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fish Circuits Exploration #1

REVV G3 Distortion

The Revv G3 Purple Channel is a new, tight and clear distortion pedal that's getting a lot of attention [(and it's actually not out yet...) from a manufacturer that has built a name for itself through tube guitar amps and cabinets, and as a matter of fact the stompbox is presented…Click on the title for more

REVV G3 Distortion

Silvertone & Jackson Audio Twin Trem

After releasing the well-received 1484 Twin Twelve tremolo/amp combo pedal, Silvertone and Jackson join forces again for a dual tremolo stompbox with two parallel Optical and Harmonic circuits: the Twin Trem. The two circuits can be run separately (in which case the LED will turn Blue when the optical circuit is on…Click on the title for more

Silvertone & Jackson Audio Twin Trem

Collision Devices Crushturnal

The Collision Devices Crushturnal is the latest inspiring device by a French pedal brand that has gotten us accustomed to delivering complex yet intuitive creative effects. Available for preorder, it will ship in the 2nd half of June 2024. Inspired by the glitch created by clock change on digital processors…Click on the title for more

Collision Devices Crushturnal