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Keeley MkIII Driver

The Keeley MkIII Driver (briefly known as the "Muse Driver") is an overdrive pedal that furthers the builder's collaboration with guitarist Andy Timmons, already involved in the design of the Halo delay and the Super AT Mod overdrive. The MkIII merges a three-control blues driver circuit with two switches for…Click on the title for more

Keeley MkIII Driver

Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr.

A shrunken version of a 2019 pedal popular among shoegazers and any other guitarists inspired by the guitar tone of the '80s, the Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr. is a 3-in-one stompbox that (quite remarkably) combines delay, reverb and modulation into one compact enclosure. Loaded with 6 reverb modes, 3…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr.

Emerald Ox FX Chimeric Percolator

The Emerald Ox FX Chimeric Percolator is a handmade pedal that addresses the quandary of "perfecting the Harmonic Percolator circuit" in a peculiar way. Rather than arbitrarily deciding what the best sound is for this famously sonically unreliable vintage circuit, the builder, after comparing the varying tone of several units,…Click on the title for more

Emerald Ox FX Chimeric Percolator

ThorpyFX The W.O.P.R. Muff + Treblebooster

Guru pedal designer Adrian Thorpy of ThorpyFx has a page on his company's website dedicated to his "Special Projects," gathering all the brand's one-offs, special runs, or Charity donation devices. The WOPR is a pedal created for a friend that wanted to have a (Triangle Muff-style) Thorpy Fallout Cloud and…Click on the title for more

ThorpyFX The W.O.P.R. Muff + Treblebooster

Empress Heavy Menace Distortion

At first glance, the Empress Heavy Menace seems like a pedal that might win the contest for "most tweakable distortion pedal in a compact case." Also, it looks very cool, notwithstanding its demonic references! An evolution in compact case of the company's popular Heavy pedal, the Heavy Menace could be…Click on the title for more

Empress Heavy Menace Distortion

New Pedal: Iceberg Effects Frits Stereo Time Modulator

For such a small country (although densely populated, with its 18 million souls), the Netherlands is extremely good at producing Olympic medal-winning athletes, but not so much at manufacturing guitar pedals - something its 6-million-shy neighbor Denmark excels at, for example. However, Eindhoven's Iceberg Effects is here to change that…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Iceberg Effects Frits Stereo Time Modulator

MTL KnobSession ’24: Jeu concours | Giveaway! (Canada Residents Only)

Pour célébrer le prochain Knob Session (c'est gratuit, RSVP ici !), le nouveau salon de pédales, synthés et instruments modulaires de Montréal, nous nous sommes associés au distributeur canadien SFM pour offrir aux amateurs de pédales d'effets des cadeaux d'une valeur de plus de 1 200 $ !Click on the title for more

MTL KnobSession ’24: Jeu concours | Giveaway! (Canada Residents Only)

$Diffractor Soundings Arboretum Stereo Tremolo$

The Diffractor Soundings Arboretum is a tweaker's dream stereo tremolo. This not exactly compact stompbox might as well redefine versatility within the tremolo nice. Inside, a unique digital LFO circuit offers a plethora of waveforms to modulate your 100% analog input signal. The "Mode" feature elevates this pedal to new…Click on the title for more

Diffractor Soundings Arboretum Stereo Tremolo

PRS Guitars Wind Through The Trees

In the video below, Paul Smith Reed himself premiered the first PRS Guitar pedals on the market: the Wind Through The Trees, a dual analog flanger. The two flanger circuits are placed in parallel and each feature controls for Manual, Depth and Rate, and are then sent to a Mix…Click on the title for more

PRS Guitars Wind Through The Trees

Collector//Emitter & Mask Audio Electronics Cascader

The Cascader is the second collaborative pedal by pedal YouTuber collector//emitter and Mask Audio (after the Part Garden Dual Fuzz). This is an aggressive fuzz inspired by Devi Ever and EHX circuits, combining a smooth fuzz with a low gain gated fuzz to conjure a dense yet tight mix of…Click on the title for more

Collector//Emitter & Mask Audio Electronics Cascader

Thorpy FX Camoflange Flanger MkII

After delivering, in collaboration with legendary effect designer Dan Coggins of Lovepedal, the Deep Oggin Chorus in 2018 to widespread acclaim, UK's Thorpy FX doubled down on that collaboration with another modulation pedal: the Camoflange, an original circuit inspired (at least in part) by the vintage Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress. The…Click on the title for more

Thorpy FX Camoflange Flanger MkII

Decibelics The Reverend XX

Handmade in Spain, the Decibelics The Reverend XX is a dual version of the company's ZZ Top inspired single channel distortion pedal. Its circuit is based off the vintage Bixonic Expandora, a RAT mutation known for being one of the first dirt boxes able to deliver all sorts of saturated…Click on the title for more

Decibelics The Reverend XX