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Silktone Fuzz+

Silktone is a boutique amp company based in Roseville, CA that whose first pedal creation is simply named Fuzz - a Germanium Fuzz Face-inspired circuit with a couple of cool tricks up its sleeve to widen the original's sonic palette. That launch circuit was recently updated with the Fuzz+.... Click on the title for more

Silktone Fuzz+

Fjord Fuzz Dovre Fuzz + Reverb

The Fjord Fuzz Dovre (a name inspired by a culturally significant Norwegian mountain) is a two-knob fuzz+spring reverb pedal that's as simple to operate as it is convenient. It can produce various fuzz sound and clean tones with the most classic of splashy reverb.... Click on the title for more

Fjord Fuzz Dovre Fuzz + Reverb

Alabs Orbital Pitch Shifter

For its $159 price tag, the Alabs Orbital packs a lot of sounds and features, just like the other pedal by this new emerging Chinese pedal brand.... Click on the title for more

Alabs Orbital Pitch Shifter

Updated Pedal: Formula B Vintage Vibe MkII

The Formula B Vintage Vibe MkII is the updated uni-vibe pedal by a well-regarded, high-end Italian brand.... Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Formula B Vintage Vibe MkII

Best Delay + Reverb Pedal Combos in 2024 | Stereo & Mono

Reverb and Echo (or delay) are often grouped as part of the same family of sound effects, and for good reason... Click on the title for more

Best Delay + Reverb Pedal Combos in 2024 | Stereo & Mono

Electro-Harmonix POG3

Electro-Harmonix added a new chapter to their POG saga with the POG3, the mother of all Polyphonic Octave Generator pedals.... Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix POG3

Mezzabarba Even Drive

For the electric guitar elite looking to drop close to a grand on an overdrive, there's the Mezzabarba Even Drive, hailing from a country that specializes in spending temptations: Italy.... Click on the title for more

Mezzabarba Even Drive

Benson Delay

Portland, OR's Benson Amplification is known for their boutique amps and ingenious and innovative Germanium pedals. The Benson Delay is the company's first foray into designing a device outside the dirtbox realm.... Click on the title for more

Benson Delay

Chase Bliss Lossy Digital LoFi

The Chase Bliss Lossy is a collaboration with audio plugin builder Goodhertz, and could be described as a digital version of the company's Generation Loss, informed by Goodhertz's plugin of the same name.... Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Lossy Digital LoFi

Bleak District Electric Terra Overdrive

The Bleak District Electric Terra Earthly Overdrive is a dirt box that meets the criteria of modern saturation stompboxes by providing a wide array of organic-sounding dirt tones, through a unique 5-knob interface controlling a hybrid circuit featuring both Germanium and Silicon diodes.... Click on the title for more

Bleak District Electric Terra Overdrive

Polyend Press Stereo Compressor

At SuperBooth 2024, Polish synth brand Polyend unveiled its first pedal, a high-end stereo analog compressor called Press. The Polyend Press is now shipping.... Click on the title for more

Polyend Press Stereo Compressor

New Pedal: Hangman FX Meteoric Echo Monster

Hand-built in Los Angeles, CA, the Hangman FX Meteoric Echo Monster, depicted here in the (gorgeous) limited pink edition but normally available in white, is an analog-voiced delay with dual modulations, a boost, a momentary mode, and a host of noisy tricks up its sleeve.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Hangman FX Meteoric Echo Monster