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The Electric Love FX Norrsken, designed by the New York brand in collaboration with EarthQuaker Devices, is a modern interpretation of a rare and rather unique Swedish fuzz pedal from the '70s: the Carlin Compressor. The circuit offers an array of squishy fuzz tones and an active 3-band EQ to expand its sonic range.... Click on the title for more
A discontinued Chase Bliss pedal, the (regular) Wombtone was a wildly flexible digitally controlled analog phaser pedal, thanks to its 6 knobs, 3 toggle switches, two footswitches, and 12 DIP switches in the back panel. The Minneapolis-based company reissued a Billy Strings limited edition featuring some variations on the original, implemented in partnership with the established bluegrass guitarist.... Click on the title for more
Overdrive and amp fanatics are surely familiar with the unattainable Dumble amps (the Overdrive Special model, in particular), the most expensive guitar amplifiers on earth, hand-built and customized on order for stars of the caliber of Stevie Ray Vaughan and John Mayer.... Click on the title for more
The urei 1176 is one of the TWO evergreen compressors engineers have been using to record all sorts of tracks since the '60s (the other one being the Teletronix LA2A). The Warm Audio Pedal76 puts the sound of that versatile studio unit at your toetips for an amount that's a fraction of both the original and the Universal Audio reissues.... Click on the title for more
Vongon is a rather new pedal (and now also synth) brand based in Oakland that manufactures very intriguing and creative stompboxes. The Paragraph II is the updated 2024 version of their very first product: an analog four-pole resonant low-pass filter with stereo modulation (the previous version was mono).... Click on the title for more



Buying a great sounding overdrive pedal is one of the simple pleasures in the life of an electric guitarist. Building one from scratch is not as simple, but a lot cheaper and - when the device is finished - source of immense pride.... Click on the title for more
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Hailing from Melbourne, Australia (a big geographical disadvantage for any musical instrument manufacturer),

Hand-built in Portland, OR, the 






