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A discontinued Chase Bliss pedal, the (regular) 
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
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia (a big geographical disadvantage for any musical instrument manufacturer), 
LoFi effects are a fascinating niche that can add some magic to any musical material, and perhaps because of that, an increasing number of pedal builders are showing interest in it.... Click on the title for more
Hand-built in Portland, OR, the 
California via Brazil brand Beetronics built a pedal empire on devices with names playing around the "bee" theme. And then came the... 
The 
The Origin Effects Halcyon Blue Overdrive is the third release in the British company's Halcyon series, a line of pedals inspired by evergreen classics utilizing a proprietary system called Adaptive Circuitry that automatically tweaks the effect’s voicing in real-time in response to pick attack and volume changes, improving dynamics and tone consistency. The Blue Overdrive is inspired by the sound of the Marshall Blues Breaker.... Click on the title for more
Born from a rib of Strymon, LA pedal manufacturer 
