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Cornerstone Nero Fuzz

Cornerstone Nero Fuzz The Cornerstone Nero Fuzz is a hybrid fuzz/overdrive circuit designed by an Italian builder that's been churning out a series of impressive overdrive pedals, but no fuzzes until today. One of these overdrives is the company's bestseller Gladio, an amp-in-a-box inspired by the rare line of Dumble amps. That circuit found its way inside Cornerstone's first fuzz pedal.... Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Nero Fuzz

Volta 1987 PRO Hot Rod Plexi Drive

The Volta 1987 PRO is the "deluxe" version of the company's 1987 overdrive, a hand made dual Plexi-style pedal (read, it sounds like a Marshall Plexi amp) by an emerging Italian builder that has turned heads and years in the last few years. As specified in the "subtitle" the pedal is voiced after a "Hot Rodded" Plexy amp, referring to the popular modification sound technicians used to do to those amps to make them sound more distorted.... Click on the title for more

Volta 1987 PRO Hot Rod Plexi Drive

Formula B Fuzz Rangers

Hand building their pedals in the small town of Todi in Puglia (Italy), Formula B specializes in anything related to gain in stompbox format.... Click on the title for more

Formula B Fuzz Rangers

AC Noises Ricorda Granular Reverb

The AC Noises Ricorda is a stereo digital pedal that extends the concept of granular synthesis popular in digital delay circuits to the realm of ambient reverb.... Click on the title for more

AC Noises Ricorda Granular Reverb

Meris Hedra Stereo Rhythmical Pitch-Shifter

Of the (many) new pedal companies that have been popping out in the last few years, Meris has been the most well received by musicians and critics alike, thanks to a series of releases that marry inspiring circuitry, elegant design, and innovative ideas.... Click on the title for more

Meris Hedra Stereo Rhythmical Pitch-Shifter

New Pedal: Mythos NV-9 Pro Overdrive

Mythos NV-9 Pro Overdrive The Mythos NV-9 Prois a Tube Screamer variant that doesn't reinvent the green overdrive's tone but expands its range through two push buttons: Lows and Clip.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mythos NV-9 Pro Overdrive

Pladask Etterslep Granular Delay

Pladask Etterslep The Pladask Etterslep is another highly experimental pedal by this Norwegian manufacturer that has treated us for a while now with several creative devices. It's describde by the builder as a "time-based audio processor combining granular synthesis, tapped delay line and modified sample playback."... Click on the title for more

Pladask Etterslep Granular Delay

Benson Amps Preamp Overdrive/Distortion

The Benson Amps Preamp Overdrive/Distortion (listed at $249) sports a circuit Based on the company's Chimera 30 watt guitar amplifier (going for $1949), but substitutes FET transistors for the vacuum tubes.... Click on the title for more

Benson Amps Preamp Overdrive/Distortion

Win 10 Caline Pedals + Board & PSU!

Caline is giving away a full board of pedals to celebrate their first involvement in the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit (within the BK Synth & Pedal Expo, coming up on October 5-6).... Click on the title for more

Win 10 Caline Pedals + Board & PSU!

New Pedal: Summer School Electronics Extra Credit Boost

Summer School Electronics Extra Credit Boost Like other pedals by the NY-based pedal builder, the Summer School Electronics Extra Credit is based on a simple but clever idea: a clean boost works better in tracks that have a more sparse arrangement, while a booster that pushes the higher frequencies of your tone works better on denser tracks, by giving your signal a little more edge. The Extra Credit delivers both things in one box.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Summer School Electronics Extra Credit Boost

Xotic XW-2 Wah

Supro Chorus (Analog, Stereo)

The Supro Analog Chorus is a quality, all-analog and full-stereo chorus-vibrato, delivers a luscious, tri-dimensional effect with plenty of headroom.... Click on the title for more

Supro Chorus (Analog, Stereo)