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Win an Electro-Harmonix POG 3 via the BK Stompbox Exhibit!

To celebrate the awesomeness of the 12th Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit (part of the free BK Pedal & Synth Expo, coming up on October 5-6 in Greenpoint), we are giving away a superb POG3 by Electro-Harmonix, worth $645!... Click on the title for more

Win an Electro-Harmonix POG 3 via the BK Stompbox Exhibit!

Win a Novation Circuit Tracks & Rhythm (BK Synth & Pedal Expo Promo)

Hello, knob-heads! To celebrate the upcoming, free, B
rooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo we are giving away an outstanding combo of groovy devices from Novation, the Circuit Tracks and the Circuit Rhythm!... Click on the title for more

Win a Novation Circuit Tracks & Rhythm (BK Synth & Pedal Expo Promo)

Flatley Pedals Valkyrie Vintage Chorus

Flatley Pedals Valkyrie Vintage Chorus The Flatley Pedals Valkyrie Vintage Chorus is the British company's take on the vintage, analog modulation (chorus and flangers) pedals from the '80s, improved with a wider depth and sonic range.... Click on the title for more

Flatley Pedals Valkyrie Vintage Chorus

Line 6 HX One MultiFX Pedal

Line 6 HX One MultiFX Pedal Line 6 just unveiled the smallest sibling in the Helix family: the HX ONE. Just like the other members of the family, this is a stereo featuring a variety of effects (over 250), plust a host of other features belonging to the Helix DNA.... Click on the title for more

Line 6 HX One MultiFX Pedal

Best Phaser Pedals in 2024 | a Buyer’s Guide

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