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New Pedal: JHS Coyote Fuzz

Josh Scott has made a career of digging up lost circuits and handing them back to guitar players. The JHS Coyote Fuzz is his tribute to Glenn Wyllie, a North Carolina builder who's been soldering transistors since the '60s and somehow never became a household name. Wyllie's Moonrock fuzz was…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: JHS Coyote Fuzz

Pedal Giveaway: Win a Native Audio Pattern Keeper Looper

Hello, creative beasts! Some loopers truly spark our creative juices, and the new Pattern Keeper by Native Audio does exactly that—at least according to the Harp Lady!Click on the title for more

Pedal Giveaway: Win a Native Audio Pattern Keeper Looper

Old Blood Noise Parting Delay/Reverb (Emily Hopkins Collab)

The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Parting, created in collaboration with harpist influencer Emily Hopkins, is a sophisticated and experimental modulation/glitch delay/reverb hybrid designed for generative, evolving soundscapes. It masterfully blurs the lines between glitchy rhythmic delay, atmospheric reverb, and dynamic modulation. The pedal is organized into three core sections: Modulation: Offers…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Parting Delay/Reverb (Emily Hopkins Collab)

Klowra Everlast Delay

The Klowra Everlast Delay is a feature-rich stereo delay pedal offering 9 distinct delay types, ranging from analog-style echoes to pristine digital repeats and experimental textures like Granular, Reverse, and the more mysterious Crystal and Sweeper algorithms. Built around a powerful digital engine, it provides comprehensive parameter control alongside dynamic…Click on the title for more

Klowra Everlast Delay

Fish Circuits Astronomie Reverb

One of the most intriguing new pedal releases at NAMM 2025 came from a fellow Montrealese brand: the Fish Circuit Astronomie. It's a spring-style reverb/compressor circuit (in that order) with the company's signature chunky vintage look and very unusual controls. Notwithstanding the large footprint, the Astronomie doesn't have real springs…Click on the title for more

Fish Circuits Astronomie Reverb

Kinotone Ghost Chordal Resonator

Kinotone has quickly established itself as one of the most imaginative new makers in boutique effects, specializing in devices that recontextualize the guitar signal into something entirely new. Their flagship, the Ghosts, is the ultimate expression of this vision. Far more than a pedal, it’s a 6-voice physical modeling synthesizer and…Click on the title for more

Kinotone Ghost Chordal Resonator

New Pedal: Enduring Audio Fell Runner Fuzz

Some fuzzes want to be your friend. The Enduring Audio Fell Runner wants to steal your wallet and key your car. Enduring Audio looked at the Roland Bee Baa - that weird Japanese box from the '70s that sounded like bees fighting inside a tin can - and extracted its…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Enduring Audio Fell Runner Fuzz

Win Four Pedals via the London Synth & Pedal Expo

Hello UK pedal people! We're getting excited for the London Synth & Pedal Expo (March 22-23), and to celebrate, we've got a giveaway for you. Four brilliant pedals are waiting to join a new board – maybe yours? The shortlist (in deliberately random order, because rules are made to be…Click on the title for more

Win Four Pedals via the London Synth & Pedal Expo

New Pedal: Catalinbread CB Paint Vintage Digital Reverb

Some reverbs announce themselves. The Catalinbread CB Paint whispers. Catalinbread reached into the late '80s and pulled out a forgotten gem—that studio rack unit everyone wanted and everyone could afford. The one that ended up on records by Trey Anastasio, Neil Young, Mac DeMarco. Not because it was flashy, but…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread CB Paint Vintage Digital Reverb

Win 3 Boutique Synths + Ring Controller [ENDED]

Oi, you lot! London Synth & Pedal Expo is stomping into town March 22-23, and we're celebrating like it's 1999. Got four pieces of gear burning a hole in our pocket that need a proper home - preferably on your desk, board, or wherever you make noise. The lucky bastard…Click on the title for more

Win 3 Boutique Synths + Ring Controller [ENDED]

New Pedal: MXR EVH Modern High Gain Distortion

Let's talk Van Halen tone, folks! The old MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive is the black-and-yellow classic. MOSFET clipping, three-band EQ, that legendary boost that doesn't just push your amp - it becomes your amp. It's the brown sound in a box. The history of Van Halen from "Eruption" to "Right…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: MXR EVH Modern High Gain Distortion

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII

In 1994, Bill Finnegan built eight thousand magic boxes, coated them in epoxy so nobody could peek inside, and changed guitar tone forever. Thirty years later, original Klon Centaurs trade for seven grand, and the epoxy didn't stop anyone forever—just slowed them down until 2009, when Martin Chittum finally scraped…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII