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MXR Hybrid Fuzz

The entire fuzz pedal niche is mostly based on variations on five or six vintage fuzz circuits (as you can read in our super comprehensive article about fuzz types). Considering the sheer yearly output of fuzz pedals, it seems like there's an underground world of engineers constantly modding those circuits…Click on the title for more

MXR Hybrid Fuzz

Electro-Harmonix Superego Synth Engine

Electro Harmonix's latest creation, the Superego pedal is a sustain and synth engine stomp box. It follows in the footsteps of their beloved Freeze sound retainer pedal. The Freeze pedal itself is a very innovative sustain pedal. It is essentially a very short duration sampler and looper. You could also think…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Superego Synth Engine

VS Audio Platinum Plexi Overdrive

Presented at the NAMM 2023 show, the VS Audio Platinum Preamp and Overdrive uses hand-selected discrete JFETs to create a unique blend of Plexi and Marshall-style tones. Based on the coveted Marshall 1987 Silver Jubilee amp, this circuit provides a similar high gain, dark, and smooth output. The controls are…Click on the title for more

VS Audio Platinum Plexi Overdrive

Surfy Industries Surfyfuzz

The prototype of the Surfy Industries SurfyFuzz was unveiled at NAMM 2024 by the Swedish builder best known for its real spring reverbs, and we shot a video of it (at the bottom of this post). It is now shipping but the first batch is already sold out. It's a…Click on the title for more

Surfy Industries Surfyfuzz

New Pedal: Electric Love Aquatone Drive

The Electric Love Aquatone is a BOSS Blues driver variant built in collaboration with Brian Wampler of Wampler Pedals. In addition to serving up great tone, the Aquatone pedal serves a bigger purpose: raising funds for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). The Aquatone offers two voicing through the central…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electric Love Aquatone Drive

Win 4 Awesome Synth Devices worth over $2,500! [ENDED]

The giveaways lined to the Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo aren't quite done yet! This one gives our readers the opportunity to win 4 intriguing synth toys worth over $2,500! Here's the list: Erica Synths Black Stereo Reverb eurorack module Entropy Recursion Studio video synth KORG NTS-1 synth kit…Click on the title for more

Win 4 Awesome Synth Devices worth over $2,500! [ENDED]

Win Three Pedals and a PSU via the Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo [ENDED]

Here's yet another giveaway linked to our upcoming Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, and this one is open to anyone from anywhere! Signing up will get you a chance to take home these super cool prizes: Chase Bliss Audio MOOD MkII Dreadbox FX Raindrops TWA Octoverdrive Voodoo Pedal Lab Power…Click on the title for more

Win Three Pedals and a PSU via the Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo [ENDED]

Victory V1 The Duchess Preamp

One-fifth of the UK company's V1 series of compact preamp pedals, the Victory V1 The Duchess is a little bit like the child with a double passport in that family of stompboxes, since it can deliver both American-styled cleans and break up with a British accent, just like the amp…Click on the title for more

Victory V1 The Duchess Preamp

LPD Pedals Sixty8 Deluxe

Designed to sound like the company owner's own and beloved 1968 Plexi 12000 series, the LPD Sixty8 Deluxe delivers that dynamic Plexi tone, with the vintage Marshall amps' signature sustain at relatively low distortion settings, plus an extra switchable higher gain channel and ALSO a separate boost circuit placed before…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals Sixty8 Deluxe

BOSS CE-2w Chorus

Starting from 1976, the CE-1 and CE-2 set the bar for simple chorus pedal with a thick, luscious sound. The BOSS CE-2w from their Waza Craft line includes modes from both discontinued models. It runs on analog bucket-brigade circuitry with rate and depth controls and mono or stereo input/output. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOstOBmIo8…Click on the title for more

BOSS CE-2w Chorus

Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

Blending layers of delay and reverb is the favorite hobby of a fair slice of guitarists into stompboxes, and - as you can see from our article about the Best Delay + Reverb Combo Pedals article - effects makers are fully aware of that. Philly's boutique builder Champion Leccy, run…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

Updated Pedal: Walrus Audio 385 MkII Overdrive

The Walrus Audio 385 MkII might be the only guitar pedal inspired by the sound of a... projector: the Bell and Howell Filmosound 385. Obviously, the inspiration here came from the projector's amplifier, rather than its video-related circuitry. MkI was one of the earliest pedals released by the Oklahoma City…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Walrus Audio 385 MkII Overdrive