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New Pedal: Muir Silicon Steel Drive

The Muir Silicon Steel is a dirt box that blends a solid state overdrive with a transformer-based gain circuit, subtly adding non-linearity and magnetic saturation to your signal. The transformer gain stage is Silicon Steel's secret sauce—low strings resonate with chords, higher gain delivers a distinctive overdrive with a unique…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Muir Silicon Steel Drive

Win a PRS Guitar and 3 Pedals via the BK Pedal & Synth Expo [ENDED]

Our Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo is coming up and that means that here at Delicious Audio we are in full gear giveaway season! In this pedal giveaway we are giving one of our readers the opportunity to win all of the following: Gamechanger Plus Pedal H9 Max Dark PRS…Click on the title for more

Win a PRS Guitar and 3 Pedals via the BK Pedal & Synth Expo [ENDED]

New Pedal: Cunningham Amps Zonk MKI Pedalboard Edition

Hailing from New Zealand, the Cunningham Amplification Zonk MK1 is a high quality stompbox paying homage to two legendary fuzzes from the mid-60s: the ultra-rare Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine and the Sola Sound MK1 Tone Bender. This pedalboard edition is hosted in a much smaller case than the original trapezoid…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Cunningham Amps Zonk MKI Pedalboard Edition

Best New Pedal Releases: September 2023

September didn't give us a lot of new pedals, but a fair amount of really interesting ones. Here's your monthly recap of the latest best stompbox releases! Check out the full list of releases in the interactive galleries below, and when you are ready to buy, please don’t forget to…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases: September 2023

Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator

Grace The Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator belongs to the series of the first three guitar pedals ever released by the company renowned for pro audio peripherals but also for high-quality DSP-powered plugins emulating vintage studio gear, a kind of expertise that surely came in handy when working on stompboxes…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator

Okko FX Diablo Dual Overdrive

The Diablo overdrive (now out of production) was one of OKKO's most successful stompbox designs, featuring some novel fine-tuning controls like the Headroom switch (which ups the circuit's headroom to 18v), the Feed knob (controlling the amount of bass in the input signal) and the Body knob (affecting mids and dynamics). The pedal's main selling point was…Click on the title for more

Okko FX Diablo Dual Overdrive

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Pitch Fork

Part of the new Pico series of mini pedals, the Electro-Harmonix Pico Pitch Fork is a stylized version of the popular Pitch Fork family of pitch shifting pedals, but not necessarily the least feature-rich. It offers 30 pitch shift options and enhanced controls, inheriting the features of the original Pitch…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Pitch Fork

CKK SHXC Super Overdrive (Klon Variant)

Yes, many Chinese pedal builders make super affordable (if not downright cheap) pedals with questionable quality control, but this doesn't mean that there aren't some top-notch boutique pedal builders in China. Enter the CKK SHXC Super Overdrive, a new, hand-made Klon variant that's getting great reviews from the handful of…Click on the title for more

CKK SHXC Super Overdrive (Klon Variant)

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay

The Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay is a shrunken, digital version of the original, a rather unique effect able to produce volume and reverse swells, backward tape sounds, staccato notes, bowed instrument effects, and now also volume envelope effects in a simplified, compact design. It does all this in Mono mode…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay

DOD 250 Overdrive Preamp

The new DOD 250 is a faithful reissue of an evergreen classic first released in the early '70s by circuit designer David Oreste Defrancesco (aka, DOD) as an attempt to create a pedal that could deliver a range of tones from boost to slightly saturated to distorted, something few pedals…Click on the title for more

DOD 250 Overdrive Preamp

Updated Pedal: KingTone Duellist V2

Featured in our guide to the best Blues Breaker-style pedals, the KingTone Duellist V2 is an update to an already popular dual overdrive. A higher gain option than most Blues Breaker variants, the Duellist is a tone-tweaker’s delight that's hand-made in the US. The “Heavy Hand” side is a highly…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: KingTone Duellist V2

Mr. Black JDD-3000+ Digital Delay

While the word "digital," when applied to delay, made some musicians and producers of the '80s run away in horror, the shoegazer movement embraced those rather primitive rack effects, making their artifacts part of their sound. The Mr. Black JDD-3000+ is a pedal that recreates one of the most sought-after…Click on the title for more

Mr. Black JDD-3000+ Digital Delay