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Effects Bakery Mecha-Bagel Overdrive

The Effects Bakery Mecha-Bagel Overdrive is a sub-$50 simple, three-knob overdrive by a Japanese company offering a range of mini pedals with higher quality standard, adorable bakery-themed graphics and names, and still very affordable prices.... Click on the title for more

Effects Bakery Mecha-Bagel Overdrive

Jam Pedals Waterfall Chorus

Dominion Electric Faceless Fuzz

The Dominion Electric Faceless Fuzz is a Canada-made, handbuilt pedal inspired, as you may have guessed, by the vintage Fuzz Face designed around quite literally "hand-picked" NOS Germanium/Silicon transistors and other quality components: the builder lets you pick from Texas Instruments BC183L (Silicon), Telefunken BC108C (Silicon). RCA 2N404 (Germanium) and BART (Germanium). Needless to say, each transistor will impart a slightly different character to the fuzz.... Click on the title for more

Dominion Electric Faceless Fuzz

Horrothia FX Type One Analogue Ensemble/Chorus

Fairfield Circuitry Roger That RF Distortion

Fairfield Circuitry Roger That The Fairfield Circuitry Roger That, a distortion inspired by FM radio communication, is another intriguing pedal by a Canadian company with an uncanny ability to design original yet rather intuitive effect circuits, outside all trends. ... Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Roger That RF Distortion

Great Eastern FX XO Variable Crossover

Great Eastern FX XO Variable Crossover Sometimes utility pedals can open the door to interesting and creative ideas. The Great Eastern FX XO Variable Crossover might be such a device, with its ability to split the signal into a high and low-frequency band and send each out to a separate loop chain, allowing you to use different effects for each, and then blend them back together or send them to different amps. ... Click on the title for more

Great Eastern FX XO Variable Crossover

NUX Plexi Crunch

The NUX Plexi Crunch is a very affordable take on the Plexi-style distortion pedal - and to be honest, it looks a lot like the well-regarded Marvel Drive by Ramble FX.... Click on the title for more

NUX Plexi Crunch

New Pedal: VS Audio JangleMaster Overdrive+ Boost

VS Audio Jangle Master The VS Audio Jangle Master is the Greek company's take on the Vox AC-30-style amp-in-a-box, with an added Treble booster circuit (with its own footswitch) inspired by the Rangemaster. ... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: VS Audio JangleMaster Overdrive+ Boost

29 Pedals FLWR Overdrive

The 29 Pedals FLWR is the first "almost normal" pedal (in this case, a dirt box) by a Californian company whose previous products walked the line between utility boxes and signal conditioners. The "almost" in the previous sentence is due to the pedal's semi-modular nature. ... Click on the title for more

29 Pedals FLWR Overdrive

Way Huge Geisha Drive Smalls

The Way Huge Geisha Drive is limited-edition Smalls series version of an older, larger pedal that gained a following in the late '2010s for its ability to let you dial in anything from a gentle hint of saturation to full-on distortion.... Click on the title for more

Way Huge Geisha Drive Smalls

Isolate Audio RATATATAT

Hailing from Australia, the Isolate Audio RATATATAT is a modern take on a classic distortion circuit with a similar name but fewer "A"s and "T"s, and some intriguing new features.... Click on the title for more

Isolate Audio RATATATAT

Crazy Tube Circuit White Whale V2 Spring Reverb

Crazy Tube Circuit White Whale V2 The Crazy Tube Circuit While Whale is a very tweakable real spring reverb (i.e. it has an actual spring tank under the hood, hence the size), with knobs for depth, speed, tone and dwell and three different springs for varied depth. It also features a tremolo inspired by Fender blackface and brownface amps with its own footswitch.... Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuit White Whale V2 Spring Reverb