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Hudson Electronics Broadcast Preamp

Coming from UK builder Hudson Electronics, the Broadcast Preamp-Overdrive is a simple, three-knob preamp pedal based on the simple but sweet-sounding, Class-A germanium base technology behind broadcast consoles of the '60s. With four simple controls, three knobs for Low Cut, Gain Trim, and Level, and a toggle switch that changes…Click on the title for more

Hudson Electronics Broadcast Preamp

Neunaber Immerse Reverberator MkII

Brian Neunaber of Neunaber Audio might be based in Orange, California, but the rigor he puts into his pedal designs betrays the mitteleuropean origins of his last name (for the unaware, Germans seem to have a special gene for engineering). Over the past few years his company has built a…Click on the title for more

Neunaber Immerse Reverberator MkII

Lantern Manufacturing Meadowsweet Chorus

The Lantern Manufacturing Meadowsweet, which was just highlighted as one of the best pedals of 2022 by the JHS Show is a very peculiar chorus effect. Instead of using the typycal analog BBD chip or a digital circuit, it has at its core four PT2399 chips, used 99% of the…Click on the title for more

Lantern Manufacturing Meadowsweet Chorus

Walrus Audio Fundamental Distortion

The Walrus Audio Fundamental Distortion belongs to the Oklahoma company's first sub-$100 line of pedals, but its circuitry borrows from about a decade of experience in designing distortion pedals costing over twice as much. Although the three controls are what you would expect on any distortion pedal (Gain, Tone and…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Fundamental Distortion

EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny Octave Reverb

Ohio's EarthQuaker Devices is one of the pedal companies that pioneered the "creative" stompbox trend that has taken over the field in the last decade. In the last few years, they have been focused on more traditional "tone" pedals (like their incredibly successful Tube Screamer-style overdrive Plums or the Metal-inclined…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny Octave Reverb

JHS 3 Series Flanger

Voiced after classic effects like the Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress, the Tycobrahe Pedalflanger, and the MXR M117 Flanger, the JHS 3 Series Flanger is a bread and butter, 3-knob pedal that can deliver the sound of those classics at a fraction of the cost. The traditional Blend, Rate and Intensity knobs…Click on the title for more

JHS 3 Series Flanger

AC Noises Respira Shimmer Reverb + Multi-Mode Tremolo

The Trem+Verb combination is quite literally the oldest of effect combos for electric guitar, but the Italian folks at AC Noise gave it a fresh new look in their new pedal Respira (Italian for "breath"), developed in collaboration with Luca Romanelli from Mastro Valvola. There's nothing traditional about this pedal,…Click on the title for more

AC Noises Respira Shimmer Reverb + Multi-Mode Tremolo

Delicious Audio hosts Japanese Effector Collection Box at NAMM 2023 Stompbox Booth

The NAMM Show 2023 is fast approaching and, once again, Delicious Audio will be there with a shared pedal booth (#5241) featuring over 30 boards! This year we are proud for our booth to be a bridge for a some quality boutique builders based in a faraway country with a…Click on the title for more

Delicious Audio hosts Japanese Effector Collection Box at NAMM 2023 Stompbox Booth

New Pedal: ETF Audio Every Good Boy Deserves Fuzz

Hand-built in the heart wine country in Windsor, California, the ETF Audio Every Good Boy Deserves Fuzz is a two-knob, three-transistor fuzz created with stoner and doom guitarists in mind. The two controls are for level and filter, with the latter allowing for a variety of tones from chugging ones…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: ETF Audio Every Good Boy Deserves Fuzz

Fender Hammertone Reverb

The Fender Hammertone Reverb is a part of the new affordable line of pedals released by the electric guitar company in early 2022. The US company put out some interesting, more involved reverb pedals in the last few years but we don’t know if this $99 pedal inherits anything from those…Click on the title for more

Fender Hammertone Reverb

Greer Lightspeed Overdrive

When a pedal with just three knobs and a $200 price tag features in the chart of the top 10 best-selling overdrives on Reverb.com, you can be sure it's there because of the way it sounds. Enter the Greer Lightspeed overdrive, handmade in Athens, Georgia. Rather ironically, what makes this…Click on the title for more

Greer Lightspeed Overdrive

Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine

Upon hearing the capabilities of the new Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine Mellotron simulator pedal, the thought that immediately came to mind was that guitar players might finally have a fair shot at landing some film, TV, and video game scoring work. Historically, MIDI has always given an unfair advantage…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine