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NativeAudio Ghost Ridge Reverb V1.5

New Pedal: Alexander Pedals Forget Me Not

Alexander Pedals Forget Me Not The Alexander Pedals Forget Me Not is the first pedal in a while released by the North Carolina-based brand that doesn't feature LED display, which is one of the reasons why it's presented as a "departure" of sorts. It's a versatile multi-tap stereo delay with features for both ambient textures and rhythmic delays, offering four delay taps with individual level controls, adjustable delay times (5ms-900ms), and other unique settings.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Alexander Pedals Forget Me Not

Pladask Elektrisk Feber Ring Modulator

Pladask Elektrisk Feber Combining several types of modulation can result in very interesting sounds, and the Pladask Elektrisk Feber is a pedal that facilitates that kind of experimentation by applying amplitude- and phase-based modulation to your signal at both high and low frequencies, producing effects like tremolo, phaser, ring modulation and also a combination of them all.... Click on the title for more

Pladask Elektrisk Feber Ring Modulator

Dr. Scientist Phreak Ring Mod

Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners’ Violet Oscillation

Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners' Violet Oscillation A collaborative effort involving a British boutique builder and a YouTube channel focused on pedals, the Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners' Violet Oscillation is a limited edition fuzz pedal created for the grating yet dreamy soundscape of shoegaze rock.... Click on the title for more

Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners’ Violet Oscillation

One Control Purple Plexifier V2

It might be mini, but, at $179, the One Control Plexifier is not exactly affordable. That’s actually the company’s angle: raising the standards of the mini format, and that's exactly what this pedal does, a high-end mini Plexi pedal offering a very responsive distortion with a gain range of +6dB to +67dB.... Click on the title for more

One Control Purple Plexifier V2

Win 6 Pedals via the LA Synth & Pedal Expo

Here’s the final giveaway linked to our (free) 2024 Los Angeles Synth & Pedal Expo we are giving away not one but SIX rather mind-blowing stompboxes, here’s the list of the goods:
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Win 6 Pedals via the LA Synth & Pedal Expo

Way Huge Attack Vector

Way Huge Attack Vector The Way Huge Attack Vector is the first major pedal release of 2023. It's a two-mode pedal that combines a phaser with an envelope filter.... Click on the title for more

Way Huge Attack Vector

Cusack Tap-a-Whirl V4 Tremolo

Cusack Tap-a-Whirl V4 The Cusack Tap-a-Whirl V4 is the new version of what started as the first tremolo pedal with tap tempo, re-engineered around newer components, expanded to stereo, and repackaged in a very attractive red case.... Click on the title for more

Cusack Tap-a-Whirl V4 Tremolo

Cusack Music Project 34

The Cusack Music Project 34 is a preamp/overdrive pedal based on an old component that, as often happens with vintage technology applied to audio, is finding a renaissance for the character it imparts to the signal. Enter the Selenium rectifier.... Click on the title for more

Cusack Music Project 34

Friedman IR-D Tube Preamp

For the uninitiated, in the world of guitar amplifiers, preamps are perhaps the most important section in an amp, because that's where most of the tone is crafted. The Friedman IR-D is a tube preamp by a US company that built its reputation as an amp manufacturer, and represents the culmination in its attempt to translate that experience into the pedal format.... Click on the title for more

Friedman IR-D Tube Preamp

New Pedal: Catalinbread Perseus Dio Octave Down Fuzz

The world is full of octave-up fuzzes that cut through dense arrangements. the Catalinbread Perseus Dio V2, an octave-down fuzz, won’t do that, but it will provide audacious guitarists with a unique synth tone for the ages. (Here’s a list of other octave-down pedals we covered in the blog).... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Perseus Dio Octave Down Fuzz