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PRS Horsemeat Transparent Overdrive

Although the name might suggest Klon references, the PRS Horsemeat is an overdrive sporting an original circuit that adds harmonic midrange richness without affecting the tone's high-end. Designed by Paul Reed Smith himself to satisfy his own ear, the Horsemeat can work both as an overdrive or a clean boost…Click on the title for more

PRS Horsemeat Transparent Overdrive

Mask Audio Electronics & Holy Island Audio STOP! Dual Fuzz

The folks behind Mask Audio Electronics obviously enjoy pedal collabs and STOP!, an octave-up fuzz with a couple of tricks up its sleeve, is the latest pedal-child conceived with UK's Holy Island Audio. The pedal combines two existing circuits, the HIA Abracadaver octave-up fuzz circuit (on the left side) and…Click on the title for more

Mask Audio Electronics & Holy Island Audio STOP! Dual Fuzz

New Pedal: Otis Audio Lifetones Filter + Echo

Hailing from Australia, the Otis Audio Lifetones is a pedal for guitarists with knob-tweaking inclinations seeking inspiration: it's a synth-style resonant filter followed by a modulated delay. The layout is very straightforward with all the knobs you'd expect for each effect: two controls on the top for the filter (Resonance…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Otis Audio Lifetones Filter + Echo

Intensive Care Fideleater V1 Lo-Fi Chorus/Vibrato/Delay

London's Intensive Care Audio is one of the most interesting emerging boutique makers of the new decade, and the Fideleater, just released in a more compact version, is their take on the lo-fi modulation chorus/delay. This is primarily a chorus with selectable LFO (you can pick from 8 waveforms) and…Click on the title for more

Intensive Care Fideleater V1 Lo-Fi Chorus/Vibrato/Delay

Keeley Loomer Modulated Reverb + Fuzz

The Keeley Loomer is a Modulated Reverb + Fuzz pedal made with the shoegazer genre in mind. Reverb modes include Focus, Hall and Reverse, while the fuzz channel offers Flat, Full or Scoop modes. Hall mode has an octave generation placed in a feedback loop for “ascension shimmer” effects, while…Click on the title for more

Keeley Loomer Modulated Reverb + Fuzz

New Pedal: FFX Goldmember Dual Overdrive

The FFX Goldmember is a German-made dual overdrive designed to respect your playing dynamics and provide you with maximum tone flexibility. The company's second dual overdrive, the Gold Member features on the right-hand side a drive that can offer a wide range of tones, from clean boost to pushed drive,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: FFX Goldmember Dual Overdrive

Lang Amps Overdrive/Boost

The Lang Amps Overdrive/Boost is the debut stompbox by the Las Vegas-based amp builder and sports an original circuit based on a novel approach to clipping. While four (Level, Tone, Drive and Boost) out of the 6 knobs on the pedal do what's expected in any overdrive with an extra…Click on the title for more

Lang Amps Overdrive/Boost

Asheville Music Tools Analoger ADG-1 Analog Delay

The Asheville Music Tools Analoger ADG-1 is an analog Bucket Brigade Delay with modulation that offers repeats from 16mS to 700mS. The modulation is very pleasant while, for those who like to get a little "dirty", the Drive knob allows to create some saturation reminiscent of a tape echo pushed to…Click on the title for more

Asheville Music Tools Analoger ADG-1 Analog Delay

New Pedal: Coppersound Kingpin Overdrive

The Coppersound Kingpin Overdrive is an affordable, one-knob, one-toggle mini overdrive utilizing Germanium diodes and delivering a warm yet bright saturation to your signal, with plenty of volume on tap to facilitate interaction with your amp's input stage. The 3-way Clip toggle offers three levels of clipping, allowing for a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Coppersound Kingpin Overdrive

NUX MG 300 Modeling Guitar Processor

The new MG-300 Modelling Guitar Processor from NUX is one of the most affordable devices in the amp emulation category, and yet it packs a lot of goods in its relatively small enclosure. It uses a TSAC-HD (True Simulation of Analog Circuit) algorithm for its amp modeling and built-in effects…Click on the title for more

NUX MG 300 Modeling Guitar Processor

Old Blood Noise Excess V2 Distortion + Modulation

The Old Blood Noise Excess V2 updates the '80s-flavored (pink) modulated distortion pedal by the Oklahoma company with a case that's 1/2 the size of the original unit and updated features, including a selectable harmonized fifth mode (which was there but "hidden" in V1) in the modulation channel. This is a…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Excess V2 Distortion + Modulation

Fjord Fuzz Odin V2

With the Odin fuzz, Norwegian boutique builder Fjord Fuzz delivers two separate, non-stackable fuzzes, one with an octave-up and one without, both inspired by the classic Foxx Tone Machine. Removing the tone and clipping stages and adding a louder output stage, these circuits deliver a massive mid-forward fuzz. The left…Click on the title for more

Fjord Fuzz Odin V2