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New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Triboro Bridge

These days it really feels like we write something along the lines of "a pedal that can deliver anything from overdrive to distortion to fuzz" on a daily basis. However, with the Electro-Harmonix Pico Triboro Bridge, we believe it's first time we write those words for a mini pedal. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Triboro Bridge

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth

The many punk-leaning guitarists among our readers might have found a stompbox that suits their nihilistic tendencies. Enter the Tone For Punk (name of the company) Trebled Youth (name of the pedal), a tweakable dirt box that can deliver anything from mildly dirty tones to the uncompromising fuzz that's at…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth

Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe

The Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe is all the sizzle and spice and everything you love about Plexis in a cool-looking pedal - with a few crucial improvements over its smaller yet older sibling. The Preamp and Master gain act like they would on your favorite old British amp and…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun Tape Delay

Part of the growing family of the Pico series, the Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun is a tape-style echo in mini format delivering delay from 8ms to 3s. It doesn't only emulate the warmth of the vintage tape delays of yesteryear, but also the saturation those units' preamp imparted to the tone,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun Tape Delay

All-Pedal Microdose Phaser

Following on the success of their filter pedal Macrodose, the folks at All-Pedal just released a similar looking, equally deep, and rigorously hand-made phaser circuit called Microdose, designed in collaboration with Spaceman Effects. The approach here is to offer every possible phaser sound via its 3 stages modes (2, 4…Click on the title for more

All-Pedal Microdose Phaser

New Pedals: 7 Electro-Harmonix NYC DSP Pico Pedals

Today Electro-Harmonix in all likelihood broke their record for number of pedals released on the same day, unveiling seven new, DSP-powered stompboxes under the Pico Platform series of mini pedals, debuted earlier in 2023 with the Pico POG and the Pico Platform. With a price range varying between $119 and…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: 7 Electro-Harmonix NYC DSP Pico Pedals

29 Pedal JFET Boost

Boost pedals are a necessary, if not wildly exciting, necessity for pretty much any electric guitar player. The 29 Pedal JFET is presented as a reimagining of the most humble of stompboxes, by a company that has proven uber-competent in the realms of tone-preservation and enhancement. The JFET's circuit gives…Click on the title for more

29 Pedal JFET Boost

Win 3 Pedals via the BK Synth & Pedal Expo! [ENDED]

Well, yes gorgeous stomping creatures, we've got a (first) uber-radical pedal giveaway for y'all, linked to our upcoming Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo (it's free, yo! You just need to RSVP!) Up for grabs we have these noteworthy effect-producing devices: DryBell Module 4 Compressor Empress Effects ParaEq MKII Deluxe…Click on the title for more

Win 3 Pedals via the BK Synth & Pedal Expo! [ENDED]

Source Audio Collider Delay + Reverb

The Ventris Reverb and Nemesis Delay are two of the most popular pedals built by Boston's Source Audio, so the idea to mix and match algorithms of both devices in a single Delay+Reverb stompbox seems like a no-brainer recipy for success. Enter the Source Audio Collider, a pedal offering two…Click on the title for more

Source Audio Collider Delay + Reverb

OCE Wrench FUZZ

The OCE Wrench Fuzz is a new pedal, now available for preorder, by an emerging Burbank, CA builder called Chris Evans (not the actor, but almost as good looking). The man's goal is to build "pedals with personality" and, from the sound and the looks of it, the Wrench meets…Click on the title for more

OCE Wrench FUZZ

Alexander Pedals Rewind Stereo Delay

The Alexander Pedals Rewind is the new, compact, digital, stereo, multi-mode echo by a company that already has a noteworthy number of delays under its belt. It's the new flagship multi-mode delay in the builder's pedal line, replacing the History Lesson, which featured 6 modes versus the 10 of the…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Rewind Stereo Delay

Oneder Effects Red Ryder Distortion

The Oneder Effects Red Ryder is a RAT-inspired, made-in-Michigan distortion pedal with a few tricks up its sleeve. Hosting the LM308 chip found in the vintage RAT pedals, its compact case sports a series of controls that allow expanding the venerable distortion's tone in various ways. The pedal has a…Click on the title for more

Oneder Effects Red Ryder Distortion