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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

New Pedal: Kingtone Minifuzz V2

Recently upgraded to V2, the Kingtone Minifuzz is a vintage tone machine that uses the highest quality components and comes with tons of tweakable options so that you can capture any classic fuzz sound you’re looking for. The huge volume control allows you to crank the pedal onstage with your…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Kingtone Minifuzz V2

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Tyrannochorus Fuzz + Chorus

If, at first sight, you thought that the Fuzzrocious Tyrannochorus was a traditional four-knob chorus pedal, welcome to the club. This device is actually a fuzz embedded in a chorus circuit, or, to use the words of the NJ-based builder, a "chorus with gated fuzz in wet loop." That means…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Tyrannochorus Fuzz + Chorus

Blammo! + Dirty Haggard Deth Pedal Distortion

Boutique pedal creators BLAMMO! and Dirty Haggard have joined forces to forge a foot-operated, limited edition device inspired by EQD's Life pedal, known as...the DETH PEDAL! Much like the original, this pedal combines a Rat distortion with an analog octave up circuit, featuring a blend control and a separate footswitch…Click on the title for more

Blammo! + Dirty Haggard Deth Pedal Distortion

New Pedal: Westerlund One Preamp

The Westerlund ONE is the first pedal release by a young Okmahoma-based builder, and it was built to be your "desert island" preamp/overdrive pedal, which implies high-end components, top-notch tone - and a higher-than-average price tag. Designed to integrate perfectly with your guitar and amp, the ONE offers plenty of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Westerlund One Preamp

Side FX Sputnik Modulated Reverb/Delay

Presented as a "modulated ambient machine, the Side FX Sputnik is a rather intense stereo (or mono, via a toggle switch) delay+reverb pedal with a lot of extra effects embedded in the circuit, including pitch modulation, filter, tremolo, and a kill dry switch, just to mention a few. Hosted in…Click on the title for more

Side FX Sputnik Modulated Reverb/Delay

Rorschach Devices Apophenia Delay

Cool delay pedals with interesting features are released almost on a daily basis, and the Rorschach Devices Apophenia, the debut, hand-built product by a new St. Louis-based company, is a rather unique digital circuit with a particular emphasis on the interaction between echo and filters, and a peculiar approach to…Click on the title for more

Rorschach Devices Apophenia Delay

New Pedal: Summer School Pep Rally Fuzz

The Summer School Pep Rally Fuzz is a simple three-knob fuzz by a small company that gave us the Science Fair, one of the most buzzworthy pedals of 2022. A louder and "meaner" development of a limited fuzz pedal released by the company also in 2022 (the Stone Thrower) the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Summer School Pep Rally Fuzz