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New Pedal: CGI Brutalist Distortion

God City Instruments is the brainchild of Kurt Ballou, guitarist of yesteryear's metalcore band Converge and producer and owner of a studio in Massachusetts under the same GCI namesake. The GCI Brutalist is not his debut pedal, but the first one to take more than 10 year in the making.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: CGI Brutalist Distortion

Weehbo Genks Modulated Time Device

A modulated delay built by a company best-known for their Plexi-style overdrive, the Weehbo Genks Modulated Time Device is a modern, analolg-voiced digital delay with tap tempo and modulation.... Click on the title for more

Weehbo Genks Modulated Time Device

Buzzing Bugs Audio Devices BB03 Lo-Fi Chorus

Although it's presented as a Lo-Fi Chorus, the Buzzing Bugs Audio Devices BB03 has what it takes to be called a small multi-effect pedal.... Click on the title for more

Buzzing Bugs Audio Devices BB03 Lo-Fi Chorus

Wampler Triumph Overdrive

Wampler Triumph Overdrive The Wampler Triumph Overdrive is one of two releases in a new $99 line of pedals called "Collective" dropped by one of the most dominant US boutique builders in the dirt box field.... Click on the title for more

Wampler Triumph Overdrive

New Pedal: BLAMMO! Skronk Machine

BLAMMO! Skronk Machine Portland, Oregon's pedal builder Blammo! enriches its offering of pedals inspired by vintage classics with the Skronk Machine, a modernized version of the Zonk Machine fuzz, known for producing a thick and saturated fuzz tone.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: BLAMMO! Skronk Machine

GFI System Rossie Multi Filter

GFI System Rossie Indonesian pedal builder GFI System specializes in digital multi-mode pedals, but their newest release tackles a type of effect that more than any other hangs on to its analog origins: filter. Enter the Rossie Filter, a digital, dynamic multi-filter pedal.... Click on the title for more

GFI System Rossie Multi Filter

New Pedal Releases at NAMM 2024

Beetronic Nectar Tone Sweetener

Beetronic Nectar Tone Sweetener The Beetronics Nectar is a high-end yet straightforward dirt box that, with only 3 knobs + 1 toggle, delivers an incredibly wide and dynamic range of tones, from vintage tweed-style crunch to a full-bodied overdrive, and even a modern high-gain fuzz. The toggle selects the mode (drive or fuzz), while the Taste knob is an EQ control and the Honey one deals with the gain.... Click on the title for more

Beetronic Nectar Tone Sweetener

VS Audio Royal Flush Dual Overdrive

We entirely missed the VS Audio | Royal Flush Dual Overdrive because it was released in 2016, just before we started our daily coverage of pedal releases. But good things stick around for a while, and new videos of it refocused our attention on this very well-received device.... Click on the title for more

VS Audio Royal Flush Dual Overdrive

New Pedal: BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground

BSRI SOFT RAINS AND THE SMELL OF THE GROUND The (wordily named) BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground is a reverb pedal with a wide palette of tones ranging from lush to brash, created with the ambient, experimental guitarist in mind.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground

Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise

The Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise is like the druggie stepbrother to the functional and dependable Barbershop.... Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise

New Pedals: Kuro Custom Audio 1942 Fuzz + Filter