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Reeves Electro Darlington Flyer Fuzz

The Reeves Electro Darlington is the first PCB-based pedal by a builder based in Northamptonshire, UK, known for its quality point-to-point designs. Hosted in a beautiful trapezoid blue enclosure, this is a fuzz with two very different voices both leveraging a different transistor.... Click on the title for more

Reeves Electro Darlington Flyer Fuzz

New Pedal: Umbrella Company Mayonaise

The Umbrella Company Mayonaise Fuzz seems to be the debut pedal by the Japanese distributor of Empress Effects. It's presented as a modern and multifaceted "fuzzstortion" inspired by many classic circuits of the past but not necessarily replicating any of them, although sonic references to the Muff are quite obvious.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Umbrella Company Mayonaise

Eventide Riptide Stereo Uni-Vibe / Overdrive

YouTuber Riff, Beards and Gear early this morning posted this video of the new Eventide Riptide, probably early on the requested embargo, since it's nowhere to be found. But the pedal was scheduled for released today, probably at a later time.... Click on the title for more

Eventide Riptide Stereo Uni-Vibe / Overdrive

Templo Devices REEL DEALuxe

Those amoung our readers who suffer from "tape nostalgia" should take a look at the the Templo Devices REEL DEALuxe, a dirt box that emulates the saturation imparted to the tone by reel to reel machines of yesteryear.... Click on the title for more

Templo Devices REEL DEALuxe

Horrothia FX TEETH Discrete Low-Gain Overdrive

From the descriptions of its pedals, UK's Horrothia FX clearly devises its creations as tools for solving very specific sonic problems, coming from a distinct recording engineering angle.... Click on the title for more

Horrothia FX TEETH Discrete Low-Gain Overdrive

Tsakalis Nerve MkII

The Tsakalis Nerve MkII is a dual high-gain distortion pedal for guitarists with a heavy tone, featuring two matched JFETt stages that deliver an American-style distortion.... Click on the title for more

Tsakalis Nerve MkII

Fjord Fuzz Loke Tape Echo

If you think that Fjord Fuzz's pedals look all the same and they are all fuzz pedals - "because it's in the name!" - you are at once quite right and quite wrong, although the Norwegian company sure makes a LOT of fuzzes! Enter the Fjord Fuzz Loke, a very interesting reel-to-reel style delay pedal.... Click on the title for more

Fjord Fuzz Loke Tape Echo

Win an IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro X [ENDED]

If you came to the recent Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo you might have stumbled upon this very cool new synthesizer by IK Multimedia: the UNO Synth Pro X.... Click on the title for more

Win an IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro X [ENDED]

New Pedal: Thorpy Tacit Blue Germanium Fuzz

Part of the UK company's "Vintage Reimagined" series, the Thorpy FX Have Blue is not a Blues Breaker variant (as the name might have suggested) but a Fuzz Face one. ... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Thorpy Tacit Blue Germanium Fuzz

New Pedals: Thorpy FX Have Blue

Part of the UK company's "Vintage Reimagined" series, the Thorpy FX Have Blue is not a Blues Breaker variant (as the name might have suggested) but a Rangemaster one, aka "Treble Booster."... Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Thorpy FX Have Blue

Red Panda Raster 2 Delay

The ingenious folks at Red Panda released a new version of their flagship pitch-shifting delay Raster at Summer NAMM 2021 and it looks... intense!... Click on the title for more

Red Panda Raster 2 Delay

EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run Delay + Reverb

With up to 2 seconds of delay and lush Stereo reverb, the EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run creates floating ambient tones through deep but still user-friendly functionality. ... Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run Delay + Reverb