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The name "4AD" might mean nothing for the 20 to 30-year-olds among you reading this, but it's bound to bring back fond memories to anyone who was exploring goth and then alternative music between the early eighties and the early nineties: it's the name of a UK label that launched bands like Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Nick Cave's early band The Birthday Party, but then also The Pixies, the Throwing Muses and St.Vincent, to mention a few.... Click on the title for more
Designed to work seamlessly with both bass and guitar, the 
Released within Reverb.com multi-builder 2023 Blackout Series promotion, the JHS Oil Can Delay is the first non-white pedal in the company's 3 Series. It's a digital delay voiced after the vintage and murky-sounding oil can delay, based on a short-lived technology that's been rediscovered for its unique sonic character.... Click on the title for more
The Champion Leccy 
Built for LA's comedic glam-metal band 
The 
The Walrus Audio Slöer is the third evolution of the Slö pedal, a compact, mono reverb designed to deliver a textural, rather than realistic, effect ideal for music with ambient and droney inclinations. It was such a resounding success, that the Oklahoma-based company soon followed it up with a version with presets, the Slötva. The Slöer goes even further: it's the stereo version of the Slotva, and adds two new algorithms.... Click on the title for more
Australian pedal builder Bondi Effect, well known for its Klon clone 
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
The 
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
Those amoung our readers who suffer from "tape nostalgia" should take a look at the the 
