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Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

The Broadcast preamp pedal from UK builder Hudson Electronics has a stellar reputation and made several best-of lists when it came out a few years ago.... Click on the title for more

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp Pedal

Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp Pedal One of the most talked-about pedals to emerge from the 2025 NAMM Show was the Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp, a two-channel stereo preamp with tremolo and reverb voiced after the company's namesake amp, and based on a circuit featuring not one but three 12AX7 tubes.... Click on the title for more

Tone King Imperial Tube Preamp Pedal

New Pedal: Fuzzlord Doom Dweller V2 Reverb

Normal Devices Decay Cascade

The Normal Devices Decay Cascade is a pedal that will make you step into a vortex of sonic alchemy, where reverb and analog amplification collide in a cosmic dance of texture and chaos.... Click on the title for more

Normal Devices Decay Cascade

New Pedal: JHS Morning Glory Clean Overdrive

The Morning Glory Clean is not a new pedal. It is the same Bluesbreaker-style overdrive JHS has been building for years, but with one significant architectural change: a parallel clean blend integrated at the circuit level rather than tacked on as an afterthought.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: JHS Morning Glory Clean Overdrive

New Pedal: REVV Dirtdog Joey Landreth Signature Overdrive

 REVV Dirtdog The Revv Dirt Dog is a soulful, amp-like overdrive born from necessity. When Joey Landreth recorded The Bros. Landreth’s Dog Ear album, he relied on a heavily modified vintage-inspired amp he built himself—a small, quirky Fender Princeton-style circuit that delivered exquisite, harmonically rich breakup but proved too fragile for touring. Revv co-founder Dan Trudeau collaborated with Landreth to capture that volatile, “about-to-explode” magic in a rugged, all-analog pedal.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: REVV Dirtdog Joey Landreth Signature Overdrive

Keeley Nocturne Reverb

Keeley NocturneThe ongoing creative partnership between Keeley Electronics and revered guitarist Andy Timmons (a very active pedal collaborator!) has yielded some of modern guitar's most distinctive atmospheric tools, from the HALO Dual Echo onward. Their latest collaboration, the Keeley Nocturne, isolates and refines the expansive spatial component central to Timmons' signature sound. Developed to provide that same "haunting beauty and tonal atmosphere" as a dedicated effect, it offers a uniquely lush and emotive character distinct from conventional reverb algorithms. ... Click on the title for more

Keeley Nocturne Reverb

Meris LVX Stereo Modular Delay

Meris LVX Stereo Modular Delay The Meris LVX is the long-awaited first release in over two years by one of the most interesting (and successful) new pedal companies to emerge in the late '10s, born from a rib of Strymon.... Click on the title for more

Meris LVX Stereo Modular Delay

Jam RetroVibe Mk4

The Jam Pedals Retrovibe Mk4 is a significant update to the company's respected Uni-Vibe-inspired pedal, refining its classic, photo-cell-based modulation for modern playability. It delivers the quintessential, warm, three-dimensional swirl associated with vintage "vibe" units in both lush chorus and throbbing vibrato modes, with notable improvements in tonal depth and range over earlier versions.... Click on the title for more

Jam RetroVibe Mk4

Warm Audio Fulff Drive

The Warm Audio Fulff Drive is a purpose-built collaboration between Warm Audio and metal guitarist Ryan "Fluff" Bruce. It takes the foundational circuit of a classic 1980s high-gain overdrive and re-engineers it with specific modifications for modern, extended-range guitar playing.... Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Fulff Drive

New Pedal: Flatley The Joker Overdrive/Distortion

Flatley The Joker The Flattley Joker is a FET-based overdrive engineered to emulate the dynamic response and harmonic richness of a 12AX7 tube stage. Its design philosophy prioritizes touch sensitivity and tonal transparency, functioning as much as an expressive clean boost as it does a versatile drive.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Flatley The Joker Overdrive/Distortion

Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall