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Tech 21 Screaming Blonde

Tech 21 is an NYC-based company that, after pioneering the amp-in-a-box-with-cab-simulation concept, more recently has been specializing in analog multi-FX "pedal bars" that provide a portable all-in-one solution for gigging guitarists (and bass players). The Tech 21 Screaming Blonde pedal is a device designed to provide a Fender-style amp-in-a-box tone…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 Screaming Blonde

Maestro Orbit Phaser

The Maestro Orbit Phaser is the direct descendant of the first phaser pedal ever released (in 1971): the 3-speed Maestro PS-1 Phase Shifter, which can be found used online for around $500 USD or more. This mono, fully analog, 3-knob + 1 switch pedal recreates the warm phasing effect of…Click on the title for more

Maestro Orbit Phaser

Volta The Blue Overdrive

Volta Custom is a new Italian pedal builder dedicated to high-end, hand-made, super-tweakable dirt boxes. The Blue is their flagship overdrive, and those of you who are planning on attending Summer NAMM 2021 will be able to check it out at our Delicious Audio Stompbox Booth. As abundantly clear from…Click on the title for more

Volta The Blue Overdrive

Ohmless Pedals AKC-4 Overdrive

The Ohmless Pedals AKC-4 is the second attempt by German pedal builder Ohmless at perfecting the Klon Centaur circuit, with an emphasis on versatility. It expands on the original by adding knobs for Bass and Blend (on top of the three ones found on the original: Level, Gain and Treble)…Click on the title for more

Ohmless Pedals AKC-4 Overdrive

Win a Jam Pedals Llama Xtreme Delay! [ENDED]

The Delay Llama Xtreme by Jam Pedals is one of the most creative analog delay pedals out there, and this week you can win – or rather – adopt one as your own sonic pet! Three 3205 BBD chips deliver up to 800ms of classic delay tone, controllable via tap tempo with subdivisions, hold function, kill-dry, trails (buffered) OR true bypass modes,…Click on the title for more

Win a Jam Pedals Llama Xtreme Delay! [ENDED]

Valco FX KGB Loop

The Valco FX KGB Loop is a utility pedal built for guitar, bass, and synthesizer/keyboards featuring an FX Loop with blendable controls, a boost, and a Variable Input Impedance that can also be used for sculpting purposes, just like in the other pedals in the KGB line. The peculiarity of…Click on the title for more

Valco FX KGB Loop

J.Rockett Archer Clean Boost

With the Archer, in 2015 J.Rockett Audio Designs released one of the most sought-after Klon clones. In the last couple of years, the Nashville-based manufacturer has been playing on that pedal's format by introducing, first, a pedal combining the Archer's overdrive circuit with a graphic EQ, and now, a version…Click on the title for more

J.Rockett Archer Clean Boost

Keeley Moon Fuzz

The Keeley Moon Fuzz is the first new fuzz release of the Oklahoma-based builder in years, and it's a variant on the fuzz circuit included in their popular Dark Side multi-effect. This is a rather simple, 3-knob + 1-toggle quad op-amp Muff-style fuzz with a massive tone due to the…Click on the title for more

Keeley Moon Fuzz

Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive

The Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive is a tweakable Plexi-style circuit by a rather new company based out of the UK that's getting good reactions from a couple of fine-eared YouTubers like Brett Kingman and the inimitable Henning Pauly . It has a few more EQ controls than your average Plexi…Click on the title for more

Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive

Heather Brown Sensation Fuzzdrive

The Heather Brown Sensation Fuzzdrive is the second release by a pedal builder who was able to create a name for herself with her only release before this one, the Blessed Mother overdrive. The new device is a very tweakable blend of fuzz and overdrive that can deliver the best…Click on the title for more

Heather Brown Sensation Fuzzdrive

Now Shipping: Anasounds Full Story Multi-Muff Clone

The Anasounds Full Story is an ambitious new pedal by a French company enamored with wood, that aims at becoming the ultimate all-things Big Muff. It consists of a dual circuit featuring replaceable "tone cards," each recreating specific versions of the venerable fuzz pedal, with a foot-switchable Treble Booster clone…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Anasounds Full Story Multi-Muff Clone

Black Mass Electronics The First Herald

The folks at Black Mass Effects, out of Salem, MA, describe their debut pedal, named The First Herald and recently redesigned to fit in a compact case, as a device that "does not reinvent the wheel, but reinforces it" and also "not death itself, but a definitive statement reminding you…Click on the title for more

Black Mass Electronics The First Herald