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Harley Benton Sugar & Spice Delay/Chorus+Reverb

Of all the two-in-one pedals released by the German company, the Harley Benton Sugar & Spice is the one that might get the interest of creative guitarists, thanks to its flexibility and wide sonic palette. As with all the other pedals in this line, there are two digital effects placed…Click on the title for more

Harley Benton Sugar & Spice Delay/Chorus+Reverb

BOSS BD-2w Blues Driver Overdrive

A transistor-based overdrive, the Blues Driver (aka BD-2) is a tried and true classic and one of the best-selling overdrives in the world - in a pedal niche that's crowded like no other. The BOSS BD-2w is the Japanese builder's reissue of the original, part of the Waza Craft line…Click on the title for more

BOSS BD-2w Blues Driver Overdrive

LPD Pedals Fifty5 Tweed-Style Overdrive

Lawrence Petros of LPD Pedals has been methodically working on creating overdrive pedals that recreate the tone of the most popular guitar amp of all times, and the Fifty5 is his take on the Fender Tweed'style amp. The three classic Level, Drive and Tone controls are in this pedal integrated…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals Fifty5 Tweed-Style Overdrive

Upcoming Pedal: OKKO FX Twinsonic V2 Overdrive

The OKKO FX Twinsonic V2 is a dual overdrive running internally at 18v and featuring two differently voiced and stackable channels, each with 4 knobs and a toggle that affects the bass response. The blue channel (left) is the circuit of the company's TwinSonic circuit, a dynamic, open-sounding and amp-like…Click on the title for more

Upcoming Pedal: OKKO FX Twinsonic V2 Overdrive

Best New Pedal 2022 | October Edition

October 2022 was a rather slow month as far as stompbox releases are concerned. This being said, some pretty rad pedals saw the light of the day, in particular from emerging builders like Vongon, Life is Unfair, DryBell, ValcoFX and Ola Englund's Solar - we'll let you explore them in…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal 2022 | October Edition

Wrought Iron Effects Skipjack Overdrive

The Wrought Iron Effects Skipjack is a military-grade-looking device by a Wisconsin-based company that likes to stand out from the crowd of pedal builders with intriguing products. Named after a nuclear-powered Cold War Attack Submarine, the Skipjack is a low to medium-gain overdrive that's extremely responsive to the player's dynamics…Click on the title for more

Wrought Iron Effects Skipjack Overdrive

Dazatronyx Big Fuzz

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, the Dazatronyx Big Fuzz is a well-respected Big Muff evolution with an extra Mids knob and a few mods available in the shape of internal switches. The Mids knob is one of the features more common in Big Muff variants, allowing it to overcome the original…Click on the title for more

Dazatronyx Big Fuzz

Soundslice FX This Is A Bad Idea

The Soundslice FX This Is A Bad Idea is a quirky-looking pedal sporting two separate fuzz circuits in one box with separate controls and footswitches. They can be played separately or stacked on top of each other, for beyond-gnarly tones. Hey, we just noticed that the graphics are inspired by some…Click on the title for more

Soundslice FX This Is A Bad Idea

Night Owl Parabellum V2 Drive

The Night Owl Parabellum V2 Drive is a tube EF86 preamp with with two parallel germanium distortion circuits designed by Dunwich Amps. One of these amplifies the high mids and highs with hard clipping characteristics, the other is focused on low mids and lows with soft clipping. The combined output…Click on the title for more

Night Owl Parabellum V2 Drive

Black Mass Electronics Kill Chain Fuzz

Handmade in Salem, MA, the Black Mass Electronics Kill Chain is a one-knob transistor fuzz with a few tricks up its sleeve. The knob controls the volume of the output without affecting the fuzz, so the only way to decrease the amount of fuzz is through your guitar volume knob…Click on the title for more

Black Mass Electronics Kill Chain Fuzz

NuX Tape Echo NDD-7

Chinese up-and-coming pedal builder NUX unveiled a stereo, digital, stylized yet expanded clone of the classic Roland Space Echo: the Nux Tape Echo. The pedal will be shipping soon. With its 1600ms of delay, a 40-second stereo looper, tap tempo, subdivisions, seven modes based on different tape head combinations, and…Click on the title for more

NuX Tape Echo NDD-7

Calico Effects Antlers Fuzz

The Calico Effects Antlers is a tribute to the Green Muff and also the first pedal released by this Rhode Island-based small builder. The regular knobs found in the original (Volume, Tone and Disatortion) are integrated by three toggle switches affecting mids, gain and diode configuration (turn them all in…Click on the title for more

Calico Effects Antlers Fuzz