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Sitek Vixen Germanium Booster

Based out of Poland, husband and wife-run Sitek is a raising profile in the realm of stompboxes. Their Germanium booster Vixen is one of the standout pedals in a roster mostly focused on dirt boxes.... Click on the title for more

Sitek Vixen Germanium Booster

Electro-Harmonix Satisfaction Plus Fuzz

The Electro-Harmonix Satisfaction Plus Fuzz is an evolution of the original pedal by the same name (minus the "+"!), which was a tribute to the fuzz tone featured in the Rolling Stones' evergreen '60s single "Satisfaction," which - as the legend wants it - was produced at least in part by a particularly sweet-sounding busted cone in Keith Richard's amp. The Satisfaction Plus expands on that circuit.... Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Satisfaction Plus Fuzz

Victory V1 Series Pedal Line

UK amp builder Victory unveiled V1, their first line of compact pedals, inspired by the company's five existing larger preamp and power amp pedals.... Click on the title for more

Victory V1 Series Pedal Line

Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator

Here's the new, crazy Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator!... Click on the title for more

Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator

GFI System Duophony Signal Blender

The GFI Duophony Signal Blender is a dual parallel processing pedal with an LFO for modulating between the two different signal chains.... Click on the title for more

GFI System Duophony Signal Blender

JPTR FX Warlow Fuzz

Built by German boutique pedal maker JPTR FX the Marlow is a high-gain Op-amp Muff perfect for 90s grunge and alt-rock.... Click on the title for more

JPTR FX Warlow Fuzz

Win a PRS Guitar + 3 Pedals [ENDED]

We have one more giveaway for guitarists linked to our Portland Synth & Pedal Expo, and a rather awesome one at that, worth over $2,000!!!... Click on the title for more

Win a PRS Guitar + 3 Pedals [ENDED]

New Pedal: Catalinbread Carbide Distortion

The Catalinbread Carbide is the Portland company's take on the "Chainsaw-style Distortion," an effect used and abused by some metal bands who downtune their guitars to add a sense of dread to their tone.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Carbide Distortion

Sonicake Octaver

The Sonicake Octaver is an incredibly affordable, analog mini pedal that creates two low-octave voices (at one and two octaves down) with separate level knobs and also provides a knob for the dry channel.... Click on the title for more

Sonicake Octaver

New Pedal: Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 Flanger

The Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 is a rather unique take on flanger by a US company that's establishing itself as an innovator in the high-end analog pedal realm.... Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 Flanger

Readbeard Effects Hairy Squid

The Readbeard Effects Hairy Squid is a modern take on the rare but semi-obscure vintage Barnes and Mullins 70s Fuzz, currently selling used on Reverb.com for just under one grand USD.... Click on the title for more

Readbeard Effects Hairy Squid

The Li’l Tooter (Fart Pedal mini) will do its thing at the PDX Pedal & Synth Expo!

While most pedal builders get into effect engineering as a way of chasing the "sound that's in their head," Steve Gadlin took an entirely subversive approach to pedal-making: he wanted to create a stompbox that recreated the sound that's in everyone's... rear end. He succeeded big time.... Click on the title for more

The Li’l Tooter (Fart Pedal mini) will do its thing at the PDX Pedal & Synth Expo!