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New Pedal: MAS Effects Expanse Harmonic Tremolo + Reverb/Delay

The MAS Effects Expanse is the most ambitious release to date by this one-man builder based in Lockport, IL. It's a very tweakable, harmonic tremolo with an added ambient reverb/delay. This is a pedal that's not immediately intuitive but that will satisfy creative guitarists for its wide sonic palette. It's…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: MAS Effects Expanse Harmonic Tremolo + Reverb/Delay

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX If 6 Was 9 MKII

The SolidGoldFX If 6 Was 9 MKII is a take on the Fuzz Face using silicon BC183 transistors, which are considered to be less scooped and muddy than germanium transistors, but not quite as harsh and jagged as other silicon options. It also includes a bias control which can vary…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX If 6 Was 9 MKII

Wampler Dual Pantheon Deluxe

The Wampler Pantheon is an overdrive voiced after the ultra-transparent vintage Marshall Blues Breaker with a series of tone sculpting and cab-matching features that allow optimization for any amp or ear, including Bass/Treble knobs, a presence control, a 3-way Gain Level switch and a 3-position Overdrive Voice switch lets you…Click on the title for more

Wampler Dual Pantheon Deluxe

JHS Screamer 3 Series

The JHS Screamer 3 Series is the latest addition to the Kansas City-based company line of $99, 3-knob + 1 toggle stompboxes. In case you are still left to wonder, YES, it's a Tube Screamer-inspired overdrive. The idea behind the JHS 3 Series, now comprising a total of 11 different…Click on the title for more

JHS Screamer 3 Series

Source Audio Ultrawave Multiband Distortion

After an initial limited batch sold directly through the manufacturer, The Source Audio Ultrawave is now widely available through all the shops that carry the Boston company's pedals. We also learned that there is a bass version of it. This is a multi-mode, multi-band distortion pedal presented as a "Stereo…Click on the title for more

Source Audio Ultrawave Multiband Distortion

Eventide Rose Modulated Delay

Eventide hadn't released a single function pedal in a while, focusing all their energy in the last few years in the development and expansion of the H9, a very innovative and powerful digital stompbox that gathered - in one small device - all the digital goods of their previous effects…Click on the title for more

Eventide Rose Modulated Delay

Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Modulation/Delay/Reverb

Multi-FX racks went out style a long time ago, but the idea of having one device deal with more than one effect has gained momentum in the last few years, the more compact, the better. The Crazy Tube Circuits SIDEKICK is a take on this concept, which incorporates - in…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Modulation/Delay/Reverb

New Pedal: Vanilla Sundae Rocky Road iSCREAM Drive

Hand made in Boise, Idaho, using the highest quality components, the Vanilla Sundae Rocky Road iSCREAM is an overdrive voiced after the classic, early drives of the '70s and '80s without being a clone of any one in particular. Based on a dual op-amp circuit, it features a mid bump…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Vanilla Sundae Rocky Road iSCREAM Drive

Eastwood BB-01 Manalishi Drive

One-sixth of a new line of pedals unveiled in early 2022 by the established guitar builder, the Eastwood BB-01 Manalishi Drive is a simple 3-knob take on the Tube Screamer overdrive circuit. Compared to the original, the Manalishi drive has a wider gain range, easily getting into distortion territory at high…Click on the title for more

Eastwood BB-01 Manalishi Drive

New Pedal: Wren and Cuff Garbage Face Jr

J Mascis is a genius multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter who, at his creative peak in the late '80s and early '90s, inspired a generation of young slackers with a couple of unforgettable noise-pop records under the Dinosaur Jr. moniker. The distorted guitar tone he came up with in tracks like Feel the Pain…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Wren and Cuff Garbage Face Jr

Old Blood Noise Procession V2 Modulated Reverb

Old Blood Noise is one of the new guitar pedal manufacturers that emerged in the second decade of the new millennium with some really interesting design ideas. Their take on creative reverb, aptly titled the ‘Procession’ offers some sounds that come straight out of outer space. This is not your…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Procession V2 Modulated Reverb

ADD Pedals L.A.G. V2 Lofi Atmosphere Generator

Most guitarists who get the "ambient bug" are always on the lookout for new, creative stompboxes that can widen their textural and spacey tonal options. The ADD Pedals L.A.G. (an acronym for Lofi Atmosphere Generator) promises to do just that, and it was recently updated to V2. The L.A.G. consists…Click on the title for more

ADD Pedals L.A.G. V2 Lofi Atmosphere Generator