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2021 UPDATE! The Best Glitch, Stutter and Granular Pedals

Last updated on 09.10.2021 A Guide to the Best Granular, Glitch and Stutter Pedals The music genre known as glitch has been around since the late 1990s. It embraces all sorts of electronic noises that are typically produced through error, such as the skipping of portable CD players and the…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE! The Best Glitch, Stutter and Granular Pedals

How to Mod(ify) Guitar Effects: A Beginner’s Guide to Pedal Modding

For as long as there have been musical instruments, there have been modders—users who want to improve or enhance a device to make it meet their specific needs or performance requirements. The development of electronic musical effect pedals in the 1960s set off a wave of invention that has really…Click on the title for more

How to Mod(ify) Guitar Effects: A Beginner’s Guide to Pedal Modding

2021 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

Please note: this article is about a very specific niche of reverb pedals we refer to as "multi-reverb." For a wider angle article about reverbs, see our regularly updated Best Reverb Pedals article. [lwptoc depth="4" numeration="decimalnested" title="TABLE OF CONTENT (click to jump to list)" toggle="1" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingText="A Guide…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

2021 UPDATE: The 3 Best Delay Pedals, by Type

If you like delay, you were born in the right century. Humans have been making music for a very long time — some say as many as 35,000 years. But none of the gazillions musical compositions written between the dawn of humanity and the 1960s had a “delay effect” on…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: The 3 Best Delay Pedals, by Type

Old Blood Noise Flat Light Flanger

With its latest feature-packed pedal, the Flat Light textural flange shifter, Old Blood Noise Endeavors built an effect on the foundation of flanging. Unlike traditional flangers, the Flat Light has three modes that enhance the effect with delay, modulation and pitch shifting, each of which can be selected from the pedal’s three-position…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Flat Light Flanger

New Pedals: TC Electronic June-60 V2 Stereo Chorus

The June-60 by TC Electronic is based off of the chorus found in Roland’s revered Juno synthesizers. Perfect for classic '80s chorus sounds, this effect has a set of controls that could not be simpler: a slider switch that selects between mono and stereo functionality and two buttons that determine…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: TC Electronic June-60 V2 Stereo Chorus

The Best Reverb Pedals with Modulation or Fuzz/Distortion

Updated on 04/07/2021 A Guide to the Best "Hybrid" Reverb Pedals with Modulation and Distortion Go Back to List of Categories Old Blood Noise Endeavours Procession A haunting and creative reverb featuring three modulation settings: Flange, Filter and Tremolo). Hold switch is a momentary footswitch that when pressed, will lock…Click on the title for more

The Best Reverb Pedals with Modulation or Fuzz/Distortion

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star Pad Reverb

Unusual, sonically adventurous, and rich with features, the Old Blood Noise Endeavors | Dark Star has been receiving a lot of attention and love since its launch in 2016. It shines in creating long and cavernous reverbs, with an optional lo-fi character - you'll find more info on the controls…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star Pad Reverb

Keeley Caverns V2 Delay/Reverb

Keeley Electronics' version 2 of their take on the Tape Echo style Delay with Reverb, called Caverns, blends their two most popular time-based circuits. V2 builds on the old Caverns pedal by giving players a more open and logical control layout and more space between the foot switches. For an…Click on the title for more

Keeley Caverns V2 Delay/Reverb

Caroline Kilobyte v2

Caroline Guitar Company is announcing a few changes to their popular Kilobyte delay pedal. The most notable of which is the introduction of an external trimpot for the modulation effect of the unit. Some boutique pedal purists may have words about the other changes in store for the pedal but…Click on the title for more

Caroline Kilobyte v2

Keeley Electronics Synth-1

Another new release from Keeley Electronics is the Synth-1, a pedal that is part fuzz and part synth. Labeled by the company as a “Fuzz Noise and Chaos Creator”, the pedal is a reverse attack fuzz wave generator. There are controls over Level, Attack, Blend, and a band-pass Filter as…Click on the title for more

Keeley Electronics Synth-1

Seymour Duncan Dark Sun Digital Delay + Reverb

Seymour Duncan's new spatial workhorse, the Dark Sun, is full of options for people that don't necessarily need two different pedals for delay and reverb. The Dark Sun delivers the very best of both effects for a hyper-inspirational box that pushes the boundaries of each. The Dark Sun's cool new…Click on the title for more

Seymour Duncan Dark Sun Digital Delay + Reverb