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Eventide Announces Android Control for the H9 Harmonizer

Eventide Audio is now offering Android support for the company’s popular H9 Harmonizer pedal. The company made the announcement at Winter NAMM 2018. A beta version of H9 Control for Android is now available for download and will work on Android phones and tablets. To get the beta, apply to…Click on the title for more

Eventide Announces Android Control for the H9 Harmonizer

Animals Pedal Unveils Three Skreddy Designs

Montreal's SFM will become the first North American distributor of Animals Pedals. Formerly known as Ninevolt Pedals, Animals Pedals is an affordable line of effects that pairs unconventional names and creative, ursine-centric graphics with straightforward functionality, simple layouts, intuitive controls and arrays of impressive sounds. The brand’s line-up includes a…Click on the title for more

Animals Pedal Unveils Three Skreddy Designs

Fender Announces Six New Guitar Effect Pedals at NAMM 2018

Fender has announced six new guitar effect pedals, including overdrives, distortion, reverb, delay and more. The company is unveiling the stompboxes at the 2018 Winter NAMM show. The full lineup includes the Marine Layer Reverb, the Mirror Image Delay, the Santa Ana Overdrive, the Pugilist Distortion, the Bends Compressor and…Click on the title for more

Fender Announces Six New Guitar Effect Pedals at NAMM 2018

Meris Pedals: An Inspired Approach to Stompboxes

The world of pedal manufacturing is ripe for trailblazers. You can count Meris among them. The company makes a small but versatile range of pro-audio-quality stompboxes that offer a fresh and invigorating rethinking of what can be done with reverb, delay and circuits derived from synthesizers. That sort of approach…Click on the title for more

Meris Pedals: An Inspired Approach to Stompboxes

EHX Big Muff: Op-Amp vs. Original Transistor Muffs

The Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi pedals from the 1977–78 period can command big bucks. Compared to other models of the fuzz box, they weren’t made for a long time, so there are comparatively fewer units around. What makes them different from their sibling Big Muffs is the method by which they…Click on the title for more

EHX Big Muff: Op-Amp vs. Original Transistor Muffs

RAT Launches “RAT Tail” FX Cable at Winter NAMM 2018

The prototype “RAT-in-a-Jack” cable that blew everyone’s mind at Summer NAMM 2017 is becoming a reality. Dubbed RAT Tail, the cable features built-in distortion circuitry that employs the same clipping diodes used in vintage RAT distortion pedals. It offers two flavors—distortion overdrive with unity gain, and distortion overdrive with 3dB…Click on the title for more

RAT Launches “RAT Tail” FX Cable at Winter NAMM 2018

Does the Type of Battery You Use Affect Your Pedal’s Sound?

Blame it on Eric Johnson, the multigenre American guitarist known for being OCD when it comes to his tone. Years ago, Johnson inadvertently gave rise to the suggestion that the type of battery used to power a pedal can make a difference in its sound. To be clear, what he…Click on the title for more

Does the Type of Battery You Use Affect Your Pedal’s Sound?

True-Bypass vs Buffer: Which Do You Need?

If you use several pedals in your signal chain, you’ve probably found that your guitar can sound muddy and lifeless. Guitarists refer to this as “tone suck,” the result of your signal passing through numerous circuits and cables as it makes its way to your amplifier. For years, guitarists have…Click on the title for more

True-Bypass vs Buffer: Which Do You Need?

Ibanez announces the NTS Nu Tube Screamer

The Ibanez Tube Screamer is undoubtedly one of the most popular and successful overdrive pedals of all time. The company launched the line in the late Seventies with the TS808 and currently produces seven different Tube Screamer models. Now the lineup is about to get a new flavor. Ibanez has…Click on the title for more

Ibanez announces the NTS Nu Tube Screamer

BestGuitarEffects.com’s Best New Guitar Effects Pedals of 2017

Our friends at BestGuitarEffects.com just published two comprehensive lists of the best pedals of 2017 according to them and their readers - you can read it here!Click on the title for more

BestGuitarEffects.com’s Best New Guitar Effects Pedals of 2017

Dusky Electronics Octomotron Fuzz (demo)

Living Room demo of the Dusky Electronics Octomotron Fuzz! The Octomotron Fuzz is a new look at the classic octave fuzz circuit. Designed without reference to a particular pedal or circuit, the Octomotron has its own voice--brash and synthy. Adjusting your guitar's volume knob opens a dramatic range of timbres,…Click on the title for more

Dusky Electronics Octomotron Fuzz (demo)

JHS Pedals Sweet Tea V3 (demo)

Living Room Gear demo of the JHS Pedals Sweet Tea V3! From the manufacturer's website: The Sweet Tea V3 is our "Everything Medium-to-High gain 2-in-1” and it covers all the bases from light breakup, blues, rock, heavy grind and more. The Sweet Tea V3 is for anyone who wants a…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals Sweet Tea V3 (demo)