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

Pedal modding can be a fun and rewarding way to customize your tone and create new sounds, and represents the first step on the path of becoming an actual pedal manufacturer! Pedal Modding = Learning For as long as there have been musical instruments, there have been modders—users who want…Click on the title for more

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

Thermion Outlaw Delay

For those looking for a delay with a boost feature, the Thermion Outlaw can help you rise above the band. The sound falls between the warm, decaying repeats of an analog delay with the features of a digital delay. There are standard controls for Time, Feedback, and Mix with a Boost…Click on the title for more

Thermion Outlaw Delay

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

Nux Komp Core Deluxe

Transparent compressors are normally a pricey commodity, but Chinese manufacturer NUX (pronounced "new x") came out with one that should retail for somewhere around $80. It's called Komp Core Deluxe. A 3-way mini toggle lets you even choose the compression intensity without sound coloration. From the manufacturer's website: Komp Core Deluxe is…Click on the title for more

Nux Komp Core Deluxe

Ibanez Vemuram TSV808 Tube Screamer

The Ibanez TSV808 is a collaboration with Vemuram, a popular boutique pedal manufacturer in Japan. Billed as a “Next Generation Tubescreamer” the TSV808 is a marriage of the Tubescreamer and Vemuram’s Jan Ray overdrive. Aesthetically it looks fairly similar to the standard Tubescreamer, but underneath the hood it combines the…Click on the title for more

Ibanez Vemuram TSV808 Tube Screamer

Cult Overdrive Circuits: Clark Gainster Clones, and the Hoochee-Mama

The Story of the Clark Gainster Clones and the Hoochee Mama The Clark Amplification Gainster and Browntone Hoochie Mama are two overdrive pedals that are rarely mentioned separately. This might be due to the fact that the latter, although inspired by the former, is still able to deliver something different…Click on the title for more

Cult Overdrive Circuits: Clark Gainster Clones, and the Hoochee-Mama

J Rockett Melody EQ/Overdrive Pedal

As many of our readers have learned from this popular post, an EQ pedal is a powerful tool for sculpting precise tones from your favorite overdrive stompbox. J. Rockett Audio Designs clearly appreciates the power of that combination. The company has just introduced Melody, a signature EQ/overdrive pedal designed for…Click on the title for more

J Rockett Melody EQ/Overdrive Pedal

Emma Okto-Nøjs octave + fuzz

Released late in 2016, Emma's ON-1 Okto-Nøjs - we'll let you guess how to pronounce that! - was Emma's first pedal in almost ten years. It's an analog effect that combines a clean, fast tracking sub-octave (the Okto) and a dynamically responsive synth-like octave fuzz (the Nøjs), with the two sounds playing…Click on the title for more

Emma Okto-Nøjs octave + fuzz

Free the Tone Future Factory Modulation Delay

The Future Factory from Free the Tone is hailed as the world’s first random fluctuating phase modulation pedal. The two delay units can be used in series or parallel modes with controls over virtually every parameter imaginable. It’s not just a delay though, as the name implies. There are a…Click on the title for more

Free the Tone Future Factory Modulation Delay

Menatone Dirty B Overdrive

The Menatone Dirty B Overdrive (previously known as "Dirty Blonde") is a fantastically dynamic low-medium gain OD that recalls the blonde tolex amps of the early 60's. Tons of responsiveness and expression with a singing midrange and control over the amount of compression using the Soul control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfXlE1xDWY A downright…Click on the title for more

Menatone Dirty B Overdrive

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

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

TC Electronic June-60 V2 Stereo Chorus