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EarthQuaker Devices 
Strymon is a company that focuses heavily on... getting it right. They use powerful DSP processing to create pedals that echo and sometimes surpass the most fabulous designs of the past, but with a modern spin of course. I reviewed the TimeLine a while back and gave an extremely detailed and long winded review. Needless to say I loved the pedal and its vast feature set. This time I have the TimeLine's modulation-based counterpart, Mobius, on my bench for review.
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Coming to us from the Croatian sensation 
Hailing from Hull, Quebec Canada, pedal manufacturer Fairfield Circuitry specializes in edgy stompboxes. The company's founder, Guillaume Fairfield, is a very talented designer and a pleasure to deal with. Check out my review of his Four Eyes Fuzz here. The subject of this review is his highly coveted ring modulator pedal, Randy's Revenge. I will say that I don't always understand his naming scheme, but who cares, he makes great stuff.
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They say that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. For the past two years I've attended NAMM in Anaheim, CA and for two years I've been impressed by the hand-painted designs of Greek company, JAM Pedals. They offer hand-built, hand-painted pedals that use only the best components. They even offer custom paint jobs. Their booth at NAMM is always an eye catcher due to the interesting physical appearance of the hand-painted pedals, and the booth is always packed. So much so that I have never even gotten a chance to talk to anyone from the company.... Click on the title for more
The folks at Electro-Harmonix are always working on something. This time it's a new JFET Overdrive unit that they consider to be one of their new flagship devices. This looks to be a well rounded pedal that can achieve all sorts of distorted tones. Under the hood we're looking at a JFET Overdrive with tube-like response and tone, a boost switch with independent Volume and Gain for two-channel flexibility, a 4-way switch Pre-Gain selector with Treble, Middle and Bass tone knobs, as well as an XLR out for use as a stand alone preamp with cab emulation. Exciting stuff! -Gus Green
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One of two new pedals I spotted at NAMM coming from hot boutique manufacturer Earthquaker Devices is on my bench for review. They call it the Pitch Bay Dirty Polyphonic Harmonizer. This pedal is quite simply a three part harmonizer pedal with a preamp that gets just the right amount dirty and in the perfect way. This combo of features make for a sinister little scorcher that will cut through the mix with polyphonic pride.... Click on the title for more
