Updated Jan. 28, 2019 | by Paolo De Gregorio

 

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NEW AMP / PREAMP / AMP EMULATION PEDALS
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Chase Bliss Preamp MKII Automatone
$749 - The Preamp MKII Automatone is a collaboration between Chase Bliss Audio and Benson Amps, giving you robotic controls and a digital brain behind one of the best preamps in the business.
Perf. Circuit | Reverb | Amazon
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JHS Clover
21. Another boost pedal from JHS the Clover is a preamp based on the rare BOSS FA-1. It is a FET design with some added features that JHS included to make the circuit even better. It has a Volume control and 3 band EQ, as well as a rotary switch that selects between 3 different EQ settings.
Sweetwater | Reverb | Amazon
2310826688
Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B. M
9. A device that emulates cabs, amps and micing through IR technology. It can be placed at the end of the pedalboard to have a lightweight rig to carry around, between the amp and the speaker as an amp DI, and with its headphones output it can be used at home with any pedals for quick and easy practice. 
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1896460252
Diezel VH4-2
$299 | Recreates the two channels of the company's popular, high gain VH4 amp (used by Metallica and Tool) in pedal format. The channels have separate Master and Gain knobs but share the other controls: 3-band EQ and two knobs for Presence and "Deep." The first channel is voiced for rhythm parts, while the 2nd is heavier at equal settings,great for solo parts. Very versatile for number of control and routing options.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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1655996653
Greer SOMA 63 VINTAGE PREAMP
14. The Soma 63 is a transformer-equipped preamp unit that aptures everything about vintage "brown" amps including the preamp and all hardware after it.
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4206133039
Tech 21 Fly Rig 5 v2
A portable all-in-one pedal bar for the traveling guitarist with Fender amp-style voicing from Tech 21's time tested SanSamp analog amp emulation technology, followed, in this order by a Boost, a Plexi style overdrive, a delay and a reverb. V2 presents a series of new features including tuner and tap tempo.
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1256722127
Taurus Stomp Head 1.VT
The Stomp-Head 1.VT, by Polish amp builder Taurus Amplification, is a pedalboard guitar amp dedicated to supporters of single-purpose amplifiers who prefer a vintage type of sound. It is an amplifier with extremely small dimensions, technologically based on the company's own Master Tube Design. 
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2438858877
NUX Mini Studio IR Loader
$99 - A classic speaker cabinet emulations in a tiny pedal with 8 built incab models. The space knob adjusts the simulation of the speaker cabinet's room size. You can load your own IR files. Gets mixed reviews on Amazon
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
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Anasounds Element Reverb
16. This all-analog reverb boasts what few other reverb pedals can: reliance on real springs! Connect the Element to La Brute and hit the waves!
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NEW BOOST PEDALS
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JHS Clover
21. Another boost pedal from JHS the Clover is a preamp based on the rare BOSS FA-1. It is a FET design with some added features that JHS included to make the circuit even better. It has a Volume control and 3 band EQ, as well as a rotary switch that selects between 3 different EQ settings.
Sweetwater | Reverb | Amazon
633121312
xotic super clean boost
The Super Clean Buffer is a high-quality Class A circuit designed around the JRC4558 chip that provides the open and articulate buffering that most buffered bypass pedals simply lack. The Super Clean steps up with a discrete circuit that offers up to 12dB of clean boost with an internal DIP switch that allows you to select the boost frequency.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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xotic super sweet
The Super Sweet Booster gives you access to up to 20dB of clean boost via another circuit based around the JRC4558 chip, and it also offers an internal DIP switch to select the frequency.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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4139790802
Tsakalis AudioWorks Six
$239 - This versatile overdrive, distortion and boost gives you the option of selecting one of six different dirt circuits, all controllable with global knobs.
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2203863065
lounsberry tall fat and wide boost
The Lounsberry Tall Fat and Wide is a stereo boost pedal based on a FET design. It is not just designed for guitar players, integrating very well in a keyboard, organ, or bass guitar setup. There are only two controls with Fat setting the amount of drive, while Tall sets the level.
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Thermion Uprising Boost
The Uprising is a dual booster that covers the total gain spectrum with everything from chime-y cleans to full-on amp meltdown.
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NEW DISTORTION PEDALS
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REVV G4
$229 - The pedal version of the red channel of the company’s 120 Generator tube amplifire, which has more gain and saturation than the purple channel offered by the G3. As dynamic and tight as the G3, this is a pedal that works wonder for sludge medal folks who like to drop their tuning (see Ryan Bruce’s video below).
Sweetwater | Reverb | Amazon
514372411
Fender MTG Tube Distortion
Designed with amp guru Bruce Egnater, this pedal delivers true tube saturation and distortion from a US-made 6205 preamplifier tube. Complete with a 3-band EQ and a Tight control to focus your tone, the MTG is basically a tube preamp pedal — you can run it into the return of your amp's effects loop to bypass its preamp stage, or use it in front of your modeler to add vibrant tube saturation. Or simply use it in front of your amp.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Keeley Electronics DDR
$135 - Designed to be the only pedal you need live, it combines two styles of overdrive (Crunch and Lead) with delay and reverb in one unit. Crunch has a dimed British combo flavor while Lead is a thick, mid-focused sound perfect for solos. The WET side of the circuit offers 2 types of reverb (Spring or Plate) and 2 styles of delay (analog or digital) selectable through switches.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Reverb Amazon
4139790802
Tsakalis AudioWorks Six
$239 - This versatile overdrive, distortion and boost gives you the option of selecting one of six different dirt circuits, all controllable with global knobs.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
503512338
Crazy Tube Circuits Limelight Fuzz/Distortion
An original circuit devised as a tribute to the early fuzz circuits, its British derivatives and their offsprings. The beam control morphs from nasty “satisfaction” gated fuzz up to mkI / II style fuzz distortion. It can also deliver "extraordinary low gain boost sounds" when you set the Gain at minimum and the Beam knob all the way up.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
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Dophix David Distortion
A distortion pedal by a young Italian manufacturer, full of character and power - like Michelangelo's David.
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3917065817
Mythos Pedals Runestone
the device is a more modern and flexible reinterpretation of the company's now discontinued Daedalus, a drive voiced after the Blues Breaker circuit.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
2168340701
Vanflet Distortion1
A a high-end, three knob, distortion by French boutique amps pedal manufacturer Vanflet that can deliver anything from simple boost to metallic saturation. Vintage hard rockers will find what they love in it.
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NEW DYNAMICS/COMPRESSOR PEDALS
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electro-harmonix attack decay
13. A compact reboot of one of EHX's most beloved pedals from the 80s. with an expanded circuit for additional options. It can produce a single volume envelope like the original, or, with Poly engaged, put separate volume envelopes on each note you play. The built-in Harmonix fuzz is now a fully controllable distortion with gain, tone and volume controls.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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1359734027
DryBell Unit67 Compressor/EQ/Boost
A utility box inspired by the Dallas Rangemaster mid-high booster, with an added compressor inspired to the Urei 1176 with extra sustain knob.
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2523294369
Carl Martin Comp-Limiter
A slimmed down version of the company's famous compressor with a simplified 2 knob control scheme. The Comp knob sets the amount of compression with Level setting the output level. It has all of the clarity and quiet operation of the original with a footprint that won’t eat up too much pedalboard real estate.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
https://amzn.to/2R0l2ji
jhs pedals whitey tighty
The JHS Whitey Tighty is a mini FET compressor with 3 simple controls over Compression, Volume, and Blend. It was designed to be used as an “always on” device. Particularly useful to have a blend knob for a more subtle parallel compression.
Sweetwater | Reverb | Amazon
1738018090
outlaw effects - late riser
The Late Riser by Outlaw Effects is their take on the beloved auto-swell effect that simulates using a volume pedal or the volume control on your guitar. It gives you access to violin-like swells and bowed instrument sounds.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon

 

NEW FUZZ PEDALS
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Beetronics Swarm
23. A wild sounding "fuzz harmonizer" with mysteriously named controls. WORKER Bee is your fuzz guitar tone. QUEEN and DRONE bees are the two harmonies. The SPECIES gives you 9 different pitch options for the harmonies. The FLIGHT and STING both control the way the harmonies react.
Sweetwater | Reverb | Amazon
2867695302
keeley fuzz bender
$149 - An "extreme" evolution of the Tone Bender, the Keeley’s Fuzz Bender adds an active EQ after the three-transistor fuzz circuit for added versatility. With 20dB of gain at 100hz or 10khz, plus a voltage bias control, it allows you to create your own perfect hairy fuzz tone for any situation, from bass heavy stoner metal to octave-like Hendrix style effects.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Reverb Amazon
2098288874
SolidGoldFX Lysis Fuzz + Modulation
SolidGold's filter/synth/fuzz pedal inches closer to a proper release---this one's a doozy!
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
711437539
cusack screamer fuzz
Including all of the aspects of the V2 (sans Tone knob), the Cusack Screamer Fuzz is a versatile fuzz pedal that can dial in a number of dirt sounds between a Tubescreamer-style overdrive and a fuzz.
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MXR BG07 Octavio Fuzz
$199 - The Jim Dunlop Siete Santos Octavio Fuzz is based on Billy Gibbons’ recipe for searing fuzz sounds. It combines the Octavio fuzz with a versatile tone section. The EQ section is what sets this pedal apart, with a 7-band graphic EQ to help sculpt the sound.
503512338
Crazy Tube Circuits Limelight Fuzz/Distortion
An original circuit devised as a tribute to the early fuzz circuits, its British derivatives and their offsprings. The beam control morphs from nasty “satisfaction” gated fuzz up to mkI / II style fuzz distortion. It can also deliver "extraordinary low gain boost sounds" when you set the Gain at minimum and the Beam knob all the way up.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
2129880832
frostbite
The Haunted Labs Frostbite is a silicon fuzz that can go from icy cleans to thick, classic fuzz tones via its analog design. As with many fuzz pedals, the tone is set with 3 controls - Fuzz, Level, and Tone.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
3086515480
Dophix NETTUNO Fuzz
An Italian fuzz pedal whose name and sound is inspired by the powerful god of the sea.
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387308916
Wampler Fuzztration
$199 | A flexible fuzz that packs a series of controls that allow you to get a lot of different tones out of it, including an Octave circuit with its own separate footswitch that can be applied pre- or post- fuzz. The “Tone Voice” switch lets you choose between a more tight/compressed and a more open/dynamic sound:
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzz
$299 | A fuzz-tremolo-phaser all in one beautiful box! It comes with the Igor pressure pad expression controller for manipulating the fuzz overtone in real time. It also includes boutique details like a “magic-eye” light that responds to the tremolo speed and an insanely cool Frankenstein-style knifeswitch for powering the pedal on.
Perf. Circuit | Reverb | Amazon
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Outlaw Effects General Fuzz
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NEW OVERDRIVE PEDALS
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Ibanez-Vemuram TSV808
$1,000+ | 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 familiar mid-boost EQ curve of the Tubescreamer with the expanded dynamic and frequency range of the Jan Ray.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
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MXR Dookie Drive
$189 - A drive pedal celebrating the 25th anniversary of Greenday's album Dookie, and the band's "dirty and punchy [guitar sound] with the perfect amount of articulation to express the musicality of his fast, melodic riffs."
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1896460252
Diezel VH4-2
$299 | Recreates the two channels of the company's popular, high gain VH4 amp (used by Metallica and Tool) in pedal format. The channels have separate Master and Gain knobs but share the other controls: 3-band EQ and two knobs for Presence and "Deep." The first channel is voiced for rhythm parts, while the 2nd is heavier at equal settings,great for solo parts. Very versatile for number of control and routing options.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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ibanez tubescreamer 40th anniversary
The Ibanez Tubescreamer needs no introduction. It is perhaps the most legendary overdrive pedal of all time, and a design from which countless other overdrives came. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the beloved pedal, Ibanez has released a special edition with all of the elements that made the 808 so beloved – like the J445 chip -in a dazzling Ruby Red finish.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
514372411
Fender MTG Tube Distortion
Designed with amp guru Bruce Egnater, this pedal delivers true tube saturation and distortion from a US-made 6205 preamplifier tube. Complete with a 3-band EQ and a Tight control to focus your tone, the MTG is basically a tube preamp pedal — you can run it into the return of your amp's effects loop to bypass its preamp stage, or use it in front of your modeler to add vibrant tube saturation. Or simply use it in front of your amp.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Reverb Amazon
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Doubledreamer
A dual overdrive housing the company’s Lucy Dreamer and the Tube Dreamer, but also incorporating an extra high gain circuit that can be triggered through the central footswitch and assigned to either overdrive or both.
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254982053
Matthews FX Architect V3 Foundational Overdrive
V3 Foundational Overdrive adds and independent boost circuit to the company's classic, with two diode flavor options: Silicon or Mosfet.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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3400517591
Daredevil Drive BI
New from Chicago's Daredevil Pedals, the Drive BI is a raw sounding dual channel, op-amp gain circuit designed to cover medium to high level amp style drive. The HI/LO switch selects between the two gain channels.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
2875788740
ebs the ultimate Overdrive
Combining some of the most necessary elements of a bass rig in a single stompbox, the 3rd edition of the EBS Ultimate Billy Sheehan Signature Drive includes overdrive, compression, tone-shaping, and boost. The signal is split via two parallel audio paths, one clean and one dirty – so it’s like running through two separate amps.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
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Crazy Tube Circuits Falcon Overdrive
The pedal recreation of a custom amp the Greek company built in 2016 in the attempt to “morph between the sounds of a 5E3 Tweed Deluxe and a 6G2 Brownface Princeton.”
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
1700868586
Black Country Customs Steelpark Overdrive
This new pedal from Laney imprint Black Country Customs delivers 30dB of boost with tons of extra goodies.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
3594525866
joyo taichi
$53 | A low gain D-style overdrive with 4 simple controls. Volume, Gain, and Tone are simple enough, but the Voice knob is where the design really gets interesting. It works in conjunction with the Gain and Tone knobs to set the total amount of gain and bass frequency response of the circuit.
Alt Seller | Reverb | Amazon
2596492830
Wampler Pantheon
$169 | 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 choose between hard and soft clipping or a mix of both.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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4259595661
Neunaber Neuron Overdrive
A versatile digital overdrive based on a multistage, dynamic gain architecture that delivers very amp-like tones from sparkling clean to heavy distortion and anything in between. An integrated soft-knee compressor constrains the drive level for smooth, consistent tone, and an adjustable noise gate keeps it quiet. Can used with a cab sim, amp, or direct (with internal cab sim).
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
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REVV G4
$229 - The pedal version of the red channel of the company’s 120 Generator tube amplifire, which has more gain and saturation than the purple channel offered by the G3. As dynamic and tight as the G3, this is a pedal that works wonder for sludge medal folks who like to drop their tuning (see Ryan Bruce’s video below).
Sweetwater | Reverb | Amazon
3919949140
Way Huge Supa-Lead MKIII
This touch sensitive overdrive unit was originally released as a limited run for a Japanese music store, but is back in a smaller footprint.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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2719992339
One Control Silver Bee
Features a retooled version of the Honey Bee’s drive engine, giving you sounds reminiscent of classic American “silvery” com-bo amps of the ’60s, the kind of gear that had a helping hand in crafting some of the world’s fin-est rock records.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
3917065817
Mythos Pedals Runestone
the device is a more modern and flexible reinterpretation of the company's now discontinued Daedalus, a drive voiced after the Blues Breaker circuit.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
https://amzn.to/2yodVel
Outlaw Effects Dumbleweed Overdrive
$55 - A solid D-style mini overdrive with 4 simple controls to dial it in with Gain, Tone, Volume, and a Voice switch that allows a variation on the EQ response.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
4139790802
Tsakalis AudioWorks Six
$239 - This versatile overdrive, distortion and boost gives you the option of selecting one of six different dirt circuits, all controllable with global knobs.
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
3719827285
NUX Horseman
$65 - Featuring the classic three knobs of the legendary device (Gain, Output and Treble), this pedal offers the handy option to emulate not one but TWO versions of the Centaur Overdrive: Gold mode is the mimic of the classic, transparent Gold Centaur overdrive pedal, and the Silver mode is a powered version with an extended gain range (Silver Centaur).
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
3145221390
Driver1
La Driver1 is an overdrive guitar effect which will send you straight to the 70's. The efficiency and sharpness of the pedal will sublimate the treble of your guitar.?
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1567530330
Thermion Breakthru
The Breakthru is a dual overdrive designed to give you classic British hard rock tones via emulation of a classic redlined 2x12 combo amp.
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4076035467
Pettyjohn Electronics Chime Mark II Overdrive
This update to the original Pettyjohn Chime delivers an all-new power supply, mini potentiometer setup and lower noise floor.
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