Updated Oct. 17, 2022 | by Paolo De Gregorio

Best New Pedal Released in September 2022

We are quite late with this month’s article about the latest pedal releases due to the conflict with our Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, but here it is, finally – sorry for the delay!

September 2022 was in some way a historic month in the pedalverse: it was the month when the BOSS DS-1 got a makeover with its Waza Craft version – and since that’s probably the best-selling pedal ever (together with the Tube Screamer), that is rather noteworthy.

AND… another hugely popular pedal, the Electro Harmonix Big Muff, became a plugin/controller/audio interface! Many of our NYC readers had the chance to check it out at our recent Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo.

Also, three pedal lines were unveiled by Catalinbread, Victory Amps and Orange, in a trend that seems to be accelerating (see first interactive gallery below).

But hey, that only scratches the surface – here’s the whole scoop!

As usual for our galleries, a mouseover or first tap will open a description, while a click or second tap will open a video.

(Older monthly articles like this one can be found here).

New Pedal Lines Released in September 2022

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Catalinbread Elements
$150 each | a new line of rather inexpensive yet hand-made one-knob pedals comprising – for now – three devices: Fuzz, Distortion and Overdrive. Each circuit is tune to provide a range of sonic options through the single knob.
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vICTORY V1 Pedals
$249 each | Designed in collaboration with Adrian Thorpe of ThorpyFX, each one of these five pedals is an amp-in-a-box recreation of the original amplifier. Duchess: American-styled cleans with British breakup. Jack: Versatile that does well both clean and gain. Copper: Vox-style, great for jangly clean and classic rock distortion Sheriff: Plexi-style, Kraken: High-Gain, great for metal
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Orange Vintage Pedals
$249 each | Three remakes of vintage units retaining the original's tonal qualities while incorporating modern features. Sustain is a compressor that can also add some saturation, chime and warmth to your tone. Phaser delivers psychedelic swirl at various speeds. Distortion features a redesigned amp circuit and tone stack with a treble knob, but offers the same bite, growl and warmth of the original.
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New Non-Gain Pedals Released in September 2022

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kinotone Ribbons
$399 | a stereo tape emulator with tons of features: A four-pole (24dB/octave) low-pass/high-pass filter that adds wow, flutter, and other tape-style artifacts to your signal: a compressor modeled after a vinyl simulation algorithm; a Stereo Reverb. 4 Touch Modes can be activated momentarily or latched: Magnetic Dance, Tape Stop, Broken Machine and Repeater. It also has a looper and a Four-voice synthesizer!
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PRS Guitars Wind Through The Trees
$349 | A high quality device featuring two flanger circuits placed in parallel each featuring controls for Manual, Depth and Rate. They are then then sent to a Mix knob that lets you blend them to taste. Three extra knobs on the right part of the pedal deal with Dry/Wet blend, Treble frequencies, with the Regen control accentuating the effect’s “swoosh.”
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JHS 3 Series Octave Reverb
$99 | an affordable take on the so-called “Shimmer” effect, a circuit that marries a long ambient reverb with an octave effect placed in the reverb’s decay. The three knobs are for Verb, Octave and Decay, while the toggle switch gives you the option to switch the octave from octave-up to octave-down.
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Catalinbread Soft Focus
$209 | a digital pedal that recreates the Yamaha FX500 patch used by Slowdive in their album "Souvlaki." A time-adjustable modified plate reverb is sent in parallel to an octave up and a chorus. The Mod knob controls the rate of the chorus and the Symphony knob controls the level of the octave.
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JHS 3 Series Harmonic Tremolo
$99 | an affordable take on the effect created by Leo Fender in 1960, a tremolo that splits the signal into high and low-frequency channels, with the center split frequency constantly changed by an LFO, producing a dreamy modulation reminiscent of the Uni-Vibe. The 3 knobs control Volume, Rate and Depth, while the toggle switch gives you amp term and harmonic trem voicings.
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alexander Pedals Rewind
$299 | a 10 mode compact stereo delay that satisfies both your bread and butter needs (Analog, Tape-style, Digital, Dual delays) and your spacey/creative cravings (Diffuse, Reverse, Filter, Dynamic, Pitch, Lo-Fi and Filter modes). It features 32 built-in presets, expression and ramping features, Midi compatibility, Stereo in/out, configurable trails, Morph function and USB port.
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Free The Tone Cosmic Wave CW-1Y
$318 | a mono, digital delay with multiple filters (Cosmic Filter, Bandpass, 3-Band EQ, Tone) that can be applied to the signal at once, and also a 8 to 24 bit-crusher for lo-fi tones. It has also a reverse delay mode. An LCD screen allows navigation of the presets. Two of those can be assigned for quick switching to the right footswitch, which also does tap tempo.
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PRS Guitar Mary Cries
$219 | optical compressor inspired to the venerable LA2A circuit. It applies a super-smooth compression that almost sounds like it consciously applies the best attack and release settings for any sound that goes through its circuit, thickening and pushing your tone in a very natural and transparent way. The Output Gain knob has enough volume to act as a clean boost.
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PastFX Stereo Chorus PX65
$213 | an Australian evolution of the DOD FX65 with a much wider palette thanks to lower/faster speeds, higher delay times, and deeper depth parameters. The Delay Time knob can deliver flanger-like tones and choruses with a different EQ quality due to phase cancellations. It also has a Vibrato and an "Andy mode" that sweitches the phase of the stereo out.
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Asheville Music Tools ACV-1
$378 | a high-end mono chorus that allows the player to select the delay time that sets the choru's' character, plus the phase of the feedback. This allows for a wider range of possibilities. 3 LFO shapes and Tone + Mix knobs round up the features.
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Lichtlaerm Audio Kassandra Phaser
~$199 | a 4-stage VCA analog phaser/univibe with tap tempo and 8 waveforms (from sine and triangle to the more edgy random sloped and steps). With an oscillation range above the average, it sports a level knob that can compensate for up to 6dbs. An FX loop that only affects the modulated part of the signal allows for creative routing. It features also outputs for external tap tempo and Expression pedal.
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New Gain Pedals Released in September 2022

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boss DS-1W
$129 | a long-due update to a classic offering a new, Custom mode, next to the Standard one replicating the sound of the original circuit. The new mode delivers a thick, mid-focused distortion with a bigger sound and more input sensitivity with a Tone knob tuned to boost mids and presence at once, while the level is increased by 6 dB, for a wider gain range.
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MXR Super Badass Dynamic Overdrive
$129 | a touch-sensitive overdrive that sounds like a revved-up tube amp with a"Cut" voice that can make it sound smoother and warmer when needed, and a "Boost" voice that pushes the volume without losing definition.
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Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve Pedal
$249 | a collaborative amp-in-a-box that recreates the tone of the legendary, glassy sounding Silvertone amp from the ’60s. It features two gain knobs at the two ends of the chain (Volume and Gain) and a 2-band EQ in the middle (Bass and Treble). It can be used as a studio-grade preamp, booster, or overdrive.
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BLACKSTAR AMPED 1
$499 | a 100w power amp (with options to reduce it to 20w or 1w) with a Response system emulating the character of 5 valve types. 3x amp voices (USA, UK, or flat), 3 Cab sims and reverb with footswitch. Store a preset and alternate it with the manual knob setting. Ample routing with separate output for 8/16 OHM speakers, FX loop, Headphones out, etc.
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PRS Horsemeat Transparent Overdrive
$249 | an overdrive sporting an original circuit that adds harmonic midrange richness without affecting the tone’s high-end. Designed by Paul Reed Smith himself, it can work both as an overdrive or a clean boost thanks to a high headroom Volume stage. The Voice knob affects the frequency response and the clipping stage, delivering tones from full to glassy.
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Kernom Ridge Overdrive
~$300 | an overdrive offering a wide range of tones through a six-knob layout, without resorting to modes but... a Mood knob, a continuous control recreating various different “clipping flavors:” symmetric, asymmetric, high headroom, very compressed, etc. This is an analog circuit that doesn’t use modeling or diodes. Several gain stages in the circuit (and a Mids knob) allow for a wide variety of tones.
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One Control Honey Bee OD 4K Mini
$289 | 20-anniversary mini version of this amp-in-a-box recreating two voicings of the warm and syrupy tone of vintage Supro amps. The Vintage voice delivers the mild and classic overdrive of the original Honey Bee, while Modern sounds more slightly higher in gain and with a wider low-end response. The original's “Nature” tone knob is replaced with a two-way EQ with Bass and Treble knobs.
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NativeAudio Makoyii Drive
$219 | an amp-like overdrive/distortion with asymmetrical clipping and and adaptable compression able to deliver a variety of tones including sustained cleans, tight crunch, and wooly distortion – sometimes even bordering on fuzz. A smart switching system allows standard on/off latching and also momentary operation when held down.
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LPD Pedals Mach I Distortion
$199 | a Bogner/Boogie/KittyHawk style amp-in-a-box, producing think tones with lots of midrange heard in many ’90s alt-rock records. The controls in this pedals are for Level, Drive, Treble and Bass, with two toggle switches, one increasing the headroom and the other one delivering two different mid frequency settings.
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All-Pedal Devil's Triad
$325 | a multi-effect stompbox created for metal players built in collaboration with Jeff Loomis of bands Nevermore and Arch Enemy. It comprises footswitchable overdrive, boost and a reverb/delay effects. I can produce deliver several types of distortion through the interaction of the Boost and the op-amp Drive circuit. The Reverb/Delay section allows to edit both effects with three knobs each.
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one control tornado drive
~$399 | collaboration between pedal designer Björn Juhl with Japanese celebrity guitarist TK (Tory Kitajima). It sounds thick, clear and three-dimensional at high gain settings, but also delicate and refined when the Drive knob is turned down. Juhl took particular care in designing a Tone control that allows the TORNADO to integrate well with any guitar/amp combination.
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Daredevil Aces Hybrid Amp
$169 | a two-gain stages preamp with just one knob and a on/off footswitch. Inspired by an RCA data sheet from the ’50s, the Aces’ circuit uses both Germanium and Silicon components to deliver a saturated tone that’s at once dynamic, articulate, and edgy, with the warm sustain of germanium and the biting quality of silicon. Two internal trim pots set the bias for each gain stage.
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Davey Design Electronics 1979/1990
~$345 | a high quality, super-tweakable double overdrive blending a TS-style circuit with a Klon-style one. The two circuits have their own footswitch so that they can be activated separately or stacked on top of each other. The order of the drives can be changed through the middle toggle.
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Berry Pedals PHAT
$199 | a dual RAT with a 3-way EQ section instead of the Filter knob using the OP07 chip found in the current RAT 2 pedals. The two channels are actually just separate controls operating on the same circuit and allow for two RAT presets, a very useful feature to create dynamic/volume shifts during a performance.
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