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Carl Martin Panama Plexi Drive

Danish pedal builder Carl Martin has a solid reputation for Marshall-style overdrives - as you can see from our article on Plexy-Style pedals, their old PlexiTone is among the most beloved in that niche. The builder's new Panama Drive adds to the three typical controls (Gain, Level and Tone) a Damping…Click on the title for more

Carl Martin Panama Plexi Drive

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

Those in need of a helluva portable, two-channel tube preamp for heavy tones might have found what they were looking for in the Victory Amplification The Kraken V4, a device developed in collaboration with UK's one and only Rabea Massaad and created with heavy, progressive and extended-range overdrive tones in…Click on the title for more

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

Westminster Augsburg Deluxe Amp Sim

We spotted the Westminster Effects Augsburg at our Summer NAMM 2021 booth and it's now shipping. Built on the same concept as the company's recent Geneva Amp Sim, the Augsburg is a version of that pedal with a different character, since it recreates the sound of a Fender Silverface and…Click on the title for more

Westminster Augsburg Deluxe Amp Sim

Thermion Zero Stereo Pedal Amp

Henning at EytschPi42 is freaking out about the Zero pedal amp by Spanish company Thermion. While major pedal companies are busy trying to reduce the size of pedal amps to the compact stompbox format (i.e. the size of a regular BOSS pedal), Thermion has taken a different approach, focusing on…Click on the title for more

Thermion Zero Stereo Pedal Amp

Fuzzlord Effects FET120 Overdrive

The FET120 overdrive is one of the most popular pedals of Fuzzlord Effects, a company laser-focused on creating pedals for Doom and Stoner Metal players. As hinted in the name, this is a pedal that reproduces, using FET technology, the classic tone of vintage 120 Watt amps of the '70s…Click on the title for more

Fuzzlord Effects FET120 Overdrive

Greer Amps Royal Velvet Overdrive/Preamp

We are in full overdrive blooming season, folks! It feels like all we've been blogging about, in the last few weeks, is: new overdrives. Greer Amps, a company with a pretty darn good track record in this niche, just announced the Royal Velvet, an amp-in-a-box with preamp inspired in equal…Click on the title for more

Greer Amps Royal Velvet Overdrive/Preamp

Bogner Ecstasy Blue Mini Plexi in a Box

The Bogner Ecstasy Mini Blue is the compact version of the company's popular blue pedal, recreating the tone and setting of their renowned Plexi-style Ecstasy amp through a higher internal voltage that allows for increased headroom. EytschPi42 and Alberto Barrero have only good things to say about this pedal in…Click on the title for more

Bogner Ecstasy Blue Mini Plexi in a Box

Westminster Effects Geneva Amp Sim V2

As its rhombic graphic pattern suggests, the Westminster Effects Geneva V2 encapsulates in a compact stompbox the tones of a classic Vox AC30 amp, including cab emulation, which can be turned on and off through a toggle switch - in off position, the Geneva works as a regular overdrive. Just…Click on the title for more

Westminster Effects Geneva Amp Sim V2

Hotone Mojo Attack Nano Legacy Floor Amp

Reviews for musical gear have always been riddled with conflicts of interest - let's just say that a reviewer writing for a publication that runs an ad about the product he's reviewing is not in the ideal position to be objective... This is why videos like the ones streaming below…Click on the title for more

Hotone Mojo Attack Nano Legacy Floor Amp

Mad Professor Super Black Overdrive

The Super Black is a new amp-in-a-box by Mad Professor that recreates the valve circuitry of the Black Face Fender amps from the'60s and their classic mid-scooped tone. The pedal also features a handy second overdrive (inherited from the company's Sweet Honey OD) triggered by a separate footswitch. The Compression…Click on the title for more

Mad Professor Super Black Overdrive

Torino Audio Organic CREAM Mosfet Overdrive

Torino Audio is a new pedal company based in Italy. It commissioned a couple of videos of their new "Organic" line of pedals (EytschPi42 published a video for each, you can find them here). The term "Organic" intends to convey that these pedals have no integrated circuits, no buffers nor…Click on the title for more

Torino Audio Organic CREAM Mosfet Overdrive

Origin Effects Revival Drive Hot Rod Edition

The RevivalDRIVE "Hot Rod" edition adds extra gain to this popular pedal's original design, emulating the mods some players in the '70s introduced by stacking the amp's two channels. It produces tones reminiscent of the early Marshall JMC 800 (valve rectified orange channel) and - and the Mesa Boogie amps…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects Revival Drive Hot Rod Edition