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Best Pedals of the Month

Best New Pedal Releases: November 2023

November is normally a month full of exciting new releases, due to the impending shopping season, and this year was no exception. The big news was the release of a new pedal by Nashville's Hologram Electronics, whose previous pedal, the Microcosm, was one of the best-selling creative effects of the…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases: November 2023

Best New Pedal Releases: October 2023

October 2023 was not a particularly busy month in terms of pedal releases, but it brought us a number of very interesting new devices. On the creative side of things, Meris upgraded their Mercury reverb with the MercuryX, whose modular engine is inherited by their flagship LVX reverb. Old Blood…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases: October 2023

Best New Pedal Releases: September 2023

September didn't give us a lot of new pedals, but a fair amount of really interesting ones. Here's your monthly recap of the latest best stompbox releases! Check out the full list of releases in the interactive galleries below, and when you are ready to buy, please don’t forget to…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases: September 2023

Best New Pedal Releases | August 2023

August is traditionally a slow month in pretty much any sector except for tourism, but the pedal realm was an exception this year, with a fair amount of notable announcements. Numerically speaking, there weren't a lot of new releases, but there were certainly some intriguing ones, in particular the announcement…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | August 2023

Best New Pedal Releases | July 2023

Times are ripe for our monthly recap of the new pedal releases! From the type of releases we had in July 2023, it seems like the chip shortage that affected the pedal realm during and after the COVID-19 pandemic may have finally subsided. After a prolonged time ripe with dirt…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | July 2023

Best New Pedal Releases | June 2023

Time for our monthly recap of the new pedal releases! Some really cool new stompboxes saw the light of day in June 2023, from the most beastly analog delay ever released (by BOSS) to new, hotly anticipated devices by 1981 Inventions and Thorpy FX, without forgetting the very first Kevin…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | June 2023

Best New Pedals 2023 | May Edition

It’s always interesting to look back at what happened in the recent past to take stock of the state of the “pedalverse,” and that’s exactly what this monthly appointment focused on new releases is here for. After a slow start, pedal builders in 2023 have started to unveil an increasing…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals 2023 | May Edition

Best New Pedals 2023 | April Edition

April 2023 was a rather exciting month for pedal releases, if anything due to the unusual timing of the NAMM show, which still triggers a noteworthy amount of product announcements. Speaking of NAMM, we had our usual, huge shared pedal booth at this year's show, and our YouTuber friend Devon…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals 2023 | April Edition

Best New Pedals 2023 | February Edition

If we were asked to describe the new trends in stompbox manufacturing in this second decade of the millennium, we'd be hard-pressed not to mention a noteworthy contraction of new pedal releases. February 2023 was one of the slowest months we experienced in a while, and the months prior to…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals 2023 | February Edition

Best New Pedal Releases | Dec. 2022/Jan. 2023

In January we were too busy compiling our Best Pedals of 2022 List that we didn't have the time to post our monthly article about the best December pedals, therefore we are aggregating the releases from that month to the ones of January 2023. They were two rather slow months…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | Dec. 2022/Jan. 2023

Best New Pedal Releases | November 2022

November is normally a very busy month for pedal releases, but this year busy was not so much. However, there were some very, very noteworthy releases, in particular from Eventide, which released the much anticipated and collectively craved follow-up to their H9 Harmonizer. Another super buzzworthy release was Soldano's descent…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | November 2022

Best New Pedal 2022 | October Edition

October 2022 was a rather slow month as far as stompbox releases are concerned. This being said, some pretty rad pedals saw the light of the day, in particular from emerging builders like Vongon, Life is Unfair, DryBell, ValcoFX and Ola Englund's Solar - we'll let you explore them in…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal 2022 | October Edition

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