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Best New Pedals Released in May 2022

It's the first of June, folks, hence time to look back at what May reserved us as far as new pedal releases! After a rather sleepy beginning of the year, May was the first month of 2022 with a noteworthy number of new releases - and several exciting ones. Meris…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals Released in May 2022

Cult Overdrive Circuits: Clark Gainster Clones, and the Hoochee-Mama

The Story of the Clark Gainster Clones and the Hoochee Mama The Clark Amplification Gainster and Browntone Hoochie Mama are two overdrive pedals that are rarely mentioned separately. This might be due to the fact that the latter, although inspired by the former, is still able to deliver something different…Click on the title for more

Cult Overdrive Circuits: Clark Gainster Clones, and the Hoochee-Mama

Best New Pedals of 2022 | April 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. We can say without the shade of a doubt that April 2022 was not…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2022 | April Edition

Best New Pedals of 2022 | March Edition

It's that time of the month, lads and gals, the time when we post our summary of the best new pedals released during the previous month. If you are a sucker for "best-of" pedal lists, you may want to take a look at our Year-End Best Pedals of 2021 Aggregate…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2022 | March Edition

Best New Pedals of 2022 | February Edition

Time for our monthly appointment with the best pedals releases of the previous 30 - or rather, 28 in this case - days. If you are interested in this list you may also want to check out our Year-End Best Pedals of 2021 Aggregate List, and the previous monthly list…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2022 | February Edition

The Best Guitar Pedals of 2021 | Aggregate List, New Releases Only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRTxT-lZe6w #1 Old Blood Noise Sunlight #2 JHS Packrat #3 Strymon Zelzah #4 Benson Germanium Fuzz #5 Alexander Pedals Syntax Error 2 #6 Walrus Audio Polychrome #7 EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny --- You may think that all “best of” lists are a matter of taste… Well, if you do, we…Click on the title for more

The Best Guitar Pedals of 2021 | Aggregate List, New Releases Only

Best New Pedals of 2022 | January Edition

Hey, you didn't miss our Year-End Best Pedals of 2021 Aggregate List, did you? This article you are reading is about the best pedals released in January 2022. The first month of the year was unusually busy: three new lines were announced by two established brands and one Danish newcomer,…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2022 | January Edition

Best New Pedals of 2021 | December Edition

December, in pre-pandemic times, used to be a month full of new pedal releases because builders unveiled their new designs before the January NAMM show. However, in the last two years, without NAMM, it's been a rather slow time for stompbox news (and audio gear in general). Here's our usual…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2021 | December Edition

Best New Pedals of 2021 | November Edition

It's time for our monthly recap of the best new pedals released last month (i.e. November 2021)! Previous monthly editions can be found here. In November 2021 a lot of new pedals saw the light of day. Curiously, there was a remarkable number of fuzz releases, which is why in…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2021 | November Edition

The 8 Best Reverb Pedals for Surf Rock Delivering Drippy Magic in 2023

"THE DRIP" IN SURF GUITAR Surf guitarists belong to a rather small niche of musicians that cares (a lot) about "the drip," a word that might sound foreign to their non-surfing colleagues. This word is used to define a very specific character of the kind of reverb Surf music (apparently)…Click on the title for more

The 8 Best Reverb Pedals for Surf Rock Delivering Drippy Magic in 2023

Best New Pedals of 2021 | October Edition

The time has come for our monthly recap of the best new pedals released last month (in this case, October 2021), organized in gain and non-gain lists. Previous monthly editions can be found here. October 2021 was a great month, with all sorts of exciting new effect designs seeing the…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2021 | October Edition

Best New Pedals | September 2021

PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR YEAR-END BEST PEDALS OF 2021 ARTICLE There goes September, and, with it, the summer of 2021! Luckily, we had some cool new pedal released last month to bring some consolation, here's our monthly recap of the best ones. As usual, we organized these "best new pedals"…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals | September 2021