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CREATIVE GUITAR PEDALS

Chase Bliss Audio Blooper

We've been following the genesis of Chase Bliss Audio's creative looper Blooper since NAMM 2019 and then in the Knobs videos below. On December 10th the Toronto videographer announced that the pedal is ready and will be shipping soon. The company raised almost 400,000 with a Kickstarter campaign for funding…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Audio Blooper

AC Noises Urla CMOS Fuzz + Filter

The AC Noise Urla is an uncompromising new stompbox from one of the most interesting pedal companies to emerge as of late. It's an uber-tweakable CMOS fuzz in front of a dual resonant filter, with separate footswitches for each. At a time when most pedal builders seem to jump through…... Click for more

AC Noises Urla CMOS Fuzz + Filter

Pigtronix Gloamer Volume Swell + Compressor

The world is full of pedals that affect the amplitude (i.e. the volume) of the signal they are fed: compressors and tremolos do that. But nothing delivers the sonic goods offered by the Pigtronix Gloamer, a circuit that combines a volume swell with a compressor. Volume swells are normally performed…... Click for more

Pigtronix Gloamer Volume Swell + Compressor

Walrus Audio Melee Distortion + Reverb

The Walrus Audio Melee, a distortion + reverb "wall of noise" combo pedal, represents for the Oklahoma-based company both a step forward and a tribute to its past, reminiscent as it is of its early stompbox Janus, which similarly blended two effects (fuzz and tremolo), using not one but two…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Melee Distortion + Reverb

Pigtronix Echolution 3 Multi-Tap Stereo Delay

NYC's Pigtronix has released a lot of different pedals since its launch, but none has gone through as many variations and evolutions as the appropriately named Echolution, a stereo Multi-Tap pedal with modulation and, in some versions, filter. Today the company announced the Pigtronix Echolution 3, which expands the delay…... Click for more

Pigtronix Echolution 3 Multi-Tap Stereo Delay

Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator

The Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator is a peculiar effects pedal that combines a fuzz a filter, a low octave, and a tremolo. It also offers a new kind of effect labeled "cross-tremolo," which - to quote the manufacturer - "pulses between the fundamental and low octave." The signal goes through a…... Click for more

Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator

GFI System Duophony Signal Blender

The GFI System Duophony Signal Blender is a dual parallel processing pedal with an LFO for modulating between the two different signal chains. I can be either stereo in/out or mono and can mix the two FX Loop channels normally (just like a regular mixer) or use the built-in LFO…... Click for more

GFI System Duophony Signal Blender

New Pedal: Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 Flanger

The Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 is a peculiar take on flanger by a US company that's establishing itself as an innovator in the high-end analog pedal realm, through a unique blend of top-notch components and creative design. Leveraging A 256-stage MN3009 high-voltage BBD chip powered at 15V, the AFG-1 delivers…... Click for more

New Pedal: Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 Flanger

TC Electronic Infinite Mini Sample Sustainer

The TC Electronic Infinite Mini is the reduced version of a pedal the Danish-born, but Switzerland-owned (via Behringer) company unceremoniously "recreated" from an original idea by the folks at Gamechanger Audio. We are referring to the Plus pedal, a circuit that loops the tail end of your long notes creating infinite…... Click for more

TC Electronic Infinite Mini Sample Sustainer

Heather Brown Electronicals Spirit in the Sky Fuzz/Tremolo

The Heather Brown Electronicals Spirit in the Sky is the third release (a Fuzz + tremolo pedal with a clean blend) by the New Jersey-based stompbox builder who goes under the God's Mom nickname. The circuit consists of a Ram's Head-style fuzz placed in parallel with a JFET boost (described…... Click for more

Heather Brown Electronicals Spirit in the Sky Fuzz/Tremolo

Mooer Ocean Machine

Mooer got us used to tiiiiiny pedals, so the large stompbox called Ocean Machine stands out, to say the least, as an unexpected device from the Chinese manufacturer. The product is a collaborative effort with Canadian producer/guitarist Devin Townsend, and it has gathered a lot of fans since its launch…... Click for more

Mooer Ocean Machine

New Pedal: Catalinbread Tremolo8

The Catalinbread Tremolo8 is a comprehensive and creative multi-mode pedal mostly centered around the classic tremolo + reverb combo, but mixing in also other effects like chorus, filters, and ring modulation. The top three knobs vary their function according to the selected parameter - here's a table with the descriptions…... Click for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Tremolo8