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CREATIVE GUITAR PEDALS

New Pedal: Mr Black Heaven’s Gate Gated Reverb

Music producers have been using gated reverb on drums (snare and toms in particular) for fast-tempo pop songs since the '80s (first adopted in Peter Gabriel's 1979 self-titled album). The Mr. Black Heaven's Gate brings that effect to guitarists in the pedal format. Gated reverb works well on uptempo snares…... Click for more

New Pedal: Mr Black Heaven’s Gate Gated Reverb

Chase Bliss Audio Thermae Delay + Pitch Shifter

Chase Bliss Audio, who did extremely well with their highly regarded Tonal Recall delay units, is taking analog delay to a new place with the Thermae, a pedal based on 4 re-issued versions of the MN3005 bucket-brigade delay chips, but controlled by a "digital brain" that triggers a wide range…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Audio Thermae Delay + Pitch Shifter

Blind Panic Devices Super Nintendecho

Built by a small UK builder without a website (yet), the Blind Panic Devices Super Nintendecho is a delay to be released in 2023 based on the PT2399 chip with some quirky and original features obviously inspired by everyone's favorite vintage gaming console. Just like that console's controller, the Super…... Click for more

Blind Panic Devices Super Nintendecho

Pedal Update: Coppersound Telegraph V2

The circuit of the original Coppersound Triplegraph v2 (an autostutter and killswitch pedal) is embedded in the company's monster Triplegraph pedal released in collaboration with Jack White of Third Man Records. The new version of the Telegraph is a full redesign with some nifty new features. While the new design…... Click for more

Pedal Update: Coppersound Telegraph V2

New Pedal: Beautiful Noise Exploder Distortion + White Noise

Handmade in Newcastle, Australia, the Beautiful Noise Exploder is a distortion pedal for the heavy yet tweaking-inclined guitarist, with a couple of interesting twists. Besides the expected (white) Gain and Master knob and a 3-way EQ section with (smaller black) Low Mid, and Hi controls, the Exploder offers a 3-way…... Click for more

New Pedal: Beautiful Noise Exploder Distortion + White Noise

Earthquaker Devices Afterneath V3

The EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath is an otherworldly reverberation machine that uses a cluster of short delays to create wild and cavernous reverberations with scattered, rhythmic reflections, offering fine-grained control over the reverberations it produces. More than a simple emulator of acoustic reverb, this pedal lets the player design the character…... Click for more

Earthquaker Devices Afterneath V3

Subdecay M3 – 3 oscillator guitar synth pedal

The slim group of synth pedals featuring one or more tracking oscillators has just gained a new member: the Subdecay M3. This monophonic stompbox efficiently tracks your signal, triggering three digitally controlled oscillators in a circuit inspired by the legendary Korg MS-20. Here's the pedal's path, also immortalized in the…... Click for more

Subdecay M3 – 3 oscillator guitar synth pedal

Polar Bear Petrichor Lo-Fi Delay/Sequencer

The Polar Bear Petrichor Delay is a pedal based on a chip that fortunately seems to be readily available in these days of supply chaos: the PT2399. Like most pedals emplying this device, the Petrichor is a lo-fi delay pedal, but its circuit features an extra creative tool: a step…... Click for more

Polar Bear Petrichor Lo-Fi Delay/Sequencer

Hologram Infinite Jets

Hologram Electronics is a small manufacturer based in Knoxville, TN, that focuses on making unusual stompboxes featuring several effects circuits interacting with each other in intriguing, often unexpected ways. Engineers Jason Campbell and Ryan Schaefer put also a lot attention on an aspect almost entirely overlooked by the community of pedal manufacturers: control automation.…... Click for more

Hologram Infinite Jets

New Pedal: Swamp Witch Pedals Season of the Witch Delay

Based on the infamous PT2399 chip that has inspired so many lo-fi creative devices, the Swamp Witch Pedals Season of the Witch is a handmade, creative modulated delay pedal for the tweaking inclined and the CV enthusiast. The delay section of the circuit offers your expected controls on the left…... Click for more

New Pedal: Swamp Witch Pedals Season of the Witch Delay

Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

Boutique pedal builders Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard (respectively from Charlotte, NC and Portland, OR) just unveiled a very original take on the fuzz + delay pedal, called the Hell Horse. The fuzz circuit is extremely aggressive, and the delay is powered by the ubiquitous PT2399 chip, often used for…... Click for more

Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

Cat Box Customs Bean Machine V2 Fuzz

Although it's presented in the name as an update, the Cat Box Customs Bean Machine V2 is actually a "deluxe version" of its older sibling. A variant of the Harmonic Percolator fuzz, the original featured a Volume and Fuzz knob, a 3-way diode clipping selection with Germanium/none/Silicon options, and two…... Click for more

Cat Box Customs Bean Machine V2 Fuzz