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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

New Pedal: Free The Tone Cosmic Wave CW-1Y Filtering Delay

The Free The Tone Cosmic Wave is the latest pedal by a Japanese builder that's probably one of the best-kept secrets of the pedalverse. A company that's really good at making delays, and that with this new pedal officially enters the more creative niche of time-based effects within the compact case…... Click for more

New Pedal: Free The Tone Cosmic Wave CW-1Y Filtering Delay

Alexander Pedals Fever Pitch Stereo Pitch Shifting Multi-FX

The Alexander Pedals Fever Pitch might be one of the first digital/DSP-based pedal releases of 2022 (a year marred by a continued chip shortage) but it's a device bound to keep players busy as if they bought half a dozen new pedals. At its core, this is a creative pedal…... Click for more

Alexander Pedals Fever Pitch Stereo Pitch Shifting Multi-FX

Rainger FX Reverb X

One thing you can surely say about London's Rainger FX is that it's a company that specializes in thinking outside the (stomp)box. Their Reverb X is extra proof of it: it subverts an effect routing commonplace, placing an overdrive and a gate AFTER a reverb, rather than before, and that drive…... Click for more

Rainger FX Reverb X

Old Blood Noise Float Dual Filter

A dual filter pedal packed with creative features, the Old Blood Noise Float is a breath of fresh air in an effect niche that too often only caters to funk guitarists - while historically filters are at the basis of electronic music. OBNE's first digitally controlled analog pedal, Float is…... Click for more

Old Blood Noise Float Dual Filter

Beetronics Swarm Fuzz Harmonizer

Brazil via Los Angeles pedal builder Beetronics surely had a buzzworthy NAMM 2019 show. The company introduced a new device called Swarm - described as a "fuzz harmonizer" - which seems to have ended up on every stompbox geek's shortlist (hey it came in at #1 on our Best of NAMM 2019…... Click for more

Beetronics Swarm Fuzz Harmonizer

Rainger FX Echo X v2

The Rainger FX Echo X v2 is David Rainger's take on the mini-echo format, and those familiar with this London-based pedal designer know there are sonic surprises to be expected inside this little device. In this effect offering up to 540ms of delay time, you get the "normal" controls found…... Click for more

Rainger FX Echo X v2

Keeley Caverns V2 Delay/Reverb

Keeley Electronics' version 2 of their take on the Tape Echo style Delay with Reverb, called Caverns, blends their two most popular time-based circuits. V2 builds on the old Caverns pedal by giving players a more open and logical control layout and more space between the foot switches. For an…... Click for more

Keeley Caverns V2 Delay/Reverb

Otis Audio Love Beams Cosmic Echo

Hailing from a small builder based in Mittagong, Australia, the Otis Audio Love Beams Cosmic Echo Unit is a quirky and super-creative take on the multi-mode pedal, offering four delay modes, two filter modes, and two "?" modes - which are mostly reverb-based. The pedal controls are divided in three…... Click for more

Otis Audio Love Beams Cosmic Echo

Leyland Head Full Delay

Built by caring English hands, the Leyland Head Full is a creative lo-fi echo based on what's probably the most inspiring chip for delays, the PT2399. This device can create ethereal atmospheres, haunting soundscapes, and full-on walls of noise, but also more subtle analog-style delays replicating tape-style artifacts (aka wow…... Click for more

Leyland Head Full Delay

Pedal Update: Industrialectric Incinerator Deluxe

Now, some pedals have better names than others, but... "Incinerator"? We are tempted to say that's the best name ever given to a stompbox. That's how this beast by Canadian manufacturer Industrialectric is called. Built by hand in Toronto, the incinerator is a dual-channel Silicon fuzz integrated by two oscillators…... Click for more

Pedal Update: Industrialectric Incinerator Deluxe