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Audiostorm Quad Screamer Overdrive

The Audiostorm Quad Screamer is a fascinating Tube Screamer variant made in the UK. It gives you four push buttons that allow you to mix and match LED, MOSFET, Silicon and Germanium diodes, and then alter the resulting overdrive through 5 controls, including two unusual "Bright" and "Dirty" switches placed…... Click for more

Audiostorm Quad Screamer Overdrive

15 Inspiring/Wild New Boutique Pedals

In the pedalverse we cover daily in this blog, small builders, often comprised of just one person or a family, represent the pulsating heart of circuit experimentation. Unlike bigger operations with dozen of employees, these small enterprises don't have the pressure to deliver devices that will sell in big numbers…... Click for more

15 Inspiring/Wild New Boutique Pedals

Gecko Geckoplex EP-5 V2 Delay/Reverb

The Echoplex tape delay machine has inspired a lot of echo pedals - as a matter of fact, most of the ones included in our guide to the best tape-style delays on the market. The Geckoplex EP-5 by Eugene, OR's Gecko Pedals, is a high-end reinterpretation of that circuit, with…... Click for more

Gecko Geckoplex EP-5 V2 Delay/Reverb

Rainger FX Drone Rainger Delay

Featuring one full second of delay time, the Rainger FX Drone Rainger Digital Delay gives you a boatload of options from one of the craziest minds in the game: the UK's David Rainger. Two individual drone voices can be spliced into the signal at intervals you select, with plenty of…... Click for more

Rainger FX Drone Rainger Delay

Old Blood Noise Minim Reverb Delay and Reverse

The Rêver, a delay/reverb born out of a collaboration between Old Blood Noise and Datachoir, was one of the most attention-grabbing devices at our 2019 Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit. The latest sonic creation by the Oklahoma based builder, called Minim, draws direct inspiration from that design, updating the circuit's foundation with...…... Click for more

Old Blood Noise Minim Reverb Delay and Reverse

Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude Analog Delay Demo

The Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude is a high end, unusual, and full of character analog take on the "colored" delay type, featuring a random delay time modulation (top toggle switch) to add a true tape feel to it and an added compressed option (bottom toggle switch). It sounds glorious to our…... Click for more

Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude Analog Delay Demo

NRG Effects Mauler Fuzz

The NRG Effects Mauler is a high-end, vintage-voiced fuzz built by one-man pedal builder Neil R. Grimes from England's East Sussex, a man of many hats (live and studio musician, songwriter, trained luthier and musical instrument technician). The Mauler takes the classic, aggressive but somewhat thin tone of the vintage…... Click for more

NRG Effects Mauler Fuzz

Matthews Effects The Surgeon Delay

The Matthews Effects The Surgeon Delay is a fully-featured, mono, multi-mode compact delay offering 8 algorithms organized in four groups of two (EQ, Modulation, Auto-Filter and Dual) and editable through a new PC and Mac app launched together with the pedal. Packing in a compact case all the features found…... Click for more

Matthews Effects The Surgeon Delay

New Pedal: SNK Pedals Zodiacal Glow Dual Delay

The SNK Pedals Zodiacal Glow is a dual digital delay + filter + modulation pedal based on a semi-obsolete chip (the PT-2399) that seems to be an endless source of inspiration for creative pedal makers - so much so that, in this article about tape-style delay pedals, we have an…... Click for more

New Pedal: SNK Pedals Zodiacal Glow Dual Delay

Fairfield Circuitry Randy’s Revenge

Hailing from Hull, Quebec Canada, pedal manufacturer Fairfield Circuitry specializes in edgy stompboxes. The company's founder, Guillaume Fairfield, is a very talented designer and a pleasure to deal with. Check out my review of his Four Eyes Fuzz here. The subject of this review is his highly coveted ring modulator…... Click for more

Fairfield Circuitry Randy’s Revenge

Mile End Effects Julep Stereo Tremolo/Phaser

Some pretty sweet effects pedals are coming out of Montreal these days (and also this very blog, for that matter!). The Mile End Effects JULEP is the latest creation of Justin Cober, the one-man-stompbox-maker whose pedals sell out within days of release - and yes, the same can be said…... Click for more

Mile End Effects Julep Stereo Tremolo/Phaser

New Pedal: Whimsy Machines Jeff V2 Fuzz

With its five knobs and two toggle switches, the Whimsy Machines Jeff is a Muff-inspired fuzz for the tweaking-inclined - although this new version develops the circuit in creative directions unknown to any of the original Big Muffs. The three knobs in the center are a rather peculiar EQ section…... Click for more

New Pedal: Whimsy Machines Jeff V2 Fuzz