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Cooper FX Moment Machine

Pitch shifting is one of those effects that, when used in non-subtle ways, can open up a wide palette of creative possibilities, which seems to be the precise mission behind the effect circuits of stompbox maker Cooper FX. The company new pedal "Moment Machine" was recently unveiled through a video by…... Click for more

Cooper FX Moment Machine

Pigtronix Ringmaster Ring Modulator

After driving the incredibly successful revival of the Supro amps, it looks like the guys at Pigtronix are refocusing their attention on their first love: guitar pedals. In advance of NAMM they announced the Pigtronix Ringmaster Analog Multiplier, an "intelligent" ring modulator effect that can sync to your notes frequencies to avoid the…... Click for more

Pigtronix Ringmaster Ring Modulator

Hungry Robot The Stargazer V2 Reverb

Our friends Hungry Robot just unveiled the Version 2 of The Stargazer, check out Livingroom Gear Demos video below, and the info about the new features: The most exciting change is the "simultaneous, parallel processing" of the two channels. With the new Stargazer, both channels can be used at the…... Click for more

Hungry Robot The Stargazer V2 Reverb

Smallsound/bigsound Pretty Years Distortion

This blog and its blogger have seen a fair amount of gear in their lives, but an outboard rack effect that deals with distortion (not just saturation or subtle "warming") was missing from the list. This changed today, when, while looking into PA-based pedal builder smallsound/bigsound, we realized that its…... Click for more

Smallsound/bigsound Pretty Years Distortion

Adventure Audio Demogorgon V2

The Tone Mob just unveiled this video of the Adventure Audio Demogorgon V2, a Fuzz/Tremolo/Reverb - check it out! The Tremolo and Reverb operate as one block and the Fuzz as another. When Bypass switch is engaged, the Fuzz is always on. The Gain controls the amount of fuzz, and…... Click for more

Adventure Audio Demogorgon V2

Walrus Audio Monument Harmonic Tap Tempo Tremolo

The Monument is Walrus Audio's take on Tremolo with Tap Tempo, check out this new video by Dennis Kayzer, more info about the pedal below! Inspired by the beautifully jagged, red-sand desert landscape of Monument Valley, the Monument Tremolo is both a harmonic, and standard tremolo that produces a rich, luscious,…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Monument Harmonic Tap Tempo Tremolo

Glou Glou – Rendez Vous

Knobs dissects the RenDez Vou, from French manufacturer Glou Glou, a deep, synth-style multi-effect stompbox for those who don't fear a variety of options. 0:36 - Overview 2:09 - Double envelopes 3:40 - CV 4:35 - LFO 5:35 - Synth 6:20 - Outro CV Sequencer - Korg SQ-1 Synth - Korg…... Click for more

Glou Glou – Rendez Vous

Dwarfcraft Devices – Super Wizard

If you play weird music, you'll need to pick up a Dwarfcraft Devices pedal at one point or another. Here's the new demo by Dennis Kayzer about the Dwarfcraft Devices Super Wizard, a pitch shifting stompbox with integrated lo-fi echo and some special footswitch controls. Picking up where the Wizard of Pitch…... Click for more

Dwarfcraft Devices – Super Wizard

Hungry Robot The Monastery

One of the edgiest "emerging" manufacturers of guitar pedals, Hungry Robot specializes in effects that sound, in two words, droney and ambient-y. Most spaces used for religious functions (or retreats) tend to transform any sound into a cascade of ghostly reflections, so we are not surprised by the fact that…... Click for more

Hungry Robot The Monastery

Adventure Audio Dream Reaper

Super crazy pedal partly by Adventure Audio reminiscent of a Buchla synth (controls placed in a round pattern that are not immediately intuitive). From the manufacturer's website: The Dream Reaper is a Fuzzy Feedback Modulation Machine loaded with weird features guaranteed to turn your tone into something unexpected. High Gain…... Click for more

Adventure Audio Dream Reaper

Hungry Robot – The Karman Line delay and oscillation device

Hungry Robot is a new manufacturer churning out super fun pedals, and The Karman Line is arguably one of the most fun in the line. Check out this video of it by Dennis Kayzer! From the manufacturer's site: The Kármán Line is a modulating joystick delay and oscillation device that features a heavily…... Click for more

Hungry Robot – The Karman Line delay and oscillation device

Chase Bliss Audio: Tonal Recall Red Knob Mod

You can't say "no" to a demo by knobs about a Chase Bliss Audio pedal that's a mod on one of their own pedals, can ya? From the manufacturer's website: The “Red Knob Mod” version of Tonal Recall is built around 4 re-issued versions of the legendary MN3005 bucket-brigade delay…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Audio: Tonal Recall Red Knob Mod