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Distortion Pedals

Cusack Music Orthrus

Here's a Dennis Kayzer demo of Cusack Music's latest creation, the Orthrus, a Distortion with extra boost. From the manuifacturer's website: This distortion pedal features all of the crank and some interesting options not available on most pedals of the like. Just like the two-headed dog from mythology, this snarling…Click on the title for more

Cusack Music Orthrus

Review: Old Blood Noise Fault OD/Distortion [by Gearphoria]

The Fault overdrive/distortion is the latest straightforward entry from Old Blood Noise Endeavors. OBNE started by taking commonplace effects and twisting them to do unusual things. Lately, though, they’ve been slowly building a toolkit they call their Utility Line: a few simple tools, like an EQ Buffer pedal, a headphone…Click on the title for more

Review: Old Blood Noise Fault OD/Distortion [by Gearphoria]

Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage

We saw this baby on the Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage board at our recent Summer NAMM 2017 Stompbox Booth and were impressed. Check out this video by Guitar Interactive Magazine. From the manufacturer's website: Palladium features three gain stages: a gain stage to control the overall saturation, a resonance control…Click on the title for more

Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage

Z.Vex’s latest limited edition pedals (2016-2017)

Minneapolis based pedal builder Z.Vex Effects features some true and tried classics among its colorful and quirky looking line of stompboxes. Their Fuzz Factory turned twenty in 2015 and has been a best seller for years - it recently placed second in this list of best selling fuzz pedals compiled by Reverb.com. Other popular models include…Click on the title for more

Z.Vex’s latest limited edition pedals (2016-2017)

With its cosmic approach to feature-rich stompboxes, Wisconsin based Mattoverse builds self-described "handmade tools for new sonic adventures." Since we are fond of adventures - and adventurous art - we couldn't help but dig a little deeper, after noticing these intriguing boxes at the latest Summer NAMM. TIME BASED EFFECTS The pedals from…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile: Mattoverse Electronics

Best of SNAMM 2017: a RAT-in-the-Jack!

By far the most mind blowing thing we saw at Summer NAMM 2017 was... a guitar jack by ProCo. Yes, because in that guitar jack there is actually the distortion circuit of a RAT pedal!!! The RAT doesn't have a complicated circuit, but stuffing it in such a tiny enclosure is no…Click on the title for more

Best of SNAMM 2017: a RAT-in-the-Jack!

Outlaw Effects Deputy Marshal Distortion and Rocker Box Tremolo

New Pro Guitar Shop / ToneReport.com demo of the new mini pedals Outlaw FX Deputy Marshal Distortion and Rocker Box Tremolo. From the manufacturer's website: "The Deputy Marshal Captures the undeniable sound of British Plexi tube amps that defined the era of classic rock. The "Gain", "Tone" and "Volume" controls allow you…Click on the title for more

Outlaw Effects Deputy Marshal Distortion and Rocker Box Tremolo

Emerson Custom Pomeroy – Boost, Overdrive & Distortion Pedal

Here's the Living Room Gear demo of the Emerson Custom Pomeroy! "The Emerson Pomeroy is a Boost, Overdrive & Distortion Pedal featuring a 100% Analog Signal Path. It's jammed packed with an immense amount of features that allow the player ultimate control over their tonal palate and shaping needs. The…Click on the title for more

Emerson Custom Pomeroy – Boost, Overdrive & Distortion Pedal

Pedal Manufacturer on the Rise: 6 Degrees FX

We recently stumbled upon one of the videos at the bottom of this post, and something unexpected happened. We suddenly realized that... we still like toy cars - A LOT! We will spare you the details of the coolest toy cars we owned in our early years, suffice to say that the most special…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer on the Rise: 6 Degrees FX

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Review [by Best Guitar Effects]

Best Guitar Effects just posted an in depth review of the Chase Bliss Audio Brothers... The Chase Bliss Audio Brothers stands up to the hype it generated upon its announcement and meets the CBA standard by delivering some of the best overdrive tones I’ve ever heard in an easier delivery system…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Review [by Best Guitar Effects]

Rockfabrik Effects – Mind Abuse

Demo of the Rockfabrik Effects' Mind Abuse Distortion by Dennis Kayzer. "A high gain distortion pedal-preamp with three distortion structures type switch as classic, vintage and modern. It is designed to create high gain distortion tones with very low noise level by using a tube amp or a tube power amp for…Click on the title for more

Rockfabrik Effects – Mind Abuse

DS-1-4A celebrates BOSS compact series’ 40th Anniversary

They say that Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was that stompbox empire that goes under the name of BOSS compact pedal series, arguably the most popular pedal line out there, loved as much by top notch pro guitarists and by more or less clueless novices. In the beginning were three, brightly…Click on the title for more

DS-1-4A celebrates BOSS compact series’ 40th Anniversary