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KMA Audio Machines Logan Trascend Drive

German boutique pedal builder KMA Audio Machines has been making waves in the last couple of years with finely engineered stompboxes as complex and creative as the Horizont Phaser and as simple and streamlined as the Queequeg Sub Generator. Their new Logan Transcend Drive (which you'll be able to try…Click on the title for more

KMA Audio Machines Logan Trascend Drive

New Pedals: Garland FX HTX Active Combo Drive

Houston-based Garland FX just released the HTX Active Combo Drive, an overdrive based on their popular Pink Drive with an added, active 3-band EQ triggered by a separate footswitch. The drive circuit mantains the Tone control like in the original. Drive and EQ can be used together or separately.…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Garland FX HTX Active Combo Drive

keyztone ExChanger Pickup Remodeler

In the last few decades we've seen our fair share of "modeling" technology applied to guitar pedals, guitar amps, and even actual guitars, but this is the first time we stumble upon a pedal that claims to "remodel" your guitar's pickup using its original analog signal (previous attempt at pickup…Click on the title for more

keyztone ExChanger Pickup Remodeler

New at NAMM 2019: EBS The Ultimate v3 B. Sheehan Signature Overdrive

Combining some of the most necessary elements of a bass rig in a single stompbox, the 3rd edition of the EBS Ultimate Billy Sheehan Signature Drive includes overdrive, compression, tone-shaping, and boost. The signal is split via two parallel audio paths, one clean and one dirty – so it’s like…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM 2019: EBS The Ultimate v3 B. Sheehan Signature Overdrive

Taurus Stomp-Head 1.VT

The Stomp-Head 1.VT, by Polish amp builder Taurus Amplification, is a pedalboard guitar amp dedicated to supporters of single-purpose amplifiers who prefer a vintage type of sound. It is an amplifier with extremely small dimensions, technologically based on the company's own Master Tube Design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTe2E-cPJlM Until today, guitarists could only choose…Click on the title for more

Taurus Stomp-Head 1.VT

Horizon Devices releases the Nano Attack “tone tightener”

The Nano Attack is the third pedal by Horizon Devices, the company founded by Washington D.C. metal guitarist Misha Mansoor of Periphery. It's a slimmed down, mini version of their popular Precision Drive drive with only the Attack knob accessible from the front panel and two of the other three settings (Volume…Click on the title for more

Horizon Devices releases the Nano Attack “tone tightener”

Mod Kits DIY Tone Attack Kit Active Tone Stack

Stacking gain stages on top of each other is the name of the pedal game these days, and the folks at DIY Mod Kits are now giving those of you interested in exploring effect circuits the opportunity to build a useful "active tone stack" pedal - the Tone Attack - for…Click on the title for more

Mod Kits DIY Tone Attack Kit Active Tone Stack

Walrus Audio DEFCON4

In July, we reported the spotting of a "USO" (Unidentified Stomping Object) that we soon learned was the fruit of a collaboration between Walrus Audio and Ryan Adams. Even if we object's name was revealed (DEFCON4) there weren't many details about what it did - (in that July post we…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio DEFCON4

Adventure Audio Glacial Zenith V2 Routable Drive/EQ/Boost

Rochester, NY, pedal builder Adventure Audio just announced version II of the Glacial Zenith. From a functionality perspective, what sets this Overdrive + Boost apart, besides its versatile EQ section, is the ability to let you route the three circuits the way you prefer - keeping the drive in the center…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio Glacial Zenith V2 Routable Drive/EQ/Boost

MOOER Radar Cab Simulator

We saw this pedal at our mixed booth at Summer NAMM 2018 on the MOOER board, and it seems to be getting a good reception. With 30 different cab modes, 4 different power amps emulations, several EQ options, and 11 different virtual mics to choose from, the MOOER Radar is a…Click on the title for more

MOOER Radar Cab Simulator

Fender Engager Boost

The Engager is Fender's very versatile boost pedal delivering up to 20db of clean gain and featuring a three band EQ including a toggle switch that selects two different frequencies for the mids. A switch on the back panel lets you select true or buffered bypass. Here's the video demo…Click on the title for more

Fender Engager Boost

Thorpy FX Team Medic Buffer, EQ, Boost and Boost+

From its moniker, the Thorpy FX Team Medic sounds like a pedal you might need if your tone suffers from some kind of disease. Indeed, the manufacturer lists the symptoms this box can fix: It can help EQ a badly EQ'd pedal. It can give you a frequency bump in…Click on the title for more

Thorpy FX Team Medic Buffer, EQ, Boost and Boost+