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Seen at the BK Stompbox Exhibit 2018: Frayed Knot Bella-Donna delay

The Frayed Knot Electronics's pedals were among the edgiest we saw and heard at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2018. Here's a video we shot at the event, with company owner Francois, of the Bella-Donna, a "delay with a frequency modulated oscillator folding itself into the feedback path, giving drifting tremolo/modulation,…Click on the title for more

Seen at the BK Stompbox Exhibit 2018: Frayed Knot Bella-Donna delay

Chase Bliss Audio Condor Analog EQ / Pre / Filter

The Minneapolis based manufacturer Chase Bliss Audio has been specializing in an "army knife" approach to stompboxes, offering great sounding devices boasting an incredibly wide palette of features, accessible both from the front and top panels (on the latter, each of their pedals has their signature two rows of dip…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Condor Analog EQ / Pre / Filter

Haunted Labs Paranormal Fuzz V2

Charlotte, NC pedal manufacturer Haunted Labs hand crafts some rather nightmarish looking pedals - it has released two so far, a modulated reverb and a fuzz. The latter, called Paranormal Fuzz, is a high-gain filtered silicon fuzz with a smooth low-end, and it's built for heavy hitters into genres like stoner…Click on the title for more

Haunted Labs Paranormal Fuzz V2

Malekko Heavy Industry Downer Wavefolder/Saturation/Octave/Filter

If you like your guitar tone deep-down low and distorted, Malekko Heavy Industries has a new pedal that can take it to new depths. The appropriately named Downer - a pedal whose prototype we saw at NAMM 2018 - is a combination wavefolder/saturation and pitch-shifting pedal. Saturation, the more “subtle” of…Click on the title for more

Malekko Heavy Industry Downer Wavefolder/Saturation/Octave/Filter

Tsakalis Introduces the Galactic Multimodulation and Phonkify Filter Wah Pedals

Tsakalis Audioworks has introduced two new pedals: the Galactic multi-modulation pedal and the Phonkify envelope filter/wah enhanced with octaves. The Galactic lets you combine and blend five types of modulation in ways that bring new textures to your sonic arsenal. The pedal has controls for Volume, Blend, Depth and Speed,…Click on the title for more

Tsakalis Introduces the Galactic Multimodulation and Phonkify Filter Wah Pedals

Review of the Death by Audio Deep Animation [by Gearphoria]

Our friends at Gearphoria published a review of the Death by Audio Deep Animation in their 30th issue. The pedal is an intriguing take on the envelope filter. Here's the intro, read the full piece by Wade Burden here. THE DEATH By Audio Deep Animation is an envelope filter/…Click on the title for more

Review of the Death by Audio Deep Animation [by Gearphoria]

Daredevil Pedals – Atomic Cock Wah

$179 - a smooth sweeping wah with a single knob to set your pitch. A boost section has been added to give you more gain and power as needed. Balance these two features out with the Blend control, adjusting how much wah signal goes to output.Click on the title for more

Daredevil Pedals – Atomic Cock Wah

Wilson Effects Freaker Wah V2

Composed of a dual filter, the Wilson Effects Freaker Wah V2 produces synth tones and crazy filter sweeps - see under the video for a full description of the features. We got company owner Kevin Wilson to demo it at this past NAMM show, here's the video! You can see dozens…Click on the title for more

Wilson Effects Freaker Wah V2

VFE Klein Bottle Preview – multipath + multiband looper/mixer

VFE Pedals has been a little quiet as of late, maybe because they were working on something truly special and kinda complicated... And as a matter of fact, the company recently unveiled an ambitious project called the Klein Bottle. The pedal can be preordered, but it won't ship until the…Click on the title for more

VFE Klein Bottle Preview – multipath + multiband looper/mixer

Emma Electronic Discumbobulator V2 Envelope Filter

The Pedal Zone just published this video of the Discumbobulator V2 Envelope Filter by Danish manufacturer Emma Electronic, check out the video below! Here's what the builder has to say about it: The original DiscumBOBulator was often heralded as the world’s best autowah/envelope filter, and has made appearances at the feet of such luminaries as…Click on the title for more

Emma Electronic Discumbobulator V2 Envelope Filter

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 on the title for more

Glou Glou – Rendez Vous

TWA Dynamorph – Crazy Filter Fuzz Synth

Here's a pedal you'll be able to try at our 7th Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit! This is a pretty insane pedal for the creative type. Check out the manufacturer's description: Guitar Effects Pedal Demo - TWA - Dynamorph - Crazy Filter Fuzz Synth Distortion? Fuzz? Filter? Synth? Dynamorph™ is all of…Click on the title for more

TWA Dynamorph – Crazy Filter Fuzz Synth