Guitar Pedals

Upcoming Pedal: Keyzone WahouWah

Keyztone is a French company that came to relevance in 2019 with a pedal that modeled the pickup tone from different guitars. They are now working on a new idea that is currently in development/crowdsourcing: the WahouWah. The Wahouwah is an analog pedal that can be configured through an app…Click on the title for more

Upcoming Pedal: Keyzone WahouWah

New Pedals: IK Multimedia X-Time Multi-Mode Stereo Delay

IK Multimedia, a multifaceted builder of tools for musicians, unveiled four new, multi-mode pedals powered by the algorithms of their popular audio plugin Amplitube. This post will take a closer look at the delay pedal in this line, called X-Time. This is a multi-mode, do-it-all kind of delay reminiscent of…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: IK Multimedia X-Time Multi-Mode Stereo Delay

Fairfield Circuitry Long Life EQ

Quebec-based pedal maker Fairfield Circuitry has built a solid following thanks of a line of stompboxes that's at once stylishly minimalistic and inspiringly creative. Today the company released not one but two pedals! The Long Life is in its essence an analog, parametric, resonant EQ channel with extra controls to…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Long Life EQ

3 Creative Features of the Hologram Microcosm: Hold Sampler, Arp Mode, Granules

Since it was announced in February 2020, the Hologram Microcosm has been consistently the most searched pedals on this blog (it's July 22nd at the time of writing). But look beyond the hype and you’ll find that this pedal is a serious creative and compositional tool. It can be used…Click on the title for more

3 Creative Features of the Hologram Microcosm: Hold Sampler, Arp Mode, Granules

2021 UPDATE: The 3 Best Delay Pedals, by Type

If you like delay, you were born in the right century. Humans have been making music for a very long time — some say as many as 35,000 years. But none of the gazillions musical compositions written between the dawn of humanity and the 1960s had a “delay effect” on…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: The 3 Best Delay Pedals, by Type

New Pedal: Nocturne JR Barnyard Pre-War Hot Preamp V2

From San Diego, CA, hails Nocturne, a family company that hand-builds pedals, amps and preamps led by a self-described "ol' american rockabilly boy true to old school heritage ." The JR Barnyard is their take on the vintage 1930's-40s octal tube amp circuit found in early Gibson and Dickerson amps…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Nocturne JR Barnyard Pre-War Hot Preamp V2

BOSS TB-2W Tone Bender (Sola Sound collaboration)

The Tone Bender, introduced to the musical instrument market by Sola Sound in 1965, is a fuzz pedal that made the history of Rock'n'Roll and is now incredibly rare and abundantly cloned. It was one of the first fuzz circuits ever produced and intended as the British answer to the…Click on the title for more

BOSS TB-2W Tone Bender (Sola Sound collaboration)

SolidGoldFX NU-33 Vinyl Engine Demo

Montreal based SolidGoldFX just released a new "character pedal" that emulates the sonic artifacts of vinyl: the NU-33. Named after the Greek letter symbolizing spatial frequency and the RPMs of a turntable, the NU-33 is mostly a chorus and vibrato with the added option to mix in a varying amount…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX NU-33 Vinyl Engine Demo

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP

The Broadcast preamp pedal from UK builder Hudson Electronics has a stellar reputation and made several best-of lists when it came out a few years ago. The recently released AP version of it is an evolution of the original design engineered in collaboration with guitarist and singer-songwriter Ariel Posen and…Click on the title for more

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP

New Pedals: IK Multimedia X-Space Multi-Mode Stereo Reverb

At Summer NAMM 2021, Italian powerhouse IK Multimedia unveiled four new, multi-mode pedals powered by the algorithms of their popular audio plugin Amplitube. We are now tackling them one at a time, starting with the stereo reverb, called X-Space. This is a multi-mode reverb do-it-all kind of device reminiscent of…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: IK Multimedia X-Space Multi-Mode Stereo Reverb

New Pedals: Siren Pedals Etana Overdrive (Lindsay Ell signature)

Siren Pedals is a Nashville-based pedal company that's moving fast! Founder Scott Schwertly bought his first pedal in 2018, and became so obsessed by the format that in early 2020 he already had a company with a first pedal release! We stumbled upon them at Summer NAMM 2021 and heard…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Siren Pedals Etana Overdrive (Lindsay Ell signature)

New Pedals: Sabbadius El Toro Overdrive

Argentinian company Sabbadius was able to build a solid reputation for their modern take on classic vintage circuits. Their new El Toro Overdrive is their own take on the Tube Screamer. The New Old Stock TOSHIBA 1S1588 diodes give it a glassier tone, and it also offers more output than…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Sabbadius El Toro Overdrive