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Chase Bliss Big Time Stereo Delay

A thousand dollars. For a delay pedal. Let that sink in. Here's the thing, though. Joel Korte and his team and John Snyder (Electronic Audio Experiments) have built something that actually justifies the price tag. The Chase Bliss Big Time isn't another digital delay with fancy marketing. It's a painstaking…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Big Time Stereo Delay

Catalinbread EG1 Lo-Fi Delay

When Portland's Catalinbread set out to design the EG-1, their goal was to move past the simple buzzword of "lo-fi" and truly examine what physical degradation and signal decay actually feel like. Built as the second release on their tap-tempo platform, the EG1 packages up to 900ms of delay time…... Click for more

Catalinbread EG1 Lo-Fi Delay

NativeAudio In the Water Reflector

There's a Blackfeet story about Old Man — Napi — who saw berries reflected in a stream and kept diving in to grab them. Every time he came up empty, he saw them again, dove deeper, tied rocks to his legs, nearly drowned. Finally he crawled to shore, looked up,…... Click for more

NativeAudio In the Water Reflector

Chase Bliss Bad Mood

The MOOD MKII, released a couple years back, became one of those pedals people either bonded with immediately or spent months trying to figure out. The Chase Bliss BAD MOOD is the third pedal in the company's Small Batch Bliss collection — a limited-run, made-to-order special edition that takes the…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Bad Mood

Klowra Limbo Stereo Reverb

Part of a series of pedals we previewed at NAMM 2025 (see bottom video), the Klowra Limbo Reverb is a studio-grade stereo reverb pedal featuring nine high-quality algorithms, from realistic rooms and classic plates/springs to ethereal, otherworldly textures. Designed for versatility, it combines deep parameter control with dynamic expression options,…... Click for more

Klowra Limbo Stereo Reverb

MXR EVH Modern High Gain Distortion

Let's talk Van Halen tone, folks! The old MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive is the black-and-yellow classic. MOSFET clipping, three-band EQ, that legendary boost that doesn't just push your amp - it becomes your amp. It's the brown sound in a box. The history of Van Halen from "Eruption" to "Right…... Click for more

MXR EVH Modern High Gain Distortion

Native Audio Pattern Keeper Looper

The looper is a tired format. Most of them just capture and repeat—useful, boring, done. NativeAudio's Mike Trombley looked at that and asked: what if the loop kept moving? The Pattern Keeper is a phrase modulator disguised as a looper. Sixty seconds of stereo recording at 48kHz/24-bit, analog dry path,…... Click for more

Native Audio Pattern Keeper Looper

Strymon Timeline MX Delay

When it came out, the Timeline was the delay pedal that made other delay pedals feel like toys. The Strymon Timeline MX doesn't replace it — it mutates it. The original's twelve machines are still here — dTape, dBucket, Digital, Dual, Pattern, Reverse, Trem, Filter, Diffuse, Ice, Duck, and Lo-Fi…... Click for more

Strymon Timeline MX Delay

Line 6 POD Express

Those who've been around "long enough" will have fond memories of the day in 1998 when they saw, and then heard the very first Line 6 Pod. It was the first mass-produced device to deliver, in a rather small package and rather faithfully, the tones of a myriad of different…... Click for more

Line 6 POD Express

Chase Bliss Lost + Found Multi-FX

Chase Bliss has unveiled Lost + Found, its first true (dual, stereo) multi-effect pedal, marking a bold step into new sonic territory. As the second release in the company’s Small Batch Bliss series, this made-to-order pedal is a curated collection of rare and experimental effects designed to inspire musicians and…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Lost + Found Multi-FX

Origin Effects Deluxe55 Tweed-Style Drive

From its form factor, the Origin Effects Deluxe55 looks like it should belong to the company's Halcyon series of overdrives, a line of pedals dedicated to perfecting the sound of classic overdrive such as the Tube Screamer, the Klon Centaur and the Marshall Blues Breaker. Alas, the Deluxe 55 doesn't…... Click for more

Origin Effects Deluxe55 Tweed-Style Drive

J. Rockett Aqueous Chorus

The J. Rockett Aqueous Chorus is a thoughtfully designed modulation pedal built around a bucket-brigade (BBD) core. Its defining feature is a Tilt EQ that acts only on the wet signal, allowing you to shape the modulated tone from a vintage, rolled-off character to a brighter, more modern sheen. Control…... Click for more

J. Rockett Aqueous Chorus