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BOSS RC-5 Loop Station

BOSS just unveiled a new version of their compact Loop Station pedal: the RC-5. A single track looper, the BOSS RC-5 boasts 32-bit AD/DA and 32-bit floating-point processing, 57 onboard rhythms, phrase memories for storing loops, backlit displays, and 13 hours of stereo recording, plus advanced external control support via…Click on the title for more

BOSS RC-5 Loop Station

Alexander Pedals Sky 5000 Delay/Reverb

The Sky-Fi digital delay/reverb was one of the first Alexander Pedals to put the company on the industry's map, becoming a favorite of shoegazer-type guitarists looking for a portable version of the rack units of the '90s that were so crucial in creating the wall of sound that defines that…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Sky 5000 Delay/Reverb

MXR M305 Tremolo

The MXR M305 is a brand new, rather simple multi-mode stereo tremolo with six algorithms and three knobs for Speed, Gain and Depth. As usual with the Dunlop-owned pedal subsidiary, God is in the (tone) details of these six recreation of the various takes on tremolo, delivered in stereo through…Click on the title for more

MXR M305 Tremolo

Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Plus Polyphonic Pitch Shifter/Harmony Pedal

The Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork+ - whose prototype we saw at NAMM earlier this year - builds on the original Pitch Fork circuit offering two independent pitch shifting engines and an extra modulation effect and a host of other features. Each channel can transpose your pitch up or down over +/- three…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Plus Polyphonic Pitch Shifter/Harmony Pedal

BOSS EQ-200 Graphic Equalizer

In this popular article (one of the most popular in our blog) we explained how having a graphic EQ pedal in your effect chain can open up a lot of tonal options, in particular when it interacts with your gain stompboxes and amp. The EQ pedal used as an example…Click on the title for more

BOSS EQ-200 Graphic Equalizer

Orion Effekte Schwarzweiss Overdrive Booster

The Orion Effekte Schwarzweiss Overdrive Booster is a warm, low gain Overdrive+Booster, comprised of the circuits of the German company's popular SCHWARZ overdrive (controlled through the black knobs), and the WEISS, a brand new boost circuit (controlled by the white knobs). The two words mean "black" and white" so you…Click on the title for more

Orion Effekte Schwarzweiss Overdrive Booster

Korora Audio Merlo Harmonic Tremolo Now Shipping

Korora Audio, a small pedal builder out of Seattle with edgy ideas, launched at the Summer show 2019 their second effect called Merlo, a harmonic tremolo with three waveforms and an interesting coloring circuit featuring four frequency bands (rather than the usual two) all interacting with the shape of the…Click on the title for more

Korora Audio Merlo Harmonic Tremolo Now Shipping

CKK Space Station TTM Stereo Delay + Reverb + Modulation

CKK Electronic is a subdivision of Sinvertek, a Chinese company that's getting a lot of buzz for their N5+ Drive. The Space Station is their Stereo Digital Reverb + Delay + Modulation, here's the picture describing the pedal's controls. The intriguing thing about this pedal is that it can run…Click on the title for more

CKK Space Station TTM Stereo Delay + Reverb + Modulation

Preorder Now: Hamstead Zenith Boost/Compressor

Here's a studio-grade clean boost/EQ/Compressor kind of swiss army knife pedal by Hamstead we missed at NAMM but found out about it through The Living Room Gear Demos: the Zenith. Lots of tone sculpting options, including a very responsive VCA compressor, configurable routing from a switch in the back, blend…Click on the title for more

Preorder Now: Hamstead Zenith Boost/Compressor

Keeley DCR Drive + Chorus + Rotary

The Keeley DCR is a two-channel pedal with a drive on the left side and a Chorus/Flanger or Rotary/Vibrato effect on the other. The drive has a tube-style character and offers two voicing: one is full range and highly saturated and the other one providing tube-amp Crunch or lead-channel sustain…Click on the title for more

Keeley DCR Drive + Chorus + Rotary

Carl Martin EchoTone delay

Dennis Kayzer revisits a "non-portable" classic echo from Carl Martin, the Echotone. The Carl Martin Echotone! 1200 milliseconds of vintage echo, foot-switchable Tap or Manual time settings, insert loop and switchable trail function at bypass. Imagine switching from a Manual time setting to a Tap time setting right at your…Click on the title for more

Carl Martin EchoTone delay

Red Noise Butterfly Tremolo & Tonal Amusement Park

Red Noise Pedals is the project of Atlanta-based guitarist Ariel Scherbacovsky, who turned into a pedal designer after the birth of his first daughter put an end to a 10-year touring career (probably, in hindsight, a good thing, since COVID has put an end to touring, at least for a…Click on the title for more

Red Noise Butterfly Tremolo & Tonal Amusement Park