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Hamstead Soundworks Ascent Amplitude Controller

Ladies and gentlemen, a new, one-knob clean boost pedal by UK's Hamstead Soundworks! For building these units, the company is employing tech staff from bands including AC/DC, Iggy Pop and The National, providing them with help coping with the financial hardship they are facing due to the COVID pandemic. The…Click on the title for more

Hamstead Soundworks Ascent Amplitude Controller

We blogged a few times about the return of vintage Japanese brand Teisco to the forefront of the guitar world with the release of three new pedals, and we'll now focus our attention on their Delay. Delivering up to 600ms of delay time, the Teisco Delay, with its warm and…Click on the title for more

Teisco Delay

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Demon Pedals is a German manufacturer dedicated, at least for now, to gain pedals. Their popular pedal Ganesha is a versatile, dynamic overdrive that can cover everything from a soft-sounding drive to more aggressive distorted tones. It has a deep tone section that interacts beautifully with the volume pot of…Click on the title for more

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb

At NAMM 2019 Dwarfcraft Devices announced two new pedals, unexpectedly hosted in compact cases (the company's latest pedals all defied the current minaturization trend of effects. The Treeverb is a 3-mode reverb that offers deep but intuitive controls. Hall is a traditional, long reverb, with controls for Tone, Pre-delay (Character),and Length.…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb

TC Electronic Ditto+Looper

The Ditto series was a noteworthy success for Danish pedal maker TC Electronic, which presented today a new evolution on the mini format of this looper pedal: Ditto+. The main new feature of this new generation Ditto consists in the Extended Loop Mode, which allows you to put longer overdubs…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Ditto+Looper

Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

The Hermida Audio Zendrive is one of the first Dumble-style pedals and it's still very well regarded. The compressed-but-not-too-squashed tone of a real Dumble is there, as well as the thick overdrive sounds. The company recently released a V2, which features high voltage FET technology that clones the Tung-Sol 12AX7…Click on the title for more

Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

Maxon Apex 808 Overdrive

Developed with Susumu Tamura, the original designer of the 808, the Maxon Apex 808 incorporates a particularly desirable op-amp, that was sourced for this pedal after listening to over 100 vintage units, to mimic the best of the many versions of this legendary stompbox. At low levels, the Apex808 generates…Click on the title for more

Maxon Apex 808 Overdrive

Catalinbread Giygas Fuzz

A three transistor fuzz with a mid boost from people who know distortion, the Catalinbread Giygas is super fuzzy and loud, but voiced to avoid muddiness, and engineered to give you options. Check out the videos of the Catalinbread Giygas below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgxtUbhiho4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QucChzB_g40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f0dJw7JwRc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq90VqisIDk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm2f1-6dlDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FseQcqSYe0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWV4gh7AVQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkgB_dRYnvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YkaljeM4TE…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Giygas Fuzz

Alexander Pedals Super Neo-Matic

The Pefftronics Super Rand-O-Matic is a rather unique and semi-obscure pedal that appeared in the early '90s. It used a hybrid analog/digital circuit to produce a very particular modulation sound, described by some as "flange, chorus, doubling, and slapback plus alien blips and even the sound of a Huey chopper."…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Super Neo-Matic

Wampler Terraform Multi-Modulation Pedal

Wampler shared the first new of the Terraform at NAMM 2019 (and came to our booth to shoot a video as well, see below). It took almost a whole year to see this multi-mode, stereo, digital modulation pedal, with tap tempo and presets ready for release. (To be fair, the…Click on the title for more

Wampler Terraform Multi-Modulation Pedal

GFI Clockwork Delay V3

Based in Indonesia, GFI System manufactures some rather impressive pedals, and has built a solid reputation for its time-based effects. After taking a look at V3 of their Specular Reverb, Mike Hermans just published this video of the Clockwork Delay V3, which improves the previous versionwith a simplified preset system, also…Click on the title for more

GFI Clockwork Delay V3

Spiral Electric FX Red Spiral Drive Channel

A collaboration with SHOE pedals, the Red Spiral Drive, by Spiral Electric FX, is a three-mode, dynamic overdrive with amp-like character that can do it all: low, mid and also high gain. The Low range is intended for clean boost, dynamic enhancement, and light drive. This is great for boosting…Click on the title for more

Spiral Electric FX Red Spiral Drive Channel