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Carl Martin Purple Moon Fuzz’n’Vibe 2019

Carl Martin has been reissuing its classic designs from his Vintage Series in a more compact format. The Purple Moon Fuzz'n'Vibe is an obvious reference to the sound of Jimi Hendrix. Here are a few videos of the new, skinnier version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9sQWHdXlxo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLxqcO8NXXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5tNOagi28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsgNmA_RAdA Carl regularly spends some of…Click on the title for more

Carl Martin Purple Moon Fuzz’n’Vibe 2019

Crazy Tube Circuits Limelight Fuzz/Distortion

Greek pedal maker Crazy Tube Circuits has been very active with new designs in the last few years, and just announced a new addition to its roster with the Limelight Fuzz/Distortion, an original circuit devised as a tribute to the early fuzz circuits, its British derivatives and their offsprings. The effect is based…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Limelight Fuzz/Distortion

MOOER A7 Ambiance

At a time when the mini-pedal mania seems a little long in the tooth, we are happy to report that the company that the Chinese started this trend, MOOER, is still churning out very increasingly tempting mini-pedals. The Mooer A7 Ambiance is a new addition to the Chinese company's New…Click on the title for more

MOOER A7 Ambiance

Surfy Industries SurfyVibe

The Magnatone amps from the '60s, incredibly rare and expensive, set the standard for the effect known as vibrato, which was achieved through a component called "varistor," which is now obsolete. In their orange SurfyVibe pedal, Swedish builder Surfy Industries recreated the character of the varistors found in a Magnatone 280 amp…Click on the title for more

Surfy Industries SurfyVibe

NativeAudio Wilderness V1.5 Delay + Modulation

The Wilderness delay is the latest creation by Dayton, Ohio's NativeAudio, a company that house found its voice in offering sophisticated yet simple looking analog and digital pedals decorated with stilish graphics inspired by owner Mike Trombley’s Blackfeet Native American ancestry. The Wilderness offers 1,000ms of delay and two modulation…Click on the title for more

NativeAudio Wilderness V1.5 Delay + Modulation

Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd Overdrive

Boston's Electronic Audio Experiments just unveiled a new flexible Overdrive called Halberd, in the words of the builder "a discrete transistor overdrive circuit designed for the greatest possible dynamic range and note clarity." Not to be filed under the "transparent ods", and based on a circuit blending silicon and germanium…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd Overdrive

Vertex Effects Nyle Compressor Preamp

The Vertex Effects Nyle Compressor is the perfect stompbox for musicians looking to replicate the vibrant sounds produced by classic '70s and '80s studio compressor racks. The compressor-preamp hybrid is equipped with a vintage Mic Pre that produces the unconventional tones associated with '70s funk. The Mic Pre can be…Click on the title for more

Vertex Effects Nyle Compressor Preamp

Fender Bubbler Two Speed Stereo Chorus

For Fender, NAMM 2019 was the year of modulation pedals: they unveiled three of them, all sharing a few features with each other. Designed together with Bruce Egnater, the Bubbler is a Stereo chorus that applies a quirk found on rotary effects to chorus through the introduction of two separate, "footswitchable"…Click on the title for more

Fender Bubbler Two Speed Stereo Chorus

Seymour Duncan Polaron Phaser

Seymour Duncan just put out a multi-mode phaser pedal called Polaron that features a selectable number of stages, from two to 16. The signal path is fully analog but controlled digitally. The pedal can work as a regular modulation pedal (with tap tempo footswitch controlling the cycle's speed) or like…Click on the title for more

Seymour Duncan Polaron Phaser

Champion Leccy The Skitter Reverb + Trem

With its charming DIY graphics and creative pedal designs, Champion Leccy has slowly carved out a niche in the ever-expanding universe of pedal circuits. The company's latest mode, named The Skitter, is an intriguing variation on the reverb & tremolo combo, with a unique routing section that (through the Kilter…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Skitter Reverb + Trem

Engl Amplifiers Fuzzyhead

Engl continues to supplement its line of amplifiers with stompboxes that offer players versatility in sound. The Engl Amplifiers Fuzzyhead Fuzzyhead Custom Pedal is the latest addition to the lineup, and it has a lot of bite to it for sure. This ferocious little stompbox has the traditional gain and…Click on the title for more

Engl Amplifiers Fuzzyhead

True North Tweed Drive

Jay Leonard J is running a series on Canadian pedals this week, and since in 2018 we officially moved to Canada (to be precise, Montreal!) we want to praise this effort by giving it some exposure. The "all Canadian rig" he's put together is comprised in most part by pedal…Click on the title for more

True North Tweed Drive