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Dawner Prince Boonar Multi-Head Drum Echo

The Dawner Prince Boonar is one of the most faithful compact recreation of the legendary Binson Echorec delay effect, a device that employed four drum heads (rather than tape) to create four independent repeats. It faithfully recreates the character and functions of the Echorec 2, sharing the same analog signal…Click on the title for more

Dawner Prince Boonar Multi-Head Drum Echo

Dusky Electronics Hypatia Fuzz

At the 2018 Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, pedal and amp builder Chris Rossi from Dusky Electronics showcased a new pedal prototype, a fuzz with lots of coloring controls, called Hypatia. The pedal gathered many fans since then (see the long string of videos below), and it also made the cover of…Click on the title for more

Dusky Electronics Hypatia Fuzz

Jam Pedals Pink Flow (Pink Floyd Tribute Multi-Effect)

An analog multi-effect by Jam Pedals dedicated to recreating the guitar sound of Pink Floyd (David Gilmour's era)! It features a series of effects already existing in Jam's stompbox line, plus a circuit emulating Gilmour's technique of feedbacking the input and the output of a wah-wah pedal, called here the Seagull effect…Click on the title for more

Jam Pedals Pink Flow (Pink Floyd Tribute Multi-Effect)

J. Rockett Audio Designs A.P.E. Echoplex EP3 Preamp

J. Rockett Audio Designs has long been a builder catering to the tone connoisseurs, and their new pedal, the APE (an acronym for Analog Preamp Experiment) reinforces that role by delivering a device with a very specific, ultra-niche but also very unique function: the APE is a preamp circuit whose…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett Audio Designs A.P.E. Echoplex EP3 Preamp

BOSS DD-200 Digital Delay

The first videos of the BOSS DD-200 Digital Delay are surfacing and the feedback is very positive. Operating at 32-bit and 96 kHz sampling rate, this is effect belongs squarely to the next generation of digital pedals, since most digital delays operate at 16-bit / 44,100 Hz. This means a…Click on the title for more

BOSS DD-200 Digital Delay

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