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Mr. Black Shepard’s End – Infinite Flanger

Collector//Emitter took a fresh look at the Mr. Black's Shepard's End, presented as an "infinite flanger" because of its peculiar behavior of going up (or down) continually, rather than cycling through up and downs. There is no cycle, just a stairway to heaven - or hell! Also: As if that…Click on the title for more

Mr. Black Shepard’s End – Infinite Flanger

Spaceman Orion Spring Reverb

The Spaceman Effects Orion is the smallest reverb pedal with real springs in it, fitting two springs in a case that's only 6 ¼' wide by 4 ¾' deep. Entirely hand soldered in Portland Oregon, the Orion features three standard controls like Tone, Mix, and Volume, while the Dwell knob…Click on the title for more

Spaceman Orion Spring Reverb

Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 Tape-Emulation Delay

Hungry Robot’s Moby Dick is well known for its chimey, tape-emulating delay line. With its slightly lo-fi imperfections and subtle modulation, the pedal is a “back-to-basics” effect in the world of multimode DSP delays. The newly updated Moby Dick V2 brings a number of improvements to this celebrated pedal.…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 Tape-Emulation Delay

JHS Pedals The Clover Peramp/Boost

Another boost pedal from JHS, the Clover is a preamp based on the rare BOSS FA-1. It is a FET design with some added features that JHS included to make the circuit even better. It has a Volume control and 3 band EQ, as well as a rotary switch that selects…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals The Clover Peramp/Boost

Alexander Pedals Radical Delay DX (Neo)

The Radical Delay DX is an '80s flavored delay from Garner, North Carolina's Alexander Pedals - the "neofied" version of the previous model (Neo is the company's series of pedals with high connectivity features and preset function). Time (8 D. Q) — Changes the delay time from 0-920ms. In Tap mode, this…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Radical Delay DX (Neo)

SubDecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator / Synthesizer

Portland Oregon's Subdecay was one of the first boutique manufacturers to predate the "synthification" of guitar pedals in the beginning of the decade with models like the Octasynth and the Promotheus DLX filter. After a few years spent on focusing on more "normal" effects (although always approached in very personal ways),…Click on the title for more

SubDecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator / Synthesizer

Orange Getaway Driver Overdrive

Known for their guitar amps (very dear to early Oasis, among others), UK manufacturer Orange has entered the stompbox market a few years ago and keeps churning out new gain pedals on a regular basis. The latest one is the Getaway Driver, an amp-in-a box kind of pedal with 18v of headroom and cab sim output.…Click on the title for more

Orange Getaway Driver Overdrive

Lounsberry Tall Fat & Wide Stereo Boost and Drive

The Lounsberry Tall Fat and Wide is a stereo boost pedal based on a FET design. It is not just designed for guitar players, integrating very well in a keyboard, organ, or bass guitar setup. There are only two controls with Fat setting the amount of drive, while Tall sets…Click on the title for more

Lounsberry Tall Fat & Wide Stereo Boost and Drive

Mastro Valvola Area Multi Reverb

It turns out Italian "tube master" Mastro Valvola (that's what the company's name means) excels also at designs lacking tubes, like the Area Reverb, a digital reverb featuring 4 mono reverb flavors: Reverb (Room, Plate, or Hall), Mod (chorus with reverb), Shimmer 8th (2 octaves higher) and Shimmer 8th/5th (higher…Click on the title for more

Mastro Valvola Area Multi Reverb

D-Sound Sunny Distortion

The Sunny Distortion is a one knob distortion (volume, the gain is set at full blast) based on the sound of the Sunn Model T amp, manufacturers by Russian company D-Sound. Here's the video by Shnobel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubfKfCz4aqc This is a distortion pedal, based on Sunn Model T sound. Great way to get…Click on the title for more

D-Sound Sunny Distortion

NEO Instruments Drive In Overdrive

Mike Hermans took a shot at the NEO Instruments Drive In Overdrive in the video below, a rich and nuanced medium gain drive for blues and rock players. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Di1vXxHFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsaUWsHY3b4 With the advent of the drive in restaurant, the sounds that a guitar could produce changed radically too. They became…Click on the title for more

NEO Instruments Drive In Overdrive

Daredevil Bootleg Dirty Delay

The Daredevil Bootleg is analog, self-oscillation prone delay designed to give classic tones that sound similar to vintage tape machines, increasingly more lo-fi and dirty when driven at intense or longer settings. The Dirt section of the circuit adds gain to the repeats. The decay will become brighter as it tails…Click on the title for more

Daredevil Bootleg Dirty Delay