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Carl Martin DC Drive Pedal

Carl Martin has given its Vintage Series effects a new look for 2018, and that includes its popular DC Drive pedal. The pedal features an anodized case with a smaller footprint, but still offers all the same great tones of the original overdrive pedal. In addition to the Level, Tone…Click on the title for more

Carl Martin DC Drive Pedal

Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay Tape Reverse Simulator

The Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay is a reboot of one of the NYC company's most rare pedals from the '80s. The new version is smaller than its predecessor, but the circuit is expanded for additional options. It is known as a tape reverse simulator, and the newest version can do some…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay Tape Reverse Simulator

Stone Deaf PDF-1X Limited Edition

An original design offering Parametric EQ, Clean Boost, Distortion and Fuzz, Stone Deaf FX's PDF (Parametric Distortion Filter) is the most popular pedal of this British boutique builder, which is releasing a PDF-1X Limited Edition to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The 200 units come with custom graphics and signatures from…Click on the title for more

Stone Deaf PDF-1X Limited Edition

Alexander Pedals Marshmallow Artificial Sweetener (Dual Modulated Pitch Shifter)

Alexander Pedal has a knack for releasing creative and playful pedals, and their new creation pushes the limits in both realms. With colorful, cartoonish illustrations likely to make any toddler want to steal it from you, the company’s brand new Marshmallow is a rather ‘out-there” take on dual modulated pitch shifting, featuring six modes (listed under…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Marshmallow Artificial Sweetener (Dual Modulated Pitch Shifter)

SolidGoldFX Lysis – octave down fuzz with modulation

The SolidGoldFX Lysis (hosted in our own Stombpx Booth!) was one of the most hyped about pedals of NAMM 2019, thanks to the fact that Andy from Reverb.com included it in his Best of NAMM pedals video (at the bottom of the demo list, in this page). This wild stompbox…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX Lysis – octave down fuzz with modulation

Mojo Hand FX RVT (Reverb + Tremolo/Vibrato)

It doesn't look like the classic combination of Tremolo + Reverb will stop inspiring pedal manufacturers any time soon. At Summer NAMM 2019 Mojo Hand FX introduced the RVT, a compact, two-mode circuit that offers a spring-style Reverb with either Tremolo or Vibrato in a simple three-knob package, just like…Click on the title for more

Mojo Hand FX RVT (Reverb + Tremolo/Vibrato)

New Pedal: Walrus Audio EB-10 EQ/Boost

The YouTube-sphere is being invaded by videos of Walrus Audio's new EB-10, a utility stompbox with EQ and Boost similar to the 2018's DEFCON4 but with added programmability (it lets you save up to three presets). The three switches by the EQ knobs can get them to boost or cut,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Walrus Audio EB-10 EQ/Boost

WMD Geiger Counter Pro

WMD (a name that plays with the two acronyms for Weapons of Mass Destruction and William Mathewson Devices) has been at the vanguard of the stompbox / Eurorack cross-pollination phenomenon, although in recent years they company has been mostly focusing on the modular synth side of things. In the late…Click on the title for more

WMD Geiger Counter Pro

Fender Lost Highway Phaser

For Fender, NAMM 2019 was the year of modulation pedals: they unveiled three of them, all sharing a few features with each other. Like a Rotary pedal, the Highway has two footswitchable speeds, each separately adjustable through separate rate and depth knobs. There are also controls for Blend, Feedback and Sens…Click on the title for more

Fender Lost Highway Phaser

Guitar Pedal Reviews: JAM Dyna-ssoR Compressor/Sustainer

They say that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. For the past two years I've attended NAMM in Anaheim, CA and for two years I've been impressed by the hand-painted designs of Greek company, JAM Pedals. They offer hand-built, hand-painted pedals that use only the best components. They…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal Reviews: JAM Dyna-ssoR Compressor/Sustainer

JHS Cheese Ball Fuzz

Some pedal circuits are able to capture the ear of guitarists (and in this case also bassists) in ways that others can't. The British Lovetone Big Cheese, one of the first hand-wired boutique fuzz of the '90s, had the ability to do just that for iconic personalities like The Edge…Click on the title for more

JHS Cheese Ball Fuzz

Tech 21 Fly Rig 5 V2

NYC's Tech 21 was the first company to introduce the idea of a skinny, light, all in one, analog, portable pedal "bar" featuring all the essential effects for the average guitarist. Created with travel in mind, the Fly Rig 5 was the first product of a series that went on…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 Fly Rig 5 V2