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Rocket Surgeon Ice Caves Ambient Reverb

Inspired by a visit to ice caves formed by a glacier in Austria, the Rocket Surgeon Ice Caves is an ambient reverb/delay pedal with some original features, like the Ice and Ambiance knobs, which interact to control the amount of feedback from subtle background to oscillation madness. It also has a toggle switch that transforms…Click on the title for more

Rocket Surgeon Ice Caves Ambient Reverb

Electro-Harmonix Mod Rex Polyrhythmic Modulator

We just got this from Electro-Harmonix: it's the Mod Rex Polyrhythmic Modulator The Mod Rex is a Polyrhythmic Modulator with 4 separate modulation engines that are synched and subdivided to a master tempo. The LFO-controlled engines include Modulation (Vibrato, Flanger, Chorus, and Phaser), Tremolo, Pan, and Filter (LPF,HPF, and BPF). Each engine…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Mod Rex Polyrhythmic Modulator

LandLord FX Brewers Droop Chorus

There's a new line of mini-pedals out there called LandLord FX, and The Andertones have taken note by posting this brief videos of their Brewers Droop chorus, a classic analog bucket-brigade chorus with variable speed and depth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ls0V-1RPqA The Landlord FX Brewer’s Droop enhances your modulation performance with a fantastic…Click on the title for more

LandLord FX Brewers Droop Chorus

Source Audio LA LADY overdrive

Those familiar with Source Audio will know that the company belongs to the category of “envelop pushers,” i.e. a pedal maker interested in adopting new technology to open up new possibilities. Unlike any other overdrive, their L.A. Lady is a digital pedal that give drive lovers a lot of options, in particular through a three way…Click on the title for more

Source Audio LA LADY overdrive

Mooer Preamp Live

Last year, Mooer Audio introduced its Micro Preamp series of mini digital preamp pedals, which features sonically accurate digital recreations of the preamp sections of popular tube amplifiers. There are currently 17 Micro Preamps covering a full range of tones for all musical styles. The big news for 2018…Click on the title for more

Mooer Preamp Live

Greer Supa Cobra Overdrive

At Summer NAMM 2018 Greer introduced a new medium gain overdrive called the Supa Cobra. This is a rather flexible pedal with three clipping modes (FAT, LED, and Open), and controls for Treble and Body. Here's a sonic peak at how it sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFR1_0JAGM8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBVGmuooyEw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgPL3ZqAwo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYDBfQIk9WM The Greer Amps…Click on the title for more

Greer Supa Cobra Overdrive

Greenchild Amps Valve Reaper Overdrive/Distortion

Greenchild is mostly an amp manufacturers, but they make some rather unique gain pedals - we blogged about the K818 Klon + Tube Screamer OD earlier this year. The Valve Reaper, instead, is... An eminently practical overdrive/distortion hybrid, purposely designed to deliver musical signal clipping across the entire frequency spectrum.…Click on the title for more

Greenchild Amps Valve Reaper Overdrive/Distortion

Mod Kits DIY Tone Attack Kit Active Tone Stack

Stacking gain stages on top of each other is the name of the pedal game these days, and the folks at DIY Mod Kits are now giving those of you interested in exploring effect circuits the opportunity to build a useful "active tone stack" pedal - the Tone Attack - for…Click on the title for more

Mod Kits DIY Tone Attack Kit Active Tone Stack

Dr. No Effects Moon Canyon

The music of NYC experimental guitarist Noveller is not for everyone: focusing on sonic texture and favoring the pure enjoyment of (heavily effected) sound composition over songwriting, the project of Sarah Lipstate is bound for a niche audience of patient and sophisticated listeners. Mysterious Dutch manufacturer known as Dr. No obviously belongs…Click on the title for more

Dr. No Effects Moon Canyon

KMA Machines Queequeg Sub Generator

The Queequeg is a simple device (in particular by KMA Machines' standards) that does one thing but does it well: a analog monophonic suboctave generator. The only knob blends the mix of clean signal and sub-octave. Check out the earth-shattering demos by Pedal Fusaion and The Livingroom Gear Demos, below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtbneFtr88…Click on the title for more

KMA Machines Queequeg Sub Generator

ProAnalog Devices Manticore V2 Overdrive

Based in Merrillville, IN, ProAnalog Devices is a small builder dedicated to building... professional analog devices (as in guitar pedals)! The company has been getting an increasing amount of attention since the 2017 release of their Klon-style Manticore overdrive, described by Riff City as a "fresh take on the topic" in their Best of 2017…Click on the title for more

ProAnalog Devices Manticore V2 Overdrive

Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost

The four generation of the Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost has arrived, a new version of a popular pedal that was last updated in 2010. Check out the videos below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImDGFAc1ro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKfrfQCQX4c The Mercury IV is a dynamic tone enhancer, created to bring out additional harmonic character from instruments and…Click on the title for more

Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost