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New Pedals: Ernie Ball Ambient Delay

Ernie Ball's Expression series takes the wah/volume pedal chassis concept and applies it to other effect types, therefore allowing a sweepable foot control for some paramters. The Ambient Delay has standard knobs to control the feedback, delay time, and reverb level, but the foot sweep provides a throttle control for…... Click for more

New Pedals: Ernie Ball Ambient Delay

Danelectro Roebuck Distortion

The Danelectro Roebuck is a recreation of the vintage and rare Ibanez Mostortion, a pedal that has many fans among session players because of its flexibility, being able to sound good at a variety of gain ranges and offering a three-band EQ for tone sculpting. Te Roebuck adds two extra…... Click for more

Danelectro Roebuck Distortion

Anasounds Element Analog Spring Reverb

Straight from France comes the Anasounds Element, with Le Bon, La Brute and Le Truand in tow. The Element is an all-analog spring reverb transducer unit, which connects to one of three different real spring reverb tanks to add the finest in reverb to any amps without one or whose…... Click for more

Anasounds Element Analog Spring Reverb

Spiral Electric FX Brute Fuzz

Spiral Electric FX is the project of ex DigiTech circuit designer Tom Cram, and the Brute - unveiled at NAMM 2019 - is a muscular and dark fuzz pedal designed for the needs of guitarists with bright amps who want to have a bassy options. It features a complex circuit including…... Click for more

Spiral Electric FX Brute Fuzz

Carl Martin Atlantic Chorus

The Carl Martin Atlantic is a rather unusual analog chorus where the Rate control knob blends in vibrato for some more extreme in-depth chorus modulations. The Level control can act as a boost. Check out the videos below, we added the Carl Martin Atlantic to our article about the Best…... Click for more

Carl Martin Atlantic Chorus

Haunted Labs Scorched Earth Fuzz

This silicon fuzz by North Carolina's Haunted Labs, called Scorched Earth, has a versatile tone knob that can take it from vintage sounding to gnarly. Check out the videos - the one at the bottom was shot directly inside our Stompbox Booth at NAMM 2020! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLhBWbTubeE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvOJJVbV34c Unpredictable and ground-shaking…... Click for more

Haunted Labs Scorched Earth Fuzz

Collision Devices The Ranch Dynamic Tremolo, Drive & Boost

Marrying sustainability and vintage look, The Ranch, by French pedal builder Collision Devices, is a drive with separate boost footswitch and an added dynamic tremolo that's gaining "buzz status" among the pedal connoisseurs. Interestingly, more than half of the pedal's presentation text is about materials (it's made of US Walnut…... Click for more

Collision Devices The Ranch Dynamic Tremolo, Drive & Boost

PettyJohn Rail Fuzz

We had a chance to "meet" the Pettyjohn Electronics Rail fuzz at our latest Portland Stompbox Exhibit in early March, and we are happy to see the first videos of it being published. Hosted in a beautiful, black, blunt compact case, this pedal is a full range fuzz and the…... Click for more

PettyJohn Rail Fuzz

Hamstead Soundworks Ascent Amplitude Controller

Ladies and gentlemen, a new, one-knob clean boost pedal by UK's Hamstead Soundworks! For building these units, the company is employing tech staff from bands including AC/DC, Iggy Pop and The National, providing them with help coping with the financial hardship they are facing due to the COVID pandemic. The…... Click for more

Hamstead Soundworks Ascent Amplitude Controller

We blogged a few times about the return of vintage Japanese brand Teisco to the forefront of the guitar world with the release of three new pedals, and we'll now focus our attention on their Delay. Delivering up to 600ms of delay time, the Teisco Delay, with its warm and…... Click for more

Teisco Delay

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Demon Pedals is a German manufacturer dedicated, at least for now, to gain pedals. Their popular pedal Ganesha is a versatile, dynamic overdrive that can cover everything from a soft-sounding drive to more aggressive distorted tones. It has a deep tone section that interacts beautifully with the volume pot of…... Click for more

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb

At NAMM 2019 Dwarfcraft Devices announced two new pedals, unexpectedly hosted in compact cases (the company's latest pedals all defied the current minaturization trend of effects. The Treeverb is a 3-mode reverb that offers deep but intuitive controls. Hall is a traditional, long reverb, with controls for Tone, Pre-delay (Character),and Length.…... Click for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb