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Bondi Effects Art Van Delay + Modulation

Today Reverb.com posted this preview video of the Bondi Effects Art Van Delay, a tap tempo enabled, bucked brigade delay + modulation pedal inspired by the delay pedals of the late '70s and early '80s. Among the extra features, there's the always useful subdivision function. Also, the Tap Tempo footswitch…Click on the title for more

Bondi Effects Art Van Delay + Modulation

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Reflector Chorus V3

There's an update to the OBNE flagship chors - the Reflector V3! - with a new reverb chorus mode called Washed. These are all the modes: Wrinkle Mode: A Vibrato-esque warble chorus with the added option of pitch selection, meaning the Modulate knob goes from one octave down to one octave up, with…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Reflector Chorus V3

Spaceman Effects Explorer Deluxe Optical Phaser

Oregon is home to a fair number of pedal companies, and Spaceman Effects, established in 2009, is one of the most established. The manufacturer recently unveiled their first phaser, called Explorer Deluxe! This is a very versatile, optical, photocell-based phaser featuring six sweeping stages. As you can hear from this demo by Elevation…Click on the title for more

Spaceman Effects Explorer Deluxe Optical Phaser

Function f(x) Gate Crasher Octave Fuzz

Based in Elk Grove Village, IL, just outside of Chicago, Function f(x) makes edgy stompboxes that are fun to explore. Recently Mike Hermans took a look at the Gate Crasher Octave Fuzz, a gnarly, octave up gated fuzz based on CMOS logic integrated circuits. Besides the expected Gate and Volume knobs,…Click on the title for more

Function f(x) Gate Crasher Octave Fuzz

Anasounds Utopia Delay

The Utopia Analog Delay is a simple yet interesting take on the tape echo with modulation effect coming directly from France, via stylish builder Anasounds. Shawn Tubbs just posted this video demo of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0FQq4AF0gClick on the title for more

Anasounds Utopia Delay

VFE Dragon Dynamic Overdrive

In a few words, the VFE Dragon overdrive deconstructs the logic behind all the most popular overdrive circuits (i.e. cutting bass before distortion and cutting treble after it) and lets you play with it through separate knobs controlling a Lo-Pass and a High Pass filter. A drive pushing up to 50db…Click on the title for more

VFE Dragon Dynamic Overdrive

Flux Effects Liquid Ambience Polyphonic Reverb

Reverb pedal designs continue to become more evolved, and the Liquid Ambience Polyphonic Reverb from Flux Effects is truly at the head of the pack. Two different kinds of circuits contribute to the lush tone – a hall reverb and a polyphonic octave generator. The controls take a little getting…Click on the title for more

Flux Effects Liquid Ambience Polyphonic Reverb

Two Notes Le Crunch Overdrive

The Two Notes Le Crunch is a great pedal if you need a very versatile dual channel drive that can get you from Hendrix-like Plexi cleans to… well, Hendrix-like drive. It also features great extras like a cab sim and a great sounding XLR-out, as well as a headphone out.…Click on the title for more

Two Notes Le Crunch Overdrive

Magnetic Effects Solar Bender V3 Fuzz

From London, UK, comes the 3rd version of the Magnetic Effects Solar Bender, a fuzz modeled on the legendary Tone Bender MKII, with a three position Bass toggle switch to tweak the low end and Bias, Attack and Tone knobs. This stompbox also sports a couple of rather unique features: A high input…Click on the title for more

Magnetic Effects Solar Bender V3 Fuzz

Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning

Presented at Summer NAMM 2018, the Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning is a brutal and versatile new fuzz pedal featuring a Timewarp toggle, which "connects/disconnects a clipping diode for some octave-up artifacts to scratch your psych itch!" Toneblast bypasses the tone control, for EVEN MORE volume and more timbral changes. The Feedback switch and…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning

Bondi Effects Sick As High Shredroom Overdrive

A limited run of 30 units, Bondi Effects' Sick As High Shredroom Overdrive is a variation on the company's extremely popular Sick As circuit, designed in collaboration with Earthling Designs. The two Australian builders create a more articulate and aggressive pedal with a more open top end, more gain to tap,…Click on the title for more

Bondi Effects Sick As High Shredroom Overdrive

CAST Engineering Gypsy Haze Octave Up Fuzz with Tap Tempo

The Gypsy Haze by Cast Engineering (check out our profile article on them here) is an Octave up/fuzz pedal with a very unique switching system for the octave, which also has a "Stutter" mode controllable through Tap Tempo. Here's the video by The SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nsDqjv-QdQ "We worked countless hours…Click on the title for more

CAST Engineering Gypsy Haze Octave Up Fuzz with Tap Tempo