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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

Friedman BE-OD Deluxe Overdrive

Friedman just unveiled a two-channel version of their popular BE-OD, called BE-OD Deluxe. This new BE-OD Deluxe pedal employs the exact same circuit but adds another channel and dual midrange controls. The top row (Channel 1) is identical to the original BE-OD pedal while Dave voiced the bottom row (Channel…Click on the title for more

Friedman BE-OD Deluxe Overdrive

Nanolog C4 Distortion

Read more about Nanolog and their Carbon Clipping Devices in this other article/Q&A, and check out the videos of the C4 Distortion below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh27eDYAsJk The C4 Distortion is designed to truly ignite the distortion potential of our carbon technology. The pedal features three different clipping options to allow the user to experiment with…Click on the title for more

Nanolog C4 Distortion

Vertex Boost (+ Volume Exp)

Vertex focuses on two things: simplicity and tone. Their clean boost pedals, simply called Boost, covers all your volume basics by including clean boost, buffer and volume pedal in one, completely uncolored stompbox. Interestingly, if you connect an expression pedal to control the volume, it will work both when the pedal…Click on the title for more

Vertex Boost (+ Volume Exp)