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SubDecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator / Synthesizer

Portland Oregon's Subdecay was one of the first boutique manufacturers to predate the "synthification" of guitar pedals in the beginning of the decade with models like the Octasynth and the Promotheus DLX filter. After a few years spent on focusing on more "normal" effects (although always approached in very personal ways),…... Click for more

SubDecay Octave Theory Octave Modulator / Synthesizer

Orange Getaway Driver Overdrive

Known for their guitar amps (very dear to early Oasis, among others), UK manufacturer Orange has entered the stompbox market a few years ago and keeps churning out new gain pedals on a regular basis. The latest one is the Getaway Driver, an amp-in-a box kind of pedal with 18v of headroom and cab sim output.…... Click for more

Orange Getaway Driver Overdrive

Lounsberry Tall Fat & Wide Stereo Boost and Drive

The Lounsberry Tall Fat and Wide is a stereo boost pedal based on a FET design. It is not just designed for guitar players, integrating very well in a keyboard, organ, or bass guitar setup. There are only two controls with Fat setting the amount of drive, while Tall sets…... Click for more

Lounsberry Tall Fat & Wide Stereo Boost and Drive

Mastro Valvola Area Multi Reverb

It turns out Italian "tube master" Mastro Valvola (that's what the company's name means) excels also at designs lacking tubes, like the Area Reverb, a digital reverb featuring 4 mono reverb flavors: Reverb (Room, Plate, or Hall), Mod (chorus with reverb), Shimmer 8th (2 octaves higher) and Shimmer 8th/5th (higher…... Click for more

Mastro Valvola Area Multi Reverb

D-Sound Sunny Distortion

The Sunny Distortion is a one knob distortion (volume, the gain is set at full blast) based on the sound of the Sunn Model T amp, manufacturers by Russian company D-Sound. Here's the video by Shnobel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubfKfCz4aqc This is a distortion pedal, based on Sunn Model T sound. Great way to get…... Click for more

D-Sound Sunny Distortion

NEO Instruments Drive In Overdrive

Mike Hermans took a shot at the NEO Instruments Drive In Overdrive in the video below, a rich and nuanced medium gain drive for blues and rock players. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Di1vXxHFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsaUWsHY3b4 With the advent of the drive in restaurant, the sounds that a guitar could produce changed radically too. They became…... Click for more

NEO Instruments Drive In Overdrive

Daredevil Bootleg Dirty Delay

The Daredevil Bootleg is analog, self-oscillation prone delay designed to give classic tones that sound similar to vintage tape machines, increasingly more lo-fi and dirty when driven at intense or longer settings. The Dirt section of the circuit adds gain to the repeats. The decay will become brighter as it tails…... Click for more

Daredevil Bootleg Dirty Delay

keyztone ExChanger Pickup Remodeler

In the last few decades we've seen our fair share of "modeling" technology applied to guitar pedals, guitar amps, and even actual guitars, but this is the first time we stumble upon a pedal that claims to "remodel" your guitar's pickup using its original analog signal (previous attempt at pickup…... Click for more

keyztone ExChanger Pickup Remodeler

Delay pedals in recent years have expanded to become inspiring yet often complicated devices. Designed by Howard Davis - the engineer who gave the world the 1970's EHX Memory Deluxe - the Supro Delay dials back in features madness and, in keeping with the company's reputation for great tone, simply delivers great sounding…... Click for more

Supro Delay

Fuzzrocious 420 Dual Fuzz

In April of 2018, Reverb.com unveiled this limited edition dual fuzz pedal by Fuzzrocious called 420 Fuzz. based on an "EL5420csz quad op-amp that creates two different fuzz circuits that you can blend together" for truly fuzzrocious results. Videos below, more info under at the bottom of the page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0M5JP0PPOc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJYImVgjyfA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seMzILcpcW0…... Click for more

Fuzzrocious 420 Dual Fuzz

Walrus Audio Lillian Analog Phaser

After hitting the jackpot with their Julia Analog Chorus/Vibrato, Walrus Audio announced for NAMM 2019 the birth of Lillian, Julia's phaser-ish sister. Based on the same concept and sharing the same number of controls, the Lillian features knobs for Rate, Width and Feedback, a toggle switch to select between 6…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Lillian Analog Phaser

Spaceman Effects Mission Control Expressive Audio System

Portland's own Spaceman Effects returns to the game with the Mission Control, featuring a fresh concept: sit as the central nervous system of your pedalboard and operate everything around it. Dialing in the Mission Control and stomping the Activate footswitch triggers attack and release times that you set. The built-in…... Click for more

Spaceman Effects Mission Control Expressive Audio System