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Wren and Cuff Two Five Overdrive

Wren and Cuff recently unveiled the Two Five Overdrive, a pedal that runs on 25v, and because of this features an extended dynamic range, more headroom and a lot more output than your regular stompbox. A Voice toggle switch alternates between a circuit featuring two Mosfet transistors used as diodes and…Click on the title for more

Wren and Cuff Two Five Overdrive

Lone Wolf Audio – Xenomorph Modulated Delay and Reverb

New Jersey based pedal builder Lone Wolf Audio got us used to some pretty radical stompboxes, so the Xenomorph, a modulated Delay and Reverb, caught us a little by surprise. It's a quite unique take on the niche, check out the video by A Bunch of Pedals, and more info directly…Click on the title for more

Lone Wolf Audio – Xenomorph Modulated Delay and Reverb

Malekko Heavy Industry Downer Wavefolder/Saturation/Octave/Filter

If you like your guitar tone deep-down low and distorted, Malekko Heavy Industries has a new pedal that can take it to new depths. The appropriately named Downer - a pedal whose prototype we saw at NAMM 2018 - is a combination wavefolder/saturation and pitch-shifting pedal. Saturation, the more “subtle” of…Click on the title for more

Malekko Heavy Industry Downer Wavefolder/Saturation/Octave/Filter

Electro-Faustus Super Disruptor for Bass

If subtlety in tone is NOT AT ALL your kind of thing, you'll have to check out the stompboxes by crazy New Yorkers Electro-Faustus! The Super Disruptor is actually one of their relatively "normaly" pedfal, an Overdrive/Octave/Oscillation Pedal for bass (guitarists out there don't fret, the "non-super" version of the Disruptor is…Click on the title for more

Electro-Faustus Super Disruptor for Bass

RealtoneFx Solo Booster Clean Boost

Well, you all know what a clean boost does by now, right? Mike Hermans seems to like this one by RealtoneFx called Solo Booster, which also features a saturation knobs that adds tube saturation emulation. Check out the video and find more info below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM-NfZrU1x8 The Solo Booster is a clean boost pedal…Click on the title for more

RealtoneFx Solo Booster Clean Boost

Mr Black Pana-Trem – True-Stereo Harmonic-Tremolo & Panner

In the video below, Tri Pedal Reviews takes a look at the new Pana-Trem by Porltand's Mr Black - a Stereo Tremolo & harmonic vibrato with a bunch of trick up its sleeve, as company owner Jack Deville reveals in the second video streaming below. The pedal features multiple panning settings, one…Click on the title for more

Mr Black Pana-Trem – True-Stereo Harmonic-Tremolo & Panner

Fender Marine Layer Reverb

The new line of Fender stompboxes was one of the most intriguing surprises of NAMM 2018, so we were looking forward to the first demos. The Marine Layer Reverb features 2 classic reverb types (Hall and Room) along with a "Special" mode that produces Shimmer-like results. Each mode offers two…Click on the title for more

Fender Marine Layer Reverb

EarthQuaker Devices Westwood Translucent Overdrive

Just in time for NAMM 2018, EarthQuaker Devices announced the release of a new stompbox called Westwood Translucent Drive Manipulator. This is a drive pedal with a powerful EQ section ("20dB of cut and/or boost at 80Hz and 2kHz") designed to work with low wattage amps, pushing them - according to…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Westwood Translucent Overdrive

Quiet Theory Prelude Reverb/Delay

Atmospheric reverb and delay pedals have a very devote niche audience that goes beyond the realm of electric guitar players. The Quiet Theory Prelude Reverb/Delay is the fruit of a collaboration between two musicians active in bands that - unsurprisingly - would find this stompbox very useful: Bryan Laurenson from avant-indie…Click on the title for more

Quiet Theory Prelude Reverb/Delay

Vertex Effects T-Drive

A pedal designed with the motto "less is more" in mind, the two knob Vertex Effects T-Drive is a recreation of the Trainwreck Express amplifier, an ultra-rare vintage unit famous for its ultra sensitive pick attack and response but also capable of delivering Plexi-like overdrive. Check out the demo by Brett Kingman.…Click on the title for more

Vertex Effects T-Drive

XOTIC Effects Soul Driven Overdrive

Mike Hermans revisited, in this demo video, this great sounding overdrive from Xotic, the Soul Driven Overdrive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOf0oGJM0eM Add “Soul” to your sound by producing creamy boost and overdriven tones that enhance harmonics while maintaining the transparency of your guitar tone. The pedal is equipped with incredibly flexible tone shaping…Click on the title for more

XOTIC Effects Soul Driven Overdrive

JHS Pedals ProCo RAT2 Pack Rat mod

Launched back in 1978, the ProCo RAT is one of those classic pedals that inspired a wave of stompbox designers, probably only second to the Tube Screamer and the Muff. JHS Pedals makes a mod of the RAT2 called "Pack Rat," featuring an extra toggle switch with three clipping options…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals ProCo RAT2 Pack Rat mod