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Servus! Pedale – GLAM Programmable Distortion + Boost

Servus! Pedale is another emerging German manufacturer - lately we stumbled upon a bunch of them! GLAM Programmable Distortion. Dennis Kayzer just posted this video of their GLAM Programmable Distortion, a dual stages gain pedal with analog path and digital controls which offers... ...a classic 70's-early 80's British amp-like distortion.…Click on the title for more

Servus! Pedale – GLAM Programmable Distortion + Boost

NUX Tube Man MKII Overdrive

NUX won a Best in Show at the past Summer NAMM, the fact that Mike Hermans picked one of their pedals for his video series is also very promising: here's his demo of the Tube Man MKII Overdrive - quite obviously, a Tube Screamer clone. More gain! That was the overall…Click on the title for more

NUX Tube Man MKII Overdrive

Red House Electronics – Heat Wave Tremolo

Our friend Eric Merrow just posted this video of the Heat Wave Tremolo of Troy, Ohio's Red House Electronics. Here's how the company introduces this pedal: An analog-optical tremolo pedal that expands on the technology found in vintage amplifiers. By utilizing digital control, the Heat Wave offers five waveforms global to its…Click on the title for more

Red House Electronics – Heat Wave Tremolo

Cusack Music Tap-A-Delay Deluxe

Here's a video by the Pedal Zone about the fully loaded 750ms delay from Cusack Music, released early this year 2017. It's name is Tap-A-Delay! The Tap-A-Delay is a 750mS digital delay that mixes the original analog signal with the delayed signal. It is gritty, a bit noisy, and very…Click on the title for more

Cusack Music Tap-A-Delay Deluxe

Electro Faustus – Guitardämmerung

You'll be hard-pressed to find a pedal manufacturer whose products are crazier than the ones conceived by New York's Electro Faustus'. The two friends behind this company are actually coming from the synth world, as you can tell from their latest stompbox, the EF111 Guitardämmerung. The product doesn't seem to have…Click on the title for more

Electro Faustus – Guitardämmerung

Keeley Omni Reverb

Do you remember when reverb effects had two knobs? If you don't, Keeley's Omni Reverb is here to remind you that you don't need to lose your brain after a dozen settings to get a great sounding reverb. This pedal has just two knobs (Dwell and Level) and a toggle switch giving…Click on the title for more

Keeley Omni Reverb

Way Huge WH302 Drive

This limited edition pedal by Way Huge just came out, here's what the manufacturer's got to say about it. Video by Shnobel below. The Way Huge Drive is simply named with a simple three-knob control setup. But on the inside of this pedal is a custom circuit that creates potent,…Click on the title for more

Way Huge WH302 Drive

VFE Klein Bottle Preview – multipath + multiband looper/mixer

VFE Pedals has been a little quiet as of late, maybe because they were working on something truly special and kinda complicated... And as a matter of fact, the company recently unveiled an ambitious project called the Klein Bottle. The pedal can be preordered, but it won't ship until the…Click on the title for more

VFE Klein Bottle Preview – multipath + multiband looper/mixer

Seafoam Pedals Lowtide Overdrive

When you think about overdrive pedals these days, the word "clone" springs" to mind almost naturally: "Is that based on a Tube Screamer, a Klon or a Dumble?" Seafoam Pedals, with their Lowtide Overdrive, is instead offering a unique sounding transistor-based overdrive with some very peculiar characteristics - check out the…Click on the title for more

Seafoam Pedals Lowtide Overdrive

Subdecay Vector – Analog Preamp

Portland's Subdecay got us used to some pretty edgy effects with a "synthy" angle, so we weren't expecting their new release: a pedal dubbed as an "analog premp" called Vector. Scratching beyond the name's surface, you'll find that this digital pedal is actually a lot more than just a preamp, providing eleven…Click on the title for more

Subdecay Vector – Analog Preamp

Atomic Ampli-Firebox Amp Emulator Stompbox

Those familiar with our Stompbox Exhibits surely know Atomic Amps/Studio Devil's Amplifire, the (rather large) red amp emulator powering most of the boards participating in those events. This year the dual company came out with a more compact version of that unit and appropriately called it the Ampli-Firebox, - we feel…Click on the title for more

Atomic Ampli-Firebox Amp Emulator Stompbox

Death By Audio – Reverberation Machine (A Place To Bury Stranger Edition)

Here's a video by SofaJams about the Death By Audio Reverberation Machine (A Place To Bury Stranger Edition). For the unaware, APTBS is the noise rock band of DBA's owner Oliver Ackermann. This version of the pedal has increased gain and volume compared to the original. The Reverberation Machine is a synthetic…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio – Reverberation Machine (A Place To Bury Stranger Edition)