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Fire Custom Carpe Diem

Fire Custom Shop is a Brazilian boutique manufacturer we were not too familiar with - even though they have already released 16 pedals of all kinds, including a wah! Check out below the recent demo by Shnobel of their hand made 'Carpe Diem' - a plexi style stompbox. By the way, if you…Click on the title for more

Fire Custom Carpe Diem

Rainger FX Deep Space Pulsar – demo video by Knobs

We wrote about this crazy baby (Rainger FX Deep Space Pulsar) a few weeks ago, can't miss the Knobs video of it! In a few words, it recreates the effect employed by mixing engineers knows as "ducking." It's a little like a trigger controlled tremolo, check it out. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6pJPl__SMqMClick on the title for more

Rainger FX Deep Space Pulsar – demo video by Knobs

By Living Room Gear: Hiero Effects Heretic Fuzz

We love it when we get to know a new stompbox manufacturer through a YouTube demo of one of their pedals! No information can be found about the company (at least not written in English - the company appears to be Russian) but Hiero Effects' specializes in gain pedals, with an…Click on the title for more

By Living Room Gear: Hiero Effects Heretic Fuzz

Pedal demos: Dwarfcraft Devices’ Super Wizard (by Knobs)

Here's a spanking new video by Knobs about the Dwarfcraft Devices' new Super Wizard, described by the manufacturer as "a behemoth of pitch shifting, glitching, and lo-fi echo delights!" It's sample based pitch shifting identical to the one found in their Wizard of Pitch," but with the added functionality of the…Click on the title for more

Pedal demos: Dwarfcraft Devices’ Super Wizard (by Knobs)

Tone Report Demo for DigiTech FreqOut

There was a lot of buzz about the DigiTech FreqOut at NAMM 2017, since it promised natural sounding feedback at any level. Does it keep its promise? Judge for yourself from the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puXTs6zclT4Click on the title for more

Tone Report Demo for DigiTech FreqOut

Ellman Tone introduces three new pedals

We familiarized with Markham, Ontario's Ellman Tone at last year's Toronto Stompbox Exhibit (here's the board they sent us for that event). Ellman is a very young manufacturer that keeps churning out new pedals. 2017 has just begun, but they didn't waste any time and unveiled three new designs, click on the…Click on the title for more

Ellman Tone introduces three new pedals

Lightning Boy Audio LB II High Voltage Tube Overdrive with CH2 Sidecar Module

We just caught this video below legendary GermanDude, and we couldn't help but being intrigued by the word "sidecar" - to date, without any doubt the coolest vehicle invented by humanity. In this circumstance, the sidecar concept is applied - as you might have guessed - to a guitar pedal: the (hand…Click on the title for more

Lightning Boy Audio LB II High Voltage Tube Overdrive with CH2 Sidecar Module

Austin Stompbox And Synth Expo this Friday and Saturday!

Add to your: A 13 minutes walk from the Convention Center Everybody's favorite pedal and synth parties will be back in Austin (in the same awesome space!) on March 17-18, during the notorious live music festival. This year we have two great co-presenters, one per expo! STOMPBOX EXHIBIT Once again, we…Click on the title for more

Austin Stompbox And Synth Expo this Friday and Saturday!

SSD Devices EVA Fuzz (demo)

We are always intrigued when we see a demo of a pedal by a manufacturer we are not aware of - in particular if the effect looks cool and has something different to it. Not much info can be found about SSD Devices, but it sounds like a UK/US collaboration (the…Click on the title for more

SSD Devices EVA Fuzz (demo)

New Pedals: Jellyfish Electronics Murder By Fuzz (demo)

Fuzz, as an effect, seems to inspire pretty gruesome names, and fuzz lovers, who play musical genres that tend to sublimate violence through heavy hitting music, love that. On the heel of names like Death by Audio and Fuzzrocious, New Hampshire based boutique manufacturer Jellifish Electronics - which offers religiously gain related, original…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Jellyfish Electronics Murder By Fuzz (demo)

Catalinbread Formula No. 55 Overdrive – Demo from Tone Report

Fresh video of the Catalinbread Formula 55 from Pro Guitar Shop, certainly one of the distortion pedals that made ear turns at the latest NAMM show. It's part of the Portland based manufacturer's Foundation Overdrive series emulating classic tube amp circuits. The 55 is presented as a "next-generation 5E3 Tweed Deluxe…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Formula No. 55 Overdrive – Demo from Tone Report

Next Level Mini Pedals? One Control BJF Series

Since their introduction a few years ago, mini effect pedals have been the delight of the cheapo guitarists and the curse of boutique maniacs. But as it always happens, innovation's constant improvement allows to pack more and more quality in ever smaller packages, and it feels like we have reached…Click on the title for more

Next Level Mini Pedals? One Control BJF Series