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Gamechanger Audio Light Pedal Reverb

The Latvian inventors behind Gamechanger Audio don't like to do things the "normal" way. After releasing a bolt-of-light-driven distortion pedal and an engine-based synth, they are launching at NAMM the first "analog optical spring reverb," called Light, where an optical sensor is employed to "harvest the timbral and harmonic range…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Light Pedal Reverb

Caline Old School Reverb

The Caline Old School Reverb is a 3-mode digital pedal with Room, Hall and Church algorithms, which in conjunction with knobs for Decay, Mix and Tone offer a simple way to dial in the perfect reverb for any needs. We added it to our list of the best multi-mode reverb…Click on the title for more

Caline Old School Reverb

Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher + Filter

Despised by tone connoisseurs, Lo-Fi pedals are fun devices reserved for those guitarists invested in playful and creative musical genres. Electro-Harmonix has plenty of creative pedals in its arsenal - as a matter of fact, they pioneered the similarly quirky ring modulator - but the Mainframe is their debut in…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher + Filter

Wonderful Audio Ancient Echos Delay + Reverb

Hailing from California, the Wonderful Audio Ancient Echos is a creative take on ambient reverb + delay. The pedal's circuit splits the signal and remixes it a few times between the input and the output jacks, sending it through several effects including echo, modulation, filtering, and a reverb with a…Click on the title for more

Wonderful Audio Ancient Echos Delay + Reverb

NUX Duotime Dual Stereo Delay Engine

For those among you who love ping pong - the delay variety - the NUX Duotime is a multi-mode, Stereo, dual delay engine with simple controls and a very affordable price tag. It also comes with a Loop mode and includes Tap Tempo functionality. The five modes cover all the basics,…Click on the title for more

NUX Duotime Dual Stereo Delay Engine

Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone 2

The Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone 2 is a compressor/sustainer pedal that features footswitchable Grit, allowing for more versatility. The pedal has a refined implementation of the overdrive circuit first heard in the limited-edition Gold version of this compressor pedal. The unique germanium distortion found in the Philosopher’s Tone 2 delivers smooth…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone 2

Walrus Audio Silt Fuzz

Pedals with tubes in them are quite rare, and normally confined to the overdrive niche. The Walrus Audio Silt is a fuzz pedal with a 12AU7 tube in it, created in collaboration with tube expert Jim Hagerman of Hagerman Amplification. The Silt is a rather simple device, with the classic…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Silt Fuzz

Chase Bliss Condor HiFi EQ

The Chase Bliss Condor HiFI is an updated, limited edition version of the company's non-HiFi version, an uber-tweakable, 3-band EQ pedal with parametric mids released in 2018 and discontinued after just three years. While the functionality remains the same, this new version features an improvement in sound granted by a…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Condor HiFi EQ

Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-52 Phase Repeater

The Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-52 Phase Repeater is the 2023 addition to the company's quirky BL Series, a line of pedals sharing a diagonal fader control named "Clock." Not your regular phaser, the BL-52 is actually a repeater of phase, an effect OBNE claims is unique to this pedal,…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-52 Phase Repeater

DSM and Humboldt Simplifier mkII Amp/Cab Simulator

The DSM and Humboldt Simplifier mkII is an update to a device manufactured by a team of two Chilean builders whose first version took the guitar world by storm back in 2020. An all-analog, great-sounding, stereo amp and cab simulator with an incredible amount of controls and options. Talking about…Click on the title for more

DSM and Humboldt Simplifier mkII Amp/Cab Simulator

Electronic Audio Experiments Citadel Overdrive

Based on the same topology as the company's popular Model feT (voiced after the Sunn Model T amp), the Electronic Audio Experiments Citadel is a preamp-style overdrive inspired by another amp (or rather, amp series) beloved by most electric guitarists: the Marshall Plexi. It doesn't focus its attention on a…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Citadel Overdrive

Sonicake Wave Crush Bitcrusher

Bitcrusher Pedals are a lot of fun, but for most guitarists not a big priority on their board, which is why an affordable, mini effect of this kind like the Sonicake Wave Crush makes a lot of sense. This musical little device can bring your signal's sampling rate from 44100Hz…Click on the title for more

Sonicake Wave Crush Bitcrusher