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Dr. Scientist Phreak Ring Mod

Ring modulators are a type of effect that only the more daring guitarist can tolerate which had a surge in popularity in the middle part of the last decade (the 2010s). The Dr. Scientist Phreak updates that format with some neat new, DSP-powered features. The most important feature of this…Click on the title for more

Dr. Scientist Phreak Ring Mod

Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners’ Violet Oscillation

A collaborative limited edition pedal involving a British boutique builder and a YouTube channel focused on pedals, the Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners' Violet Oscillation is a hand-made limited edition fuzz pedal created for the grating yet dreamy soundscape of shoegaze rock. At least in part inspired by the…Click on the title for more

Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners’ Violet Oscillation

One Control Purple Plexifier V2

It might be mini, but, at $179, the One Control Plexifier is not exactly affordable. That’s actually the company’s angle: raising the standards of the mini format, and that's exactly what this pedal does, a high-end mini Plexi pedal offering a very responsive distortion with a gain range of +6dB…Click on the title for more

One Control Purple Plexifier V2

Way Huge Attack Vector

The Way Huge Attack Vector is the first major pedal release of 2023. It's a two-mode pedal that combines a phaser with an envelope filter, two of the pedal effects favored by funk guitarists. Both effects can follow the LFO and the player's dynamics (envelope), parameters that can be set…Click on the title for more

Way Huge Attack Vector

Cusack Tap-a-Whirl V4 Tremolo

The Cusack Tap-a-Whirl V4 is the new version of what started as the first tremolo pedal with tap tempo (released in the early 2010s), re-engineered around newer components, expanded to stereo, and repackaged in a very attractive red case. Fully analog, this is one of the most feature-rich tremolo pedals…Click on the title for more

Cusack Tap-a-Whirl V4 Tremolo

Cusack Music Project 34

The Cusack Music Project 34 is a preamp/overdrive pedal based on an old component that, as often happens with vintage technology applied to audio, is finding a renaissance for the character it imparts to the signal. Enter the Selenium rectifier. Used between the '30s and '50s in older amps such…Click on the title for more

Cusack Music Project 34

Friedman IR-D Tube Preamp

For the uninitiated, in the world of guitar amplifiers, preamps are perhaps the most important section in an amp, because that's where most of the tone is crafted. The Friedman IR-D is a two-channel tube preamp by a US company that built its reputation as an amp manufacturer, and represents…Click on the title for more

Friedman IR-D Tube Preamp

Pedal Brainz Left Brain Expression Modulator

The Pedal Brainz Left Brain Expression Modulator belongs to the "controller" category of pedals, but also to the niche of devices to be filed under "if it was candy, we would eat it." The adorable-looking bright pink mini-pedal is a source of expression modulation patterns - up to 50 -…Click on the title for more

Pedal Brainz Left Brain Expression Modulator

Strymon Zelzah Stereo Dual Phaser

Strymon has become such a dominant force in the realm of guitar pedals that each of their new releases is met with instant hype. The California-based company just unveiled the (very purple) Zelzah, a multi-dimensional stereo phaser with 4 and 6 stage options that can be also played at once…Click on the title for more

Strymon Zelzah Stereo Dual Phaser

Danelectro Eisenhower Octave Fuzz

Danelectro certainly enjoys doing things in quirky ways and we like that. The line of affordable but sleek-looking pedals it unveiled at NAMM 2017 was ironically called "BILLIONAIRE" - a word that certainly resonates with struggling musicians! - while at this year's Anaheim convention it presented two new pedals under…Click on the title for more

Danelectro Eisenhower Octave Fuzz

BOSS IR-2 Amp & Cab Simulator

Although the first plugin emulating a guitar amp dates back to 1998 (Line 6's Amp Farm, whose algorithms ended up in the Pod) amp and cab simulation is a category of effect pedals that has exploded in recent years, and Japanese giant BOSS hasn't exactly been on the forefront of…Click on the title for more

BOSS IR-2 Amp & Cab Simulator

Lantern Marigold Phaser

Recently highlighted in the JHS Show, the Lantern Marigold Phaser is described by its creator as a "daydream phaser," thanks to its ability to recreate a variety of more or less dreamy, phasey effects beyond your regular phaser tones, thanks to its variable stages (from 4 to 12) and feedback…Click on the title for more

Lantern Marigold Phaser