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Alabs Timeslip Stereo Delay

Alabs is a new Chinese pedal brand that was able to take the "affordable compact pedal" concept to the next level by releasing a series of multi-algorithms stereo stompboxes chock-full of features. The Alabs Timeslip, mostly sold through Amazon, is the delay in this line. Offering a mix of…... Click for more

Alabs Timeslip Stereo Delay

Voltic Electronic Devices DTF – Dual Transistor Fuzz

The Dual Transistor Fuzz (DTF) is a guitar pedal created by Voltic Electronics, a business split between Delaware, Philadelphia and New Jersey. It's based on the HP-2 circuit designed by Dan Weiss of Interfax Electronics, also known as "Harmonic Percolator." The DTF uses a PNP 2N404A germanium transistor and NPN 2N3565…... Click for more

Voltic Electronic Devices DTF – Dual Transistor Fuzz

Chase Bliss Clean Stereo Compressor

Can what's arguably the most creative pedal maker of this decade make the most boring effect ever exciting? Enter the Chase Bliss Clean and find out. Clean is a studio-grade, two-stage stereo analog compressor with an out-of-the-box approach that - to quote the builder - "brings the interactivity of distortion…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Clean Stereo Compressor

Strymon Mobius Multi-Modulation Pedal

Strymon is a company that focuses heavily on... getting it right. They use powerful DSP processing to create pedals that echo and sometimes surpass the most fabulous designs of the past, but with a modern spin of course. I reviewed the TimeLine a while back and gave an extremely detailed…... Click for more

Strymon Mobius Multi-Modulation Pedal

Frost Giant Soma V2 Heavy Fuzz

The Frost Giant Soma V2 is the new, updated, and improved version of this fuzz pedal made for Doom and Metal aficionados, a variant of the company's popular Massif Fuzz. Within a smaller case, now in the classic compact size, this new circuit packs more volume and more bass for…... Click for more

Frost Giant Soma V2 Heavy Fuzz

One Control Dyna Red 4k Plexi Drive now shipping

The One Control Dyna Red Distortion 4k is an upgrade to the previous Barefoot version of this full-on Plexi pedal, featuring an extra Presence knob that tames some of the hard mid-range. It's designed to deliver an organic distortion reminiscent of the early to mid-70s UK voiced amplifiers, cranked up…... Click for more

One Control Dyna Red 4k Plexi Drive now shipping

Glou-Glou Flancher Stereo Pedals

From awesomely quirky French builder Glou-Glou comes a new series of stereo pedals that blur the line between stompbox and Eurorack (hey, they are both modular formats, after all!). Enter Flancher. Flancher consists of four stereo, analog, voltage-controlled pedals that utilize BBD chips and operate internally at 15V. These pedals…... Click for more

Glou-Glou Flancher Stereo Pedals

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor

Line 6, the company that introduced amp, effect and even guitar modelling to the masses, just unveiled their latest product in the Helix multi-effect line, the HX Stomp, which packs all of the Helix's amps, cabs, and effects into a stompbox roughly the size of a BOSS Space Echo. The…... Click for more

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor

$Diffractor Soundings Chromatic Journey Stereo Analog Phaser$

Designed by a French one-man company based in beautiful Toulouse, the Diffractor Soundings Chromatic Journey is an analog stereo phaser with digital controls that really looks like the mother of all phaser pedals, just like their previous release, the Arboretum, looked like the mother of all tremolos. Phaser-heads will be…... Click for more

Diffractor Soundings Chromatic Journey Stereo Analog Phaser

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz (Junior Ranger)

The Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz is the smaller (and much more affordable) brother of the company's unit bearing the same name from the Americana Series - which is almost three times as expensive. It's an uber-tweakable fuzz with multiple gain stages. It launches a new line of pedals called Junior…... Click for more

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz (Junior Ranger)

Chaos Audio Stratus

Available for pre-order after a successful Kickstarted campaign, the Chaos Audio Stratus is a do-it-all pedal that can load any kind of effect through your smartphone. The beauty of this product is that its flexibility allows for endless creativity during the songwriting or sound designing process, while in a live…... Click for more

Chaos Audio Stratus

Volta Black Tweed Plus Dual Drive

The Volta Black Tweed Plus is the deluxe/dual version of what was once known as the Nabla Black Tweed overdrive. This is due to the fact that the Italian company that manufactures this pedal recently renamed itself after Alessandro Volta, inventor of something crucial to pedals: the electric battery. As…... Click for more

Volta Black Tweed Plus Dual Drive