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Chase Bliss Audio MOOD MkII

Chase Bliss has just announced an update to its popular supercreative, granular ambient loop + reverb pedal: the Chase Bliss MOOD MkII, which will start shipping in late April but can be ordered now. The original version, the product of a collaboration with Old Blood Noise and Drolo, was very…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio MOOD MkII

Updated Pedal: Death By Audio Octave Clang V2

The Death by Audio Octave Clang V2 is a re-engineered version of one of the earliest pedals by the noisy NYC-based builder, brought back to life after popular demand. It's a rather simple but uniquely gnarly octave-up fuzz. V2 adds a footswitch to toggle the octave circuit and refined the…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Death By Audio Octave Clang V2

Keeley Super Rodent Ovedrive/Distortion

Dropped within a release including three pedals adopting the same form factor as the Noble Screamer (a hybrid overdrive mixing the character of a TS and a Nobles ODR-1), the Keeley Super Rodent embeds in the same pedal two circuits inspired by two other classic stompboxes: the Rat and the…Click on the title for more

Keeley Super Rodent Ovedrive/Distortion

New Pedal: Catalinbread Sinkhole Ethereal Reverb

The Catalinbread Sinkhole is another take of the Portland-based company at the ethereal, modulated reverb sought by ambient and shoegaze guitarists, after the very successful release of the Soft Focus. But while the latter was inspired by a preset of an old digital rack unit from the '90s, the Sinkhole…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Sinkhole Ethereal Reverb

Bolt & Forge Appaloosa Germanium Overdrive

Bolt & Forge is the on-man project of Jason Lily, an ex newspaper editor with a big passion for guitar pedals. The Appaloosa Germanium overdrive is one of the four pedals currently offered by his company, three dirt boxes and an optical compressor. It's a low-to mid-gain overdrive that's very…Click on the title for more

Bolt & Forge Appaloosa Germanium Overdrive

Keeley Blues Disorder Overdrive/Distortion

Dropped within a release including three pedals adopting the same form factor as the Noble Screamer (a hybrid overdrive mixing the character of a TS and a Nobles ODR-1), the Keeley Blues Disorder embeds in the same pedal two circuits inspired by two other classic dirt boxes: the Blues Breaker…Click on the title for more

Keeley Blues Disorder Overdrive/Distortion

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