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Old Blood Noise Excess V2 Distortion + Modulation

The Old Blood Noise Excess V2 updates the '80s-flavored (pink) modulated distortion pedal by the Oklahoma company with a case that's 1/2 the size of the original unit and updated features, including a selectable harmonized fifth mode (which was there but "hidden" in V1) in the modulation channel. This is a…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Excess V2 Distortion + Modulation

Fjord Fuzz Odin V2

With the Odin fuzz, Norwegian boutique builder Fjord Fuzz delivers two separate, non-stackable fuzzes, one with an octave-up and one without, both inspired by the classic Foxx Tone Machine. Removing the tone and clipping stages and adding a louder output stage, these circuits deliver a massive mid-forward fuzz. The left…Click on the title for more

Fjord Fuzz Odin V2

Flamma FS03 Stereo Delay + Looper

Chinese company Flamma burst into the pedal scene early this year (2020) with some incredibly affordable and well-designed multi-mode stereo pedals in the time realm (we already wrote about their Reverb and Ekoverb). The FS03 is their delay + looper, and just like the other two devices, it features 7…Click on the title for more

Flamma FS03 Stereo Delay + Looper

JAM Delay Llama Xtreme

Presented at NAMM 2020, Delay Llama Xtreme is the latest addition to JAM's popular series. It emulates tape machine wildness but also paves new ground. Three 3205 BBD chips deliver up to 800ms of classic delay tone, adjustable through an intuitive layout of three knobs (Time, Release and Level), three…Click on the title for more

JAM Delay Llama Xtreme

Rorschach Devices Apophenia Delay

Cool delay pedals with interesting features are released almost on a daily basis, and the Rorschach Devices Apophenia, the debut, hand-built product by a new St. Louis-based company, is a rather unique digital circuit with a particular emphasis on the interaction between echo and filters, and a peculiar approach to…Click on the title for more

Rorschach Devices Apophenia Delay

Death By Audio Rooms Reverberator

Presented at NAMM 2020, the Death By Audio Rooms is a stereo multi-function digital reverb that treads new sonic ground. Long trails, gong tones, gated reverbs, and mangled long trails are just some of the stereo effects you can add to your sound. From the one-of-a-kind scientists at DBA.. Here's…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Rooms Reverberator

Intensive Care Audio Death Drive

Born in full pandemic crisis (June 2020) from a rib of what can be called the equivalent to Frankenstein in pedal form (Rainger FX) Intensive Care Audio is a new London-based company with a name for the ages. They already have three cool-looking black pedals in their roster bearing names…Click on the title for more

Intensive Care Audio Death Drive

REVV Tilt Boost

The REVV Tilt Boost is the Canadian's builder pedal launched at NAMM 2023, based on the circuit in Shawn Tubbs' signature Overdrive of the same name. It offers an additional 20 dBs of sparkly-clean boost to your output. While the Boost knob adds clean volume to the signal, the "TiltEQ"…Click on the title for more

REVV Tilt Boost

NativeAudio Buffalo Days Multi-Reverb

The NativeAudio Buffalo Days is a compact, streamlined multi-mode reverb pedal by an emerging, US pedal company owned and run by a Native American engineer called Mike Trombley. The four reverb types, inherited from the more sophisticated Ghost Ridge reverb, can be switched via the central knob and need no…Click on the title for more

NativeAudio Buffalo Days Multi-Reverb

Frost Giant Electronics The Mountain V2

We had the pleasure to host Texan pedal builder Frost Giant Electronics at our NAMM 2020 Stompbox Booth, and we are therefore excited to see it get some coverage on YouTube. The Mountain V2 is a Rat-inspired pedal that can deliver many flavors of distortion, from overdrive to fuzz, thanks…Click on the title for more

Frost Giant Electronics The Mountain V2

Gamechanger Audio Plasma Distortion

Gamechanger Audio's Plasma distortion turned a lot of heads and ears at NAMM 2018, and finally the first official video demos are arriving. The pedal uses a new method of achieving signal clipping: instead of using LED circuits, transistors or vacuum tubes to produce overdrive, the PLASMA PEDAL transforms your…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Plasma Distortion

Line 6 DL4 MkII Stereo Delay Modeler/Looper

Well, we didn't see this one coming! The new Line 6 DL4 MkII. The original DL4 dates back to 1999 and it's a pedal that pretty much changed the way people thoughts about delay pedals. It was the first multi-mode delay that claimed to be able to model (i.e. simulate)…Click on the title for more

Line 6 DL4 MkII Stereo Delay Modeler/Looper