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Interstellar Audio Machines Octonaut Hyperdrive (Klon Clone)

The Interstellar Audio Machines Octonaut Hyperdrive is a Klon clone that's gaining quite a bit of attention for its authentic tone that replicates the original's expressive and transparent tone. The circuit features hand-picked rare germanium diodes, true buffered bypass and a double ganged gain pot. In true Klone fashion, it…Click on the title for more

Interstellar Audio Machines Octonaut Hyperdrive (Klon Clone)

Shift-Line Everest II Reverb + Delay

Shift-Line is a well-respected pedal manufacturer out of Russia which just released a fully analog Stereo take on their multi-mode delay+reverb combo, the mono Everest M. This new design inherits the name of the original, but earns a "2" as in the two channels of Stereo: enter the Shift-Line Everest…Click on the title for more

Shift-Line Everest II Reverb + Delay

Keeley Eccos Stereo Delay/Looper

We first saw a prototype of the Keeley Eccos Delay-Looper at Winter NAMM 2019. The pedal took a while to be finalized for shipping, probably because of the complex digital algorythms that comprise the core of the circuit. The company has finally unveiled the first two official videos of it,…Click on the title for more

Keeley Eccos Stereo Delay/Looper

REVV Chat Breaker Overdrive

It's not even close to being April 1st, but the Canadian sense of humor, known for stretching beyond official joke dates, is giving us the REVV Chat Breaker, the first stompbox ever created in collaboration with Artificial Intelligence - Chat GPT, to be precise. But this is not a joke,…Click on the title for more

REVV Chat Breaker Overdrive

All-Pedal Macrodose Envelope Filter

Looking like a cover of a collaborative album from the late '60s by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Funkadelic, and Jimi Hendrix, the All-Pedal Macrodose is a striking attempt at delivering the ultimate envelope filter pedal. This device can produce auto-wah with selectable waveforms, sample/hold functions, step filter, random sample/hold,…Click on the title for more

All-Pedal Macrodose Envelope Filter

New Pedal: Collision Devices TARS Fuzz + Filter

The Collision Devices TARS is the first standalone fuzz pedal by a French company best known for their ambient and organic multi-effect pedals such as the Black Hole Symmetry and the Nocturnal. However, this fuzz is not just a fuzz, but rather a very tweakable square wave generator interacting with…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Collision Devices TARS Fuzz + Filter

Fender Shields Blender Dual Fuzz (Kevin Shield Signature)

The Fender Shields Blender is a signature pedal realized in collaboration with legendary My Bloody Valentine guitarist Kevin Shields. Debuted as a limited edition, it was quickly promoted to standard production after a noteworthy sales run. Few rock bands have been able to devise and define the guitar sound of…Click on the title for more

Fender Shields Blender Dual Fuzz (Kevin Shield Signature)

UAFX Woodrow ’55 Ovedrive

Part of a three amp-in-a-box pedal addition to the Universal Audio pedal line, the UAFX Woodrow '55 is an Authentic end-to-end emulation of the classic ’50s 1 x 12-inch combo amp, recreating the warm tube-style breakup tones of the Fender tweed amps. Like the previous three pedals in the series,…Click on the title for more

UAFX Woodrow ’55 Ovedrive

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 on the title for more

Strymon Mobius Multi-Modulation Pedal

Ramble FX Twin Bender Fuzz

The Tone Bender has never ceased to be a "hot" circuit among fuzz lovers, but BOSS's recent announcement of an upcoming replica in its signature compact case is sparking fresh interest around the best clones that are already out there. The Ramble FX Twin Bender Fuzz is a particularly interesting take…Click on the title for more

Ramble FX Twin Bender Fuzz

Mask Audio Electronic Part Garden Dual Fuzz

In this era dense with pedal collaborations, videographers have joined celebrity guitarists in working with builders on new, exciting stompboxes. The first example of this kind was, of course, the Chase Bliss Audio / Knobs collaboration on the recently finalized Blooper. This week we got news of a second item…Click on the title for more

Mask Audio Electronic Part Garden Dual Fuzz

Chase Bliss Reverse Mode C

The Chase Bliss Reverse Mode C is a pedal designed in collaboration with Empress Effects. For the Minneapolis-base company, it represents a return to their comfort zone, the creative delay pedal, in this case, an "echo composed of multiple distinct voices that move in different directions - forward, backward, and…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Reverse Mode C