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Nordvang No.1 Signature Klon-Style Overdrive

Nordvang is an emerging Danish builder that's been gaining popularity mostly for their dual overdrive pedals, some of which include a Klon-style channel (and sometimes two!). Their No.1 Signature Overdrive is the refined version of their first pedal, released in 2014, and it's also a take on the Klon circuit.…Click on the title for more

Nordvang No.1 Signature Klon-Style Overdrive

Strymon Brig DBucket Stereo Delay

The Strymon Brig dBucket Delay is the (almost) compact evolution of the Californian company's Brigadier. They are both digital pedals featuring a proprietary chip (dBucket) created with the declared intent of replicating the character of the Bucket Brigade Device, the beating heart of any analog delay pedal, without its flaws.…Click on the title for more

Strymon Brig DBucket Stereo Delay

Thermion Freeway Interface Amp

Amp and cab simulators in the shape of a pedal have been gaining momentum in the last decade, but we have never seen something quite like the Thermion Freeway, a tweaker's dream stereo preamp/USB interface/headphones amp with FX Loop and a 6-mode reverb! Looking like a Tech 21 SansAmp on…Click on the title for more

Thermion Freeway Interface Amp

Keeley Noble Screamer Overdrive

The Tube Screamer and the Nobels ODR-1 have less in common than most people may expect: they are both green and they are both overdrives. But the color of the latter has often led to the misguided assumption that it was a clone of the former, while it's not. The…Click on the title for more

Keeley Noble Screamer Overdrive

Soma Cosmos Drifting Memory Station

The Soma Cosmos is a stereo pedal offering dynamic looping that evolves as you play and layer sounds. Four creative algorithms affect your sounds differently, featuring a mix of delays, reverb, and a granular mode. Five footswitches control vital parameters crossfading between on and off states. Several knobs (Blur, Drift,…Click on the title for more

Soma Cosmos Drifting Memory Station

Universal Audio UAFX Lion Plexi Overdrive

The Universal Audio UAFX Lion (annnounced today and available for preorder) integrates the Californian company's UAFX line of pedals, which already comprised three amp-in-a-box devices with a pedal emulationg the classic tone produced by a Marshall Plexi amp. Just like the three pedals that preceeded it, the Lion offers a…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Lion Plexi Overdrive

Bleak District Electric Tapescape

As apparent from our article about the best tape echo pedals on the market, the character imparted by magnetic tape to the sounds recorded on it has been inspiring more than one effect builder, and the Bleak District Electric Tapescape is an interesting new entry in this niche. The peculiar…Click on the title for more

Bleak District Electric Tapescape

Electro-Harmonix Hot Wax Dual Overdrive

Dual Overdrive by Electro Harmonix we missed to cover last year, the Electro-Harmonix Hot Wax fuses our Hot Tubes and Crayon pedals into one powerful dual-overdrive. Use each individually or stack them with the Crayon driving the Hot Tubes. Master EQ and Blend controls provide the tonal flexibility power players demand.…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Hot Wax Dual Overdrive

Mattoverse AirTrash Fuzz

"The brand new AirTrash from Mattoverse Electronics is pedal for guitar or bass that sounds like absolute garbage" - and if you hear this from none other than the manufacturer, you can sure believe it's true! Fortunately, the AirTrash is not a Klon's clone or a refined Tube Screamer evolution,…Click on the title for more

Mattoverse AirTrash Fuzz

All Pedal 1987 Distortion + Delay (Steel Panther Collab)

Built for LA's comedic glam-metal band Steel Panther, the Allpedal 1987 is a dual delay + distortion pedal with the two effects placed in series (distortion first, delay after) and triggered by separate footswitches. The fully analog circuit is pretty straightforward, with three knobs each for each effect: Level, Feedback…Click on the title for more

All Pedal 1987 Distortion + Delay (Steel Panther Collab)

Revelation Effects Revenant Preamp & Boost

The Revelation Effects Revenant is the first pedal by a Canadian company best known for its cables. It's a moderately tweakable, high-headroom preamp & boost circuit with a separate boost footswitch and a 3-band EQ. Working internally at 18v, the Revenant is designed to interact with your amp in order…Click on the title for more

Revelation Effects Revenant Preamp & Boost

Walrus Audio Slöer Stereo Ambient Reverb

The Walrus Audio Slöer is the third evolution of the Slö pedal, a compact, mono reverb designed to deliver a textural, rather than realistic, effect ideal for music with ambient and droney inclinations. It was such a resounding success, that the Oklahoma-based company soon followed it up with a version…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Slöer Stereo Ambient Reverb