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Origin Effects DCX Boost

Despite its name, the Origin Effects DCX Boost is a lot more than just a boost pedal, but rather, as its "subtitle" suggests, a studio-grade preamp able to shape and overdrive your tone. The DCX follows a path recently embarked on by the British company linked to the designing of…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects DCX Boost

All Pedal Love Machine Octave Fuzz

The All Pedal Love Machine is a modern take on the vintage Maestro Fuzz-Tone FZ-1, which was the first fuzz pedal ever which famously provided the tone for the unforgettable guitar riff in Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones. The Love Machine is not a clone but an evolution of that…Click on the title for more

All Pedal Love Machine Octave Fuzz

Jackson Audio Golden Boy Mini

The Jackson Audio Golden Boy Mini is not a smaller version of the popular Texan company's Golden Boy Programmable Overdrive - the two units are as big - but rather a streamlined one, which a more affordable price tag. Taking the (uber-trendy) concept of transparent overdrive to new heights, the…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio Golden Boy Mini

Collision Devices Black Hole Symmetry

It's always great to discover new devices thanks to Knobs' state-of-the-art videos. The Torontonian videographer was among the first ones to coverof the Black Hole Symmetry by French builder Collision Devices. This is a hand-built Delay with Modulation/Reverb with Pitch Shifting/Fuzz combo that is bound to intrigue those with shoegazing…Click on the title for more

Collision Devices Black Hole Symmetry

Beetronics OctaHive V2 Octave-Up Fuzz

The Beetronics FX OctaHive V2 is the improved version of a super high gain fuzz with chaotic leanings and a switchable octave-up manufactured by a (quite literally) buzzworthy company based in Los Angeles (via Brasil). Inspired by the early octave-up pedals of the '70s, and in particular the Tycobrahe Octavia, this…Click on the title for more

Beetronics OctaHive V2 Octave-Up Fuzz

PastFX New Division Chorus/Flange/Vibrato

Like all the other stompboxes by the Australian builder, the PastFX New Division is heavily inspired by a classic circuit (in this case two early version of the EHX Clone Theory, famously used by Joy Division's basssist Peter Hook) but updated with useful features not found in the original. The…Click on the title for more

PastFX New Division Chorus/Flange/Vibrato

Electro-Harmonix Pico POG

The Electro-Harmonix Pico POG is one of those pedals we could see coming, in light of the popularity of the NYC's company POG family, and of the miniaturizing trend that's been affecting the stompbox realm for over a decade now. In the POG's case, this is the 3rd increasingly smaller…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Pico POG

LCO Industries Ours & Hours Lo-Fi Reverb

The LCO Industries Ours & Hours is an intriguing take on the lo-fi reverb by an emerging pedal builder based in Aberdeen, MD. Presented as a lo-fi reverb calculator, this device gives you a variety of reverb (and delay) effects, from the traditional to the adventurious, with just five knobs and…Click on the title for more

LCO Industries Ours & Hours Lo-Fi Reverb

Subdecay TremCoder MkII Stereo Tremolo

Veteran US builder of creative guitar pedals (that work great with synths as well) Subdecay just posted a teaser of their upcoming tremolo's 2nd version: the Subdecay Tremcoder MkII. The new version, larger than the previous one with an almost square footprint, has preset functionality and is fully MIDI compatible.…Click on the title for more

Subdecay TremCoder MkII Stereo Tremolo

JET Pedals Eternity Delay

The JET Pedals Eternity Delay is the latest release by an emerging Kansas City-based builder that, with this circuit, has joined the small club of pedal companies able to fit a stereo, multi-mode delay circuit inside a compact stompbox case. Although that's an understatement since this device also features full…Click on the title for more

JET Pedals Eternity Delay

Jam Boomster Mk2 Boost

As simple as it may look, the Jam Boomster Mk2 Boost is the result of thorough research conducted by the Athen (Greece) based builder to deliver the best fidelity and tone lushness possible. Based around hi-fi-grade Texas Instruments OPA 2132 chips, the Boomster Mk2's circuit offers the following features: 3…Click on the title for more

Jam Boomster Mk2 Boost

R2R Electric MKI Pro Fuzz

Sporting not one but three Germanium transistors (for the circuit geeks, the OC75, 2G308, 2G378B) the R2R Electric MKI Pro Fuzz is a compact version of the company's MKI Tone Bender clone, the MKI Fuzz, with a few extra features, made entirely using vintage and NOS parts hand-wired point to…Click on the title for more

R2R Electric MKI Pro Fuzz