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Dreadbox Disorder Fuzz

The Dreadbox Disorder isn't a new pedal (the video of the original version dates back to 2014), but the Greek company, after focusing for almost a decade on its line of synths, in the early '20s has switched its attention back to stompboxes, triggering new attention to their old designs.…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Disorder Fuzz

Keeley Halo Stereo Dual Echo

The Keeley Halo is the latest delay pedal to pack a true stereo path into a compact enclosure - which is no easy feat. But it's also a dual-echo delivering up to 1500ms per channel with a ton of features for its size, including presets, tap tempo, delay rhythms, optional…Click on the title for more

Keeley Halo Stereo Dual Echo

Caline Brigade Dual Overdrive DCP-07

The Caline Brigade is a dual overdrive that features the circuits of two of the Chinese company's drive pedals inside one enclosure. The two circuits feature separate controls and footswitch and are an emulation of the Tubescreamer on the left side and a recreation of the Timmy overdrive on the…Click on the title for more

Caline Brigade Dual Overdrive DCP-07

TC Electronic Bucket Brigade Delay

Judging from the fanfare of the intro video below, one could think that (once) Danish company TC Electronic (now owned by the Scrooge of the music gear world) just invented the BBD chip - which is pretty much the only chip you'll find in any analog delay pedal ever made.…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Bucket Brigade Delay

REVV Northern Mauler Distortion

Although it's white and made in peaceful Canada, the REVV Northern Mauler is a pedal for guitarists who are after the "Swedish Chainsaw" tone pioneered by metal acts with vicious names like Entombed, Dismember, Repugnant, Bloodbath, and Fuming Mouth, just to mention a few. Designed in collaboration with (also) Canadian…Click on the title for more

REVV Northern Mauler Distortion

Electro-Harmonix String9

The Electro-Harmonix String9 lends the engine of the company's Synth9 to a string section, transforming your guitar signal into nine different string ensembles and string-like synth sounds, without the need for any extra device - it tracks your signal very efficiently. These are the voices you get, each with two…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix String9

GFI Orca Stereo Delay

GFI System is an Indonesian builder that has been gaining momentum in the guitar pedal world thanks to innovative hybrid digital effects like the Synesthesia and the Specular Tempus. The Orba is a studio-quality, streamlined, multi-mode, stereo digital delay that replaces the Clockwork Delay in their line. It features four…Click on the title for more

GFI Orca Stereo Delay

Strymon blueSky v2 Reverb

Strymon have updated their iconic blueSky reverb to a v2 edition, with some quality of life improvements and new features. The biggest change is the implementation of a dedicated shimmer knob. The modulation is now on a three way selector for off, light, and deep. In addition, the pedal now…Click on the title for more

Strymon blueSky v2 Reverb

Catalinbread Csidman

Although it can function as a standard digital delay pedal, the Catalinbread CSIDMAN — which, apparently, should be pronounced “Discman”— is a glitch/stutter device with Cuts and Latch controls that lets you create the sound of a skipping portable CD player. Though its behavior is pseudo-random, the CSIDMAN gives you…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Csidman

Blackstar AMPED 1 Pedal Amp

The Blackstar AMPED 1 is the latest release and perhaps most ambitious release by the British company within their new Dept 10 line. Rather than just a gain pedal, like the other three pedals in the series, the AMPED 1 is a full-fledged 100w guitar amplifier with tons of extra…Click on the title for more

Blackstar AMPED 1 Pedal Amp

Jam Pedals Eureka Fuzz

The Eureka is an original Muff-style fuzz circuit by Greek manufacturer Jam Pedals based on a silicon transistor design. The classic three knobs for Level, Gain and Tone and expanded by a three-way toggle switch that offers different bass settings, a useful feature for switching between single-coil and humbucker guitars or…Click on the title for more

Jam Pedals Eureka Fuzz

KMA Machines Wurm 2 Distortion

The KMA Machines Wurm 2 is an update of the Berlin-based company's high-gain flagship distortion pedal, featuring a circuit based on the BOSS HM-2 but with lots of extra features - or, in the words of the builder, "taking it much further and pushing the envelope of how destructive it…Click on the title for more

KMA Machines Wurm 2 Distortion