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Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

At NAMM 2021 Chase Bliss Audio and Meris unveiled the prototype of a pedal adaption of the venerable Lexicon 224 studio reverb, built on the moving-fader format of Chase Bliss Audio's Automatone series and featuring three algorithms (Hall, Room, Plate). The pedal was named CXM 1978 after the year of…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

DSM & Humboldt ClearComp Compression

The DSM & Humboldt ClearComp is the new compressor pedal by a company that, a couple of years ago, made a big splash with their Simplifier cab simulator. The ClearComp is a studio-grade, incredibly quiet and transparent compressor featuring all the imaginable controls a compressor can have, including knobs for…Click on the title for more

DSM & Humboldt ClearComp Compression

Joyo AC Tone Vox-Style Overdrive

Not all cheap pedals disappoint! The Joyo AC Tone is a well-regarded and insanely affordable take on the Vox-style amp-in-a-box. Surprisingly feature-rich, it can be used as a normal drive / EQ pedal or as an amp sim at the end of your pedal chain into a PA or direct…Click on the title for more

Joyo AC Tone Vox-Style Overdrive

REVV Tilt Overdrive + Boost (Shawn Tubbs Signature)

Canadian amp and pedal maker REVV has teamed up with Nashville's guitarist and popular YouTuber Shawn Tubbs (whose videos we aggregate in this blog) to release the REVV Tilt, an overdrive + boost pedal with a peculiar EQ section. Hailing from Music City, Shawn cares about tone very much, and…Click on the title for more

REVV Tilt Overdrive + Boost (Shawn Tubbs Signature)

Warm Audio Foxy Tone Box Fuzz

The tone produced by vintage devices has a special place in the heart of guitarists, and several pedal companies are entirely dedicated to recreating and improving on that magic. Texas-based Warm Audio is a relatively new pro audio company that's specializing in that exercise on many fronts, including guitar pedals.…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Foxy Tone Box Fuzz

BOSS BD-2w Blues Driver Overdrive

A transistor-based overdrive, the Blues Driver (aka BD-2) is a tried and true classic and one of the best-selling overdrives in the world - in a pedal niche that's crowded like no other. The BOSS BD-2w is the Japanese builder's reissue of the original, part of the Waza Craft line…Click on the title for more

BOSS BD-2w Blues Driver Overdrive

LPD Pedals Fifty5 Tweed-Style Overdrive

Lawrence Petros of LPD Pedals has been methodically working on creating overdrive pedals that recreate the tone of the most popular guitar amp of all times, and the Fifty5 is his take on the Fender Tweed'style amp. The three classic Level, Drive and Tone controls are in this pedal integrated…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals Fifty5 Tweed-Style Overdrive

Kasleder Vintage King

The Kasleder Vintage King is a Fuzz Face evolution based on two rare NOS silicon transistors. Also, it has a unique trick up its sleeve: a Beard knob that, by changing the value of the input capacitor, can gradually morph it into something closer to an overdrive or even a…Click on the title for more

Kasleder Vintage King

Black Mass Electronics Kill Chain Fuzz

Handmade in Salem, MA, the Black Mass Electronics Kill Chain is a one-knob transistor fuzz with a few tricks up its sleeve. The knob controls the volume of the output without affecting the fuzz, so the only way to decrease the amount of fuzz is through your guitar volume knob…Click on the title for more

Black Mass Electronics Kill Chain Fuzz

NuX Tape Echo NDD-7

Chinese up-and-coming pedal builder NUX unveiled a stereo, digital, stylized yet expanded clone of the classic Roland Space Echo: the Nux Tape Echo. The pedal will be shipping soon. With its 1600ms of delay, a 40-second stereo looper, tap tempo, subdivisions, seven modes based on different tape head combinations, and…Click on the title for more

NuX Tape Echo NDD-7

Calico Effects Antlers Fuzz

The Calico Effects Antlers is a tribute to the Green Muff and also the first pedal released by this Rhode Island-based small builder. The regular knobs found in the original (Volume, Tone and Disatortion) are integrated by three toggle switches affecting mids, gain and diode configuration (turn them all in…Click on the title for more

Calico Effects Antlers Fuzz

Vaderin Pedals Kroaked Boost/Distortion

The Vaderin Pedals Kroaked is an all-transistor 3-knob dirt-box that can go from pristine cleans to super-saturated and compressed distortion. The LVL knob, when the other two controls are at zero, works as a clean boost. It's not the output but a linear clean boost that precedes the pedal’s second…Click on the title for more

Vaderin Pedals Kroaked Boost/Distortion