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Milkman The Amp 100 – 100w Pedal Power Amp

Milkman Sound, an amp company run by a San Francisco-based steel guitar player, has been building a solid reputation for their sturdy quality pedals, notwithstanding the fact that they don't exactly follow the established trend of ever-shrinking footprints - yes his babies are quite large, their components have room to…Click on the title for more

Milkman The Amp 100 – 100w Pedal Power Amp

Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude Analog Delay Demo

The Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude is a high end, unusual, and full of character analog take on the "colored" delay type, featuring a random delay time modulation (top toggle switch) to add a true tape feel to it and an added compressed option (bottom toggle switch). It sounds glorious to our…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude Analog Delay Demo

Animals Pedal Double Spy Mission is Impossible Filter

It's always fun to wake up to a new Animals Pedal release, with their adorable graphics and bizarrely interminable names. Today the Japanese stompbox maker unveiled the Double Spy Mission is Impossible Filter. This is a classic auto-wah (or envelope filter, if you prefer) with controls for Sensitivity and Range,…Click on the title for more

Animals Pedal Double Spy Mission is Impossible Filter

Sitek Pandora Fuzz

Made in Poland, the Sitek Pandora Fuzz is a deceptively simple Super Fuzz clone. The tone knob adds highs to your sound, while the color control can transform the fuzz from saturated and compressed to open and dynamic. A clipping switch allows you to choose between germanium and silicon diodes.…Click on the title for more

Sitek Pandora Fuzz

Mythos Air Lane Drive (Novo Guitars collab)

The Mythos Air Lane Drive is a limited edition, stripped-down, dual overdrive pedal built in collaboration with Nashville's Novo Guitars. The two channels have their own footswitch and gain knob and are based around the same single transistor topology, each slightly tweaked, including hard-clipping diode arrangements made to optimize stacking.…Click on the title for more

Mythos Air Lane Drive (Novo Guitars collab)

Matthews Effects The Surgeon Delay

The Matthews Effects The Surgeon Delay is a fully-featured, mono, multi-mode compact delay offering 8 algorithms organized in four groups of two (EQ, Modulation, Auto-Filter and Dual) and editable through a new PC and Mac app launched together with the pedal. Packing in a compact case all the features found…Click on the title for more

Matthews Effects The Surgeon Delay

Tape Audio Co. TWO Distortion

The Tape Audio Co. TWO is the second release from this small boutique builder whose first pedal, the ONE fuzz, turned heads and ears earlier in 2022. TWO is an original distortion circuit driven by two distortion/gain circuits blending a combination Germanium (pre stage) and Silicon (gain stage) transistors. A Master…Click on the title for more

Tape Audio Co. TWO Distortion

UAFX Amp-In-A-Box Pedals

Through Sweetwater, Universal Audio has announced three new amp-in-a-box pedal additions to their UAFX line, currently available for preorder at $399 each. Like the previous three pedals in the series, these are multi-mode, studio-grade stompboxes with deep functionality and connectivity. Each pedal in the UAFX series allows you to bypass…Click on the title for more

UAFX Amp-In-A-Box Pedals

LPD Pedals Sixty8 Overdrive

LPD Pedals is an Arizona-based builder that seems to have a keen interest in the sound of Marshall Plexi amps, since five out of six of their releases are pedals recreating different flavors of that legendary tone - while the sixth is a delay. The Sixty8, available also in a…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals Sixty8 Overdrive

J. Rockett Mr. Moto Trem-Verb

Featured in many vintage amps of the '60s, tremolo and reverb were the very first mass-produced non-gain effects for electric guitar, and their combination, which became strictly tied to the sound of surf-rock, is still a favorite for many six-string players. J. Rockett Audio Designs unveiled a new pedal that…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett Mr. Moto Trem-Verb

Fairfield Circuitry Randy’s Revenge

Hailing from Hull, Quebec Canada, pedal manufacturer Fairfield Circuitry specializes in edgy stompboxes. The company's founder, Guillaume Fairfield, is a very talented designer and a pleasure to deal with. Check out my review of his Four Eyes Fuzz here. The subject of this review is his highly coveted ring modulator…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Randy’s Revenge

Shnobel Tone Frank Simes Overdrive

The Shnobel Tone Frank Simes Overdrive is a collaboration between Shnobel Tone and guitarist, songwriter, composer and record producer Frank Simes. Frank Simes is a session and touring guitarist who has played with the likes of Stevie Nicks, The Who, and Don Henley. The Frank Simes Overdrive is a derivative…Click on the title for more

Shnobel Tone Frank Simes Overdrive