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Ohmless Pedals AKC-4 Overdrive

The Ohmless Pedals AKC-4 is the second attempt by German pedal builder Ohmless at perfecting the Klon Centaur circuit, with an emphasis on versatility. It expands on the original by adding knobs for Bass and Blend (on top of the three ones found on the original: Level, Gain and Treble)…... Click for more

Ohmless Pedals AKC-4 Overdrive

Valco FX KGB Loop

The Valco FX KGB Loop is a utility pedal built for guitar, bass, and synthesizer/keyboards featuring an FX Loop with blendable controls, a boost, and a Variable Input Impedance that can also be used for sculpting purposes, just like in the other pedals in the KGB line. The peculiarity of…... Click for more

Valco FX KGB Loop

J.Rockett Archer Clean Boost

With the Archer, in 2015 J.Rockett Audio Designs released one of the most sought-after Klon clones. In the last couple of years, the Nashville-based manufacturer has been playing on that pedal's format by introducing, first, a pedal combining the Archer's overdrive circuit with a graphic EQ, and now, a version…... Click for more

J.Rockett Archer Clean Boost

Keeley Moon Fuzz

The Keeley Moon Fuzz is the first new fuzz release of the Oklahoma-based builder in years, and it's a variant on the fuzz circuit included in their popular Dark Side multi-effect. This is a rather simple, 3-knob + 1-toggle quad op-amp Muff-style fuzz with a massive tone due to the…... Click for more

Keeley Moon Fuzz

Heather Brown Sensation Fuzzdrive

The Heather Brown Sensation Fuzzdrive is the second release by a pedal builder who was able to create a name for herself with her only release before this one, the Blessed Mother overdrive. The new device is a very tweakable blend of fuzz and overdrive that can deliver the best…... Click for more

Heather Brown Sensation Fuzzdrive

Flower Pedals Sunflower Deluxe Tremolo

Flower Pedals has unveiled its most advanced pedal yet, the Sunflower Deluxe Tremolo. Taking the digital brain / analog heart approach pioneered by Chase Bliss and Robert Keeley, the Sunflower features a full analog signal path, stereo in and out, tap tempo, blendable amplitude / harmonic tremolo, tempo ramping, tempo…... Click for more

Flower Pedals Sunflower Deluxe Tremolo

Now Shipping: Anasounds Full Story Multi-Muff Clone

The Anasounds Full Story is an ambitious new pedal by a French company enamored with wood, that aims at becoming the ultimate all-things Big Muff. It consists of a dual circuit featuring replaceable "tone cards," each recreating specific versions of the venerable fuzz pedal, with a foot-switchable Treble Booster clone…... Click for more

Now Shipping: Anasounds Full Story Multi-Muff Clone

Black Mass Electronics The First Herald

The folks at Black Mass Effects, out of Salem, MA, describe their debut pedal, named The First Herald and recently redesigned to fit in a compact case, as a device that "does not reinvent the wheel, but reinforces it" and also "not death itself, but a definitive statement reminding you…... Click for more

Black Mass Electronics The First Herald

Wampler Phenom Distortion

The Wampler Phenom Distortion is one of two releases from a new affordable line of pedals called "Collective" by a US-based boutique company with a record of best-selling dirt boxes. Joining a trend developed in recent years by US boutique builders to manufacture quality, compact gain pedals with a price…... Click for more

Wampler Phenom Distortion

Dreadbox Raindrops Delay

The Dreadbox Raindrops delay was unveiled by the Greek synth veterans at NAMM 2022; it's a full stereo hybrid analog + digital pitch shifting delay. It delivers delay times from 50ms to 1000ms with lo-fi sounds above 700ms. Key features include: Three algorithms: modulated delay, pitch shifting delay, and reverb…... Click for more

Dreadbox Raindrops Delay

Jackson Audio The Optimist Drive

Texas' Jackson Audio is one of the few emerging pedal builders that's bringing innovation to an effect niche that lagged behind others in exciting features: the niche of gain pedals. Packed with features and enhanced by clever digital functionality, the company's pedals retain an analog core while widening the player's…... Click for more

Jackson Audio The Optimist Drive

JHS 3 Series Octave Reverb

The JHS 3 Series Octave Reverb is the Kansas City-based pedal builder's $99 take on the so-called "Shimmer" effect, a circuit that marries a long ambient reverb with an octave effect placed in the reverb's decay. Appeared on the scene in 1984 when Brian Eno came up with it while…... Click for more

JHS 3 Series Octave Reverb