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Danelectro Spring King Junior Reverb

Looking at a picture of the Danelectro Spring King Junior can be misleading. Without a spatial contest, it may look like a mini pedal, but the size of the footswitch is an obvious clue that this is no small stompbox, and for a straightforward reason: it's a real spring reverb…Click on the title for more

Danelectro Spring King Junior Reverb

Jackson Audio Modular Fuzz + Octave

"Modular" is a word we are accustomed to associate with synths more than pedals, although stompboxes are a format that's as modular as it gets! We witnessed several attempts by pedal builders to extend this concept to the actual circuit, allowing different modules to be inserted inside a pedal "platform"…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio Modular Fuzz + Octave

Endorphines Ghost Multi-Dimensional FX

To further remind us that pedals are a modular format just like Eurorack, the Endorphines Ghost is a rare example of a synth company venturing into the stompbox format (there are plenty of reversed cases including EQD, Strymon, and Empress Effects, just to mention a few). While the original Ghost…Click on the title for more

Endorphines Ghost Multi-Dimensional FX

MXR Rockman X100 Stereo Preamp

In 1982, Tom Scholz of Boston fame unveiled the Rockman X100, a headphone amplifier that encapsulated the soaring, chorus-drenched guitar tones of 1980s arena rock. The sound of that device is reborn in the MXR Rockman X100—a compact, modern homage to Scholz’s design based on the same MN3007 bucket brigade…Click on the title for more

MXR Rockman X100 Stereo Preamp

Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer

The Walrus Audio Qi is a stereo multi-effects pedal designed for immersive atmospheric soundscapes, created in collaboration with the truly amazing guitarist/influencer Yvette Young. It's a creative stompbox that offers creative flexibility and inspiration through an organic blend of effects including Chorus, Delay, Granular effects, and Reverb. Powered by the…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer

Milkman The Amp Stereo

The Milkman The Amp Stereo is quite simply the stereo version of the very popular and extremely well-received The Amp series, two top-notch mono power amps in pedal form. The Amp Stereo responds to a growing trend among guitarists for both stereo and dual-channel setups, since it can be configured…Click on the title for more

Milkman The Amp Stereo

Jam Pedals Rattler Mk.2 Distortion

The Jam Pedals Rattler Mk.2 is an updated version of the company's highly regarded RAT-style distortion pedal. While Mk 1 featured the legendary (and now almost impossible to find) LM308 chip found in the vintage RATs, for this new version the Jam team designed their own custom op-amp that delivers…Click on the title for more

Jam Pedals Rattler Mk.2 Distortion

Whimsy Machines Sweet Tooth Distortion + EQ

The Whimsy Machines Sweet Tooth, whose prototype was seen at our 2024 Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, is a distortion pedal as peculiar as the name of its maker. In a few words, it's a LED-induced distortion that can do all sorts of things from subtle to radical (including wavefolding!), followed by…Click on the title for more

Whimsy Machines Sweet Tooth Distortion + EQ

Surfy Industries Surfy-Man Preamp + Tremolo

By what's arguably the pedal company most invested in the real spring pedal format comes the Surfy Industry Surfyman, a preamp + tremolo that replicates the sound of a Brownface amplifier combined with the same circuitry of a Showman amp head with its peculiarly tuned three-way EQ section. A fat…Click on the title for more

Surfy Industries Surfy-Man Preamp + Tremolo

Rude Tech Dude Alert! Overdrive

Developed in collaboration with guitarist Brian Klemm of SoCal band Suburban Legends, the Rude Tech Dude Alert! is a tube-screamer-style overdrive pedal with a fun NON-GREEN look and a few tricks up its sleeve. Besides your expected Level, Drive, and Tone knobs, it features a Whoa!/Woah! Switch that gives you…Click on the title for more

Rude Tech Dude Alert! Overdrive

Source Audio Nemesis Delay ADT

At NAMM 2015, Massachusetts based pedal manufacturer Source Audio introduced an unprecedented number of new products, and a rather surprising change of direction in the cosmetics department: known for their Soundblox series, which were rather "sci-fi" looking pedals, the Source Audio decided it was time to switch to a more…Click on the title for more

Source Audio Nemesis Delay ADT

Spaceman Voyager II Dynamic Tremolo

The Spaceman Voyager II, released almost exactly 10 years after the first version, is an optical tremolo that offers a wide range of possibility, including some rather unusual (but mighty cool) ones. The interface offers the usual tremolo controls: the Speed and Strenght knobs control LFO rate and intensity, while the…Click on the title for more

Spaceman Voyager II Dynamic Tremolo