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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

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

Mile End Effects Julep Stereo Tremolo/Phaser

Some pretty sweet effects pedals are coming out of Montreal these days (and also this very blog, for that matter!). The Mile End Effects JULEP is the latest creation of Justin Cober, the one-man-stompbox-maker whose pedals sell out within days of release - and yes, the same can be said…Click on the title for more

Mile End Effects Julep Stereo Tremolo/Phaser

Haunted Labs Old Ruin Distortion

North Carolina's scariest boutique pedal company Haunted Labs just unleashed their first distortion pedal, the Old Ruin, which delivers a variety of tones from low-gain overdrive to terrifying howling distortion. The ubiquitous Gain and Volume knob are joined by a Texture knob that - to quote the builder - "summons sonic…Click on the title for more

Haunted Labs Old Ruin Distortion

Caline Nightwolf Drive + Fuzz

The Caline Nightwolf is a very affordable dual drive+fuzz pedal that combines a Timmy-style circuit with a Fuzzface-style one. Handily, the order of the pedals can be changed through the middle footswitch, while the side ones activate the two effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BlIso9NswY https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=139&v=x3TIZ2SexSo Based on CP-46+CP-12 Pure sky (Caline best seller)…Click on the title for more

Caline Nightwolf Drive + Fuzz