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Stone Deaf FX Q Boost/Distortion

Father and son British pedal builders Stone Deaf FX released some ingenious and imaginative stompboxes in the past, but today they unveiled something rather simple yet extremely intriguing. At a first look, the (Mickey Mouse-themed) Q Boost appears to be a simple boost pedal/preamp with an extra, sweepable mid-frequency boost,…Click on the title for more

Stone Deaf FX Q Boost/Distortion

LPD Pedals Seventy4 Deluxe Distortion

The LPD' Seventy4 is the two channel version of (one of) the company's flagship Plexi overdrive, an in-the-box recreation of the full distortion delivered by Marshall Plexi and Master Volume amps from the mid to late '70. The two channels are not identical, with the Red one being very similar…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals Seventy4 Deluxe Distortion

Tech 21 SansAmp Classic

Today's guitarists take amp and cab simulation pedals for granted as an option to add a variety of tonal flavor to their "real" amp and cabs. But things were very different until the year 1989, when the only amp/cab sound one could get was through... an actual amp/cab combo, as…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 SansAmp Classic

NativeAudio Kiaayo Overdrive

Mike Trombley's NativeAudio unveiled a new pedal that represents the builder's debut in the gain realm: the Kiaayo Overdrive. Faithful to the company's somewhat deceiving "less is more" approach, the Kiaayo hides a lot of engineering ingenuity under its three-knob layout. The designer's priority was to create a dynamic overdrive…Click on the title for more

NativeAudio Kiaayo Overdrive

Free the Tone Flight Time FT-2Y Delay

Free the Tone has made a name for itself in the realm of time-based effects, through high-end digital devices full of features. The Flight Time Delay is probably their more straightforward take on the digital echo format. Running on a 32bit DSP processor, this device accepts instruments and line-in signals…Click on the title for more

Free the Tone Flight Time FT-2Y Delay

SolidGoldFX Lysis MKII Polyphonic Octave Fuzz Modulator

The SolidGoldFX Lysis made a splash when it was first unveiled at our Stompbox Booth at NAMM 2019, making it into reverb.com's top 7 of the new NAMM releases. The Montreal-based company just upgraded it with a MkII version that takes this modulated octave fuzz/synth to a new level. Driven…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX Lysis MKII Polyphonic Octave Fuzz Modulator

Valco FX KGB Fuzz

Valco FX, a subsidiary of Canadian eccentric guitar builder Eastwood Guitars, unveiled their second pedal after the Bloodbuzz (which we covered here a few months ago): it's a very tweakable fuzz bearing a rather disquieting name: KGB. Designed to work with both instrument and line inputs (read: it works well…Click on the title for more

Valco FX KGB Fuzz

Effectrode Delta-Trem Tube Stereo Tremolo

UK manufacturer Effectrode specializes in guitar pedals featuring vacuum tubes in them, and their Delta-Trem tremolo has two 12AU7 peaking out of the right side of its case, protected by to metal bars. The company's preference for tube-centered circuits reflects its effort to perfect and modernize the technology that gave…Click on the title for more

Effectrode Delta-Trem Tube Stereo Tremolo

Keeley Compressor Mini

Robert Keeley has developed a rock-solid reputation for his compression pedals, and today his company finally announced the release of its first mini-version of this effect - available in two color schemes. The Keeley Compressor Mini is not a rehash of an old design, but a brand new circuit delivering…Click on the title for more

Keeley Compressor Mini

BOSS HM-2w Waza Craft Heavy Metal Distortion

BOSS recently announced a Waza Craft version of their classic Heavy Metal HM-2, which has been discontinued in 1991. The pedal is now shipping The new version has a better noise floor and +3db volume, and also adds a new mode (Custom mode) which sounds slightly more polished and modern…Click on the title for more

BOSS HM-2w Waza Craft Heavy Metal Distortion

Vertex Steel String Supreme, D-Style Drive

D-Style overdrives - i.e. pedals recreating the tone of the legendary Dumble amps - are becoming so looked after that their buzz is currently getting very close to Klon Centaur levels. While several pedal builders focused their cloning "laser" on the most famous Dumble amp - the Overdrive Special -…Click on the title for more

Vertex Steel String Supreme, D-Style Drive

Crazy Tube Circuits Cyclone phaser

Greek pedal builder Crazy Tube Circuits just released the Cyclone, an analog, multi-mode, tap tempo-enabled phaser pedal that emulates four classic vintage phasers. The manufacturer took painstaking steps to faithfully reproduce the original units, adding then extra control function to increase the sonic and testural possibilities. Here's a list of…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Cyclone phaser