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El Diablo HEQ1.2 Harmonic Equalizer + Fuzz

Originally created by a Minneapolis pedal store as a way to celebrate, through a limited release, their fuzz festival called Fuzzapalooza, the El Diablo HEQ gathered so much interest to convince the store owners to make it a non-limited release, and actually invest in some improvements, hence this V1.2 version.…Click on the title for more

El Diablo HEQ1.2 Harmonic Equalizer + Fuzz

BOSS RC-5 Loop Station

BOSS just unveiled a new version of their compact Loop Station pedal: the RC-5. A single track looper, the BOSS RC-5 boasts 32-bit AD/DA and 32-bit floating-point processing, 57 onboard rhythms, phrase memories for storing loops, backlit displays, and 13 hours of stereo recording, plus advanced external control support via…Click on the title for more

BOSS RC-5 Loop Station

MOOER D7 Delay/Looper

Like all the other pedals in the Japanese company's New Micro Series, the Mooer D7, quite incredibly, manages to pack seven modes (six delays and a 150-second looper) and preset functionality into a mini-enclosure with five knobs and two pressure buttons. Tap Tempo and Trails are also available through alternative…Click on the title for more

MOOER D7 Delay/Looper

Pigtronix Infinity 2 Double Looper

Long Island, NY, stompbox builder Pigtronix has just unveiled a Version 2 of Infinity, their stereo looper. Featuring a very simple layout with two footswitches and two knobs (for Volume and Decay), this pedal offers two independent loops and allows the player to switch between parts, even during initial recording…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Infinity 2 Double Looper

Polarbear Effects Young Hearts Creative Delay

The PT2399 chip is a chip found in many creative digital delays, including the Polarbear Young Hearts, a lofi echo pedal with modulation and several other interesting and unusual features provided by its Feedback and VCR Toggle Switches, which allow Tape Rewind and Fast Forward modes and also changes in…Click on the title for more

Polarbear Effects Young Hearts Creative Delay

Keeley El Rey Dorado Plexi-Style Overdrive

Based on Robert Keeley's own JTM 45/100 full-stack, the Keeley El Rey Dorado features two gain modes accessible through the Power Toggle: old school crunch in Low Power mode (louder, has more girth, fewer harmonics), super lead tones in the High Power mode (more compression, more harmonics and a more…Click on the title for more

Keeley El Rey Dorado Plexi-Style Overdrive

Alexander Pedals Sugarcube Stereo Chorus/Rotary

In our Best Pedals of 2020 year-end summary, we stated that the Stereo/compact case combo was one of the new stompbox trends of the decade, and the Alexander Pedals Sugarcube seems to confirm it. This is the first Stereo pedal in the company's Neo Series, which is in compact case…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Sugarcube Stereo Chorus/Rotary

Eventide Tricerachorus Pedal Stereo Chorus

On Saturday, October 2nd at our LA Stompbox Exhibit, Eventide unveiled a new member of its new family of stereo pedals inspired by their established line of pro audio plugins: the Tricerachorus. The pedal's algorithm will tempt guitarists interested in genres originating from the '80s (shoegazers in particular) and in…Click on the title for more

Eventide Tricerachorus Pedal Stereo Chorus

Spiral Electric FX White Spiral/Secret Chord Dual Boost/Distortion

The Spiral Electric FX White Spiral is a dirty boost with 18v internal operation that exploits a dual JFET circuit inspired by Jimmy Page’s use of the Barcus Berry Preamp. It uses a dual JFET for amplification and the Grit, which is a combination of JFET and Silicon clipping found…Click on the title for more

Spiral Electric FX White Spiral/Secret Chord Dual Boost/Distortion

Electrofoods Nepenthes V2 Distortion

The Electrofood Nepenthes is a distortion pedal built around a custom discreet LM308 op-amp fine-tuned for a thicker mid-range and clangy high end defined high-end. It features a toggle switch that adds extra clipping and an extra boost stage that does this: Nectar: This left-side footswitch changes the gain structure…Click on the title for more

Electrofoods Nepenthes V2 Distortion

JHS Pedals “Legends of Fuzz”

JHS Pedals unveiled a new series of guitar pedals that's likely to trigger spontaneous geargasms in vintage pedal lovers. The Legends of Fuzz are - for now - four faithful recreations of classic, extremely rare fuzz pedals. In the presentation YouTube video (streaming below) the company is asking suggestions for…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals “Legends of Fuzz”

Jackson Audio Golden Boy Programmable Overdrive

The Jackson Audio Golden Boy is a signature Bluesbreaker clone designed with guitarist Joey Landreth using Jackson Audio's popular Broken Arrow Overdrive (a TS evolution) as a template, including the separate boost footswitch and three-way EQ. Unlike most pedal overdrive, it's fully MIDI controllable. The pedal features a unique 4-preset…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio Golden Boy Programmable Overdrive