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Fairfield Circuitry The Accountant Compressor

Boutique Pedal Manufacturers have started popping up in extreme number as of late. That was made clear at this year's NAMM show. The internet has provided a place for these small operations to sell their wares and to get their name out there at a rapid pace. If people love…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry The Accountant Compressor

Blackstar Dept. 10 Dual Distortion

The Blackstar Dept. 10 Dual Distortion is a high-gain pedal driven by an ECC83 Triode Valve with noteworthy tone and tons of features. Just like its less aggressive sibling the Dept. 10 Dual Drive, it offers 2 voices per channel, for a total of 3 crunch/overdrive voices alongside the clean…Click on the title for more

Blackstar Dept. 10 Dual Distortion

RPS Effects Bit Reactor

The RPS Bit Reactor is a bit crusher and downsampler that takes whatever signal you give it and crunches it up into digital atoms. The central Crush knob selects the number of bits for the crunching, from 1 to 8, while the Sample one deals with reducing the sample rate. The…Click on the title for more

RPS Effects Bit Reactor

Intensive Care Audio Vena Cava Filter

With a name chosen before the COVID pandemic hit humanity, London's Intensive Care Audio intended to cure electric guitarists from life-threatening tone-related diseases. Their Vena Cava Filter is presented as "a distortion with an auto-filter and ring modulation used for the treatment of Bland Guitar Syndrome and Excessive Aural Dryness.…Click on the title for more

Intensive Care Audio Vena Cava Filter

Swamp Witch Pedals Silver Birch Overdrive

We love pedals with non-descriptive controls! The Swamp Witch Pedals Silver Birch is a very flexible dual gain stage overdrive voiced after a Sunn Model T amp through a circuit employing CMOs Hex Inverters. The controls, although non-descriptive, are pretty easy to get: Volume, Gain Stage I (with more of…Click on the title for more

Swamp Witch Pedals Silver Birch Overdrive

Eventide MicroPitch Delay

Eventide's new series of pedals is inspired by their successful line of pro audio plugins. Just like last year's Blackhole reverb, the newly released MicroPitch Delay is the stompbox rendition of a popular creative plugin by the same name. We now learn this series has a name: dot9. The origins…Click on the title for more

Eventide MicroPitch Delay

Electric Eye Mud Killer Overdrive/Boost

The Mud Killer is the first pedal by Electric Eye Audio. This highly configurable overdrive/boost delivers tons of gain and definition by cutting selected frequencies before the signal hits the overdrive. Several knobs and toggle switches allow you to tweak your tone to perfection including the amount of low end…Click on the title for more

Electric Eye Mud Killer Overdrive/Boost

LPD Pedals Eighty7 Deluxe Dual Plexi Drive

Arizona's LPD Pedals (the project of Lawrence Petross) has been building a growing reputation among the dirt box stompbox fanatics. In particular, their Eighty7 Ditortion/Overdrive is considered one of the best boutique Plexi-Style pedals, and it's particularly appreciated for delivering two gain modes and generous tone-sculpting features. To celebrate the…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals Eighty7 Deluxe Dual Plexi Drive

Analogworm NOIR Optical Tremolo

Analogwarm FX is a pedal builder based in Russia recognizable by their stylish and rigorously black and white pedal cases. They have a handful of pedals in their roster (an overdrive, a fuzz, a tremolo and a chorus) but most of them are sold out, which is a good sign.…Click on the title for more

Analogworm NOIR Optical Tremolo

Pigtronix Space Rip Analog Synth

There are not a lot of synth pedals in mini format out there (we can only think of another one, without Googling), but the new Pigtronix Space Rip has a lot more to offer than just its small dimensions. The pedal offers a unique take on guitar synthesis with a…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Space Rip Analog Synth

TEFI Vintage Lab Ms. Delayette Echo

The Ms. Delayette by Italian builder TEFI Vintage Lab is a quirky-looking but great-sounding analog echo inspired by the vintage magnetic units of the '60s like Binson Echorec, Echolette NG51S and Maestro Echoplex EP-1. It features two modulation modes, one standard and one using a more random wave, and an…Click on the title for more

TEFI Vintage Lab Ms. Delayette Echo

Mooer R7 X2 Stereo Multi-Reverb

The new Mooer R7 x2 Stereo Reverb takes the format of their popular R7 mini-multi-reverb and expands it inside a compact case, gifting it with twice as many ins/outs, modes and footswitches, and a few other features. The 5 knob layout and 7 preset system are identical to its predecessor,…Click on the title for more

Mooer R7 X2 Stereo Multi-Reverb