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Crazy Tube Circuits Time Delay

It's very interesting how, in some cases, new audio technology is at first demonized for its artifacts by an older generation of audiophiles, while a newer generation grows to appreciate its other advantages (like flexibility and ease of use), while slowly growing fond of those same artifacts. Fast forward a…... Click for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Time Delay

Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Pi

A classic fuzz stompbox returns, in a compact case format! The Electro Harmonix Green Big Muff Pi is a faithful reissue of the legendary Green Russian Big Muff from the mid-1990s. In the Big Muff family, this is probably the bassiest one, with a unique sludge and sizzle. Hear the…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Pi

LPD Pedals OFFSET Delay

Recently LPD Pedals, a boutique builder that made its name in the Plexi overdrive ring, has been announcing and releasing a lot of new, streamlined, high-quality non-gain pedals, and the OFFSET is the company's take on the 4-knob digital delay with Tap Tempo. The controls are exactly what you may…... Click for more

LPD Pedals OFFSET Delay

TEFI Vintage Lab Golden Era Real-Time Lo-Fi Machine

The Italian folks at TEFI Vintage Lab have been releasing some increasingly interesting pedals and the Golden Era Real-Time Lo-Fi Machine seems like an extra step in the right direction. In a world where the increasingly pristine quality of digital recording makes many audiophiles long for the artifacts of old-time…... Click for more

TEFI Vintage Lab Golden Era Real-Time Lo-Fi Machine

Mooer Groove Loop X2

The Mooer Groove Loop X2 is a drum machine + looper pedal that, just like the other pedals in the Chinese company's "X2" series, doubles down on the features of its mini-sibling, providing stereo operation, two footswitches for separate Tap Tempo and loop navigation, 10-minute recording memory, 121 drum grooves…... Click for more

Mooer Groove Loop X2

Death by Audio Speed Tripper Delay+Phaser (LEVITATION LTD. edition)

NYC's most dangerous pedal company Death By Audio just dropped a limited edition phaser built in honor of LEVITATION, the renowned psychedelic festival out of Austin: the Speed Tripper. This is an optical phaser placed in the feedback path of a delay circuit, which causes the repeats to "bend in…... Click for more

Death by Audio Speed Tripper Delay+Phaser (LEVITATION LTD. edition)

Fender Pelt Fuzz

Fender's Pelt Fuzz is a classic silicon fuzz with a series of added tonal controls: two toggle switches called Mid and Thick allow the player to boost the effect's frequencies respectively in the mid and low range, while a more a classic Tone control knob deals with the overall brightness. However, the…... Click for more

Fender Pelt Fuzz

Mooer E7 Polyphonic Synth Micro Pedal

Since we posted this article about the best synth pedals a few weeks ago, we've had a series of releases of new products belonging to that category, and today's announcement by Chinese manufacturer MOOER represents some sort of turning point because their new E7 synth pedal is the first stompbox…... Click for more

Mooer E7 Polyphonic Synth Micro Pedal

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

Those in need of a helluva portable, two-channel tube preamp for heavy tones might have found what they were looking for in the Victory Amplification The Kraken V4, a device developed in collaboration with UK's one and only Rabea Massaad and created with heavy, progressive and extended-range overdrive tones in…... Click for more

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

Free the Tone Ambi Space AS-1R Stereo Digital Reverb

The digital domain has in recent years conquered the reverb realm thanks to increasingly powerful/portable CPUs. The Free the Tone Ambi Space AS-1R Digital Reverb is a noteworthy contender in this niche. By using FTT’s original algorithm, the AMBI SPACE combines various elements to achieve a mechanism for producing complex reverberation, through…... Click for more

Free the Tone Ambi Space AS-1R Stereo Digital Reverb

Aclam Windmiller Preamp (Grampian’s Type 636 Reverb Emulation)

In 2019, Spanish boutique pedal builder Aclam surprised many with the release of the Dr. Robert Overdrive, a pedal inspired by the Normal channel of the Vox UL730, dear to the Beatles. At Believe in Music 2021 (the virtual event that's replacing NAMM due to the COVID-19 pandemic) the company…... Click for more

Aclam Windmiller Preamp (Grampian’s Type 636 Reverb Emulation)

NUX Ace of Tone Dual Overdrive

Chinese pedal builders have been stepping up their tone game in the last couple of years, offering an ever-increasing range of incredibly affordable yet good-sounding pedals. NUX is one of the companies at the heart of it all. Their Ace of Tone is a new dual, configurable overdrive stacking two…... Click for more

NUX Ace of Tone Dual Overdrive