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New Pedal: Positive Grid Spark Pedal

Before shrinking their ecosystem down to the floor, Positive Grid built a massive reputation on software modeling and desktop practice amplifiers, most notably pioneering the BIAS amp-building software and the wildly popular Spark series of smart practice amps. Folding that same powerful technology into a portable floor processor, the Positive…... Click for more

New Pedal: Positive Grid Spark Pedal

Updated Pedal: Mattoverse AirTrash MkII Fuzz

The Mattoverse AirTrash Fuzz MkII is an experimental signal-corrupter and noise-maker designed for guitar, bass, synths, and drum machines to deliver intentionally chaotic, lo-fi textures ranging from compressed fizz to burbling glugs and airy static. While retaining the core disgusting character of the original circuit—which is heavily responsive to input…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: Mattoverse AirTrash MkII Fuzz

Chase Bliss Big Time Stereo Delay

A thousand dollars. For a delay pedal. Let that sink in. Here's the thing, though. Joel Korte and his team and John Snyder (Electronic Audio Experiments) have built something that actually justifies the price tag. The Chase Bliss Big Time isn't another digital delay with fancy marketing. It's a painstaking…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Big Time Stereo Delay

Catalinbread EG1 Lo-Fi Delay

When Portland's Catalinbread set out to design the EG-1, their goal was to move past the simple buzzword of "lo-fi" and truly examine what physical degradation and signal decay actually feel like. Built as the second release on their tap-tempo platform, the EG1 packages up to 900ms of delay time…... Click for more

Catalinbread EG1 Lo-Fi Delay

NativeAudio In the Water Reflector

There's a Blackfeet story about Old Man — Napi — who saw berries reflected in a stream and kept diving in to grab them. Every time he came up empty, he saw them again, dove deeper, tied rocks to his legs, nearly drowned. Finally he crawled to shore, looked up,…... Click for more

NativeAudio In the Water Reflector

Chase Bliss Bad Mood

The MOOD MKII, released a couple years back, became one of those pedals people either bonded with immediately or spent months trying to figure out. The Chase Bliss BAD MOOD is the third pedal in the company's Small Batch Bliss collection — a limited-run, made-to-order special edition that takes the…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Bad Mood

New Pedal: IK Multimedia TONEX Board

The IK Multimedia TONEX Board is a cost-effective flagship floor processor that finally bridges the gap between software captures and professional touring hardware. It integrates the vast ToneNET library directly into a live rig, offering uncompromising flexibility without the typical four-figure price tag. The TONEX Board centers around IK's award-winning…... Click for more

New Pedal: IK Multimedia TONEX Board

Klowra Limbo Stereo Reverb

Part of a series of pedals we previewed at NAMM 2025 (see bottom video), the Klowra Limbo Reverb is a studio-grade stereo reverb pedal featuring nine high-quality algorithms, from realistic rooms and classic plates/springs to ethereal, otherworldly textures. Designed for versatility, it combines deep parameter control with dynamic expression options,…... Click for more

Klowra Limbo Stereo Reverb

MXR EVH Modern High Gain Distortion

Let's talk Van Halen tone, folks! The old MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive is the black-and-yellow classic. MOSFET clipping, three-band EQ, that legendary boost that doesn't just push your amp - it becomes your amp. It's the brown sound in a box. The history of Van Halen from "Eruption" to "Right…... Click for more

MXR EVH Modern High Gain Distortion

New Pedal: Keeley Tube Drive

The Keeley Tube Drive is one of Robert Keeley's most ambitious projects. It pairs the legendary Super Phat Mod overdrive circuit with a genuine high-voltage 12AX7 tube preamp running at over 100 volts — real tube warmth, not a digital emulation. Each side runs independently or combined in either order,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Keeley Tube Drive

New Pedal: Dazatronyx Big Fuzz Console

The Dazatronyx Big Fuzz Console is an absolute dream for fuzz obsessives and circuit tinkerers, offering a true open fuzz laboratory that lets you "unroll" a four-stage Big Muff circuit, giving direct front-panel access to the architecture so you can map out vintage specs like Triangle, Ram’s Head, or Russian…... Click for more

New Pedal: Dazatronyx Big Fuzz Console

Native Audio Pattern Keeper Looper

The looper is a tired format. Most of them just capture and repeat—useful, boring, done. NativeAudio's Mike Trombley looked at that and asked: what if the loop kept moving? The Pattern Keeper is a phrase modulator disguised as a looper. Sixty seconds of stereo recording at 48kHz/24-bit, analog dry path,…... Click for more

Native Audio Pattern Keeper Looper