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Old Blood Noise Beam Splitter

The Old Blood Noise Beam Splitter marks the return of the Oklahoma-based company to larger, more tweakable and creative "organic" multi-effect pedals, after a 3-pedal foray into quirky compact releases (aka the BL Series). Although "quirky" and "creative" are part of this builder's identity. This very "knobby" unit consists of…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Beam Splitter

New Pedal: Pedal Pawn BluesPrint Dual Overdrive

Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar tone is a neverending source of inspiration for blues guitarists, and the Pedal Pawn BluesPrint, a dual channel overdrive with a Tube Screamer on side 1 and a Blues Breaker on side 2 - promises authentic SRV tone on the first channel, thanks to access granted…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Pedal Pawn BluesPrint Dual Overdrive

Okko FX Diablo Dual Overdrive

The Diablo overdrive (now out of production) was one of OKKO's most successful stompbox designs, featuring some novel fine-tuning controls like the Headroom switch (which ups the circuit's headroom to 18v), the Feed knob (controlling the amount of bass in the input signal) and the Body knob (affecting mids and dynamics). The pedal's main selling point was…Click on the title for more

Okko FX Diablo Dual Overdrive

Updated Pedal: KingTone Duellist V2

Featured in our guide to the best Blues Breaker-style pedals, the KingTone Duellist V2 is an update to an already popular dual overdrive. A higher gain option than most Blues Breaker variants, the Duellist is a tone-tweaker’s delight that's hand-made in the US. The “Heavy Hand” side is a highly…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: KingTone Duellist V2

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth

The many punk-leaning guitarists among our readers might have found a stompbox that suits their nihilistic tendencies. Enter the Tone For Punk (name of the company) Trebled Youth (name of the pedal), a tweakable dirt box that can deliver anything from mildly dirty tones to the uncompromising fuzz that's at…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth

Updated Pedals: Dawner Prince Diktator MKII

Coming to us from the Croatian sensation Dawner Prince Effects is the Diktator MkII, a complete redesign of the original unit released over ten years prior in 2013. Presented as a Preamp/Overdrive/Distortion, this is a pedal that can put your guitar through an evolution of drive stages all the way…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedals: Dawner Prince Diktator MKII

New Pedal: Tallon Electric Dual Drive

As hinted by its name, the Tallon Electric Dual Drive gives you two overdrives in one pedal, with separate footswitches and controls, one inspired by the Blues Breaker and the other by the Centaur Klon. A toggle switch lets you reverse their order. Both circuits aren't exact replicas of their…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tallon Electric Dual Drive

New Pedal: Idiotbox Heavy Weapon

Those among you interested in heavy distortion pedals should take a look a the Idiotbox Heavy Weapon, a dual distortion/overdrive pedal described by the builder as "probably the HEAVIEST effect of all time." It consists of two existing Idiotbox circuits in one: the bop row of controls is the company's…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Idiotbox Heavy Weapon

New Pedal: Oneder Onederwall Dual Distortion/Fuzz

Although it features a (truly beautiful) flowery image on its case, the Oneder Onederwall is not exactly a device for the delicate guitarist: it's a dual channel, routable pedal merging a new, Russian-flavored Muff circuit with the distortion circuit of the company's Oneder Drive MkII. While Channel 1 (the fuzz)…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Oneder Onederwall Dual Distortion/Fuzz

New Pedal: FFX Goldmember Dual Overdrive

The FFX Goldmember is a German-made dual overdrive designed to respect your playing dynamics and provide you with maximum tone flexibility. The company's second dual overdrive, the Gold Member features on the right-hand side a drive that can offer a wide range of tones, from clean boost to pushed drive,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: FFX Goldmember Dual Overdrive

Intensive Care Audio Death Drive

Born in full pandemic crisis (June 2020) from a rib of what can be called the equivalent to Frankenstein in pedal form (Rainger FX) Intensive Care Audio is a new London-based company with a name for the ages. They already have three cool-looking black pedals in their roster bearing names…Click on the title for more

Intensive Care Audio Death Drive

Nordvang ’83 Drive (Klone + Blues Breaker)

For such a small country, Denmark has a remarkable tradition in the guitar pedal niche (think TC Electronic and T-Rex, to mention just two), so there's always a lot of curiosity when new Danish builders get introduced to the stompbox scene. Nordvang debuted with a bang back in April by…Click on the title for more

Nordvang ’83 Drive (Klone + Blues Breaker)