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Pics of Walrus Audio / Ryan Adam collaborative pedal DEFCON4 emerege

We are a little late with this (file under: vacation interference!) but Ryan Adams in early July posted an Instagram picture of the board he is using for his new record. The photo made pedal geeks balk, since it features the unidentified stomping object pictured above. This pedal, called DEFCON4,…Click on the title for more

Pics of Walrus Audio / Ryan Adam collaborative pedal DEFCON4 emerege

FT Elettronica Zeroth Law Lo-Fi Pitch Transposer/Fuzz

From the "Bel Paese" (Italy) comes FT Elettronica, a pedal manufacturer with dozens and dozens of effects of all kinds under its belt. The guys at The SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show shot a video of their Zeroth Law, a very creative and definitely quirky Lo-Fi Pitch Transposer/Fuzz. This is a pedal that will definitely…Click on the title for more

FT Elettronica Zeroth Law Lo-Fi Pitch Transposer/Fuzz

Octave Jawn Mod for Fuzzrocious Pedals

At NAMM 2018, Ryan from Fuzzrocious came to our Stompbox Booth to demo the company's new, fast tracking digital octave up/down circuit called Jawn. The circuit is actually not a pedal, but an "extra" that can be added to any of the manufacturer's existing effects. Today our NAMM videographer Eric…Click on the title for more

Octave Jawn Mod for Fuzzrocious Pedals

Tsakalis Introduces the Galactic Multimodulation and Phonkify Filter Wah Pedals

Tsakalis Audioworks has introduced two new pedals: the Galactic multi-modulation pedal and the Phonkify envelope filter/wah enhanced with octaves. The Galactic lets you combine and blend five types of modulation in ways that bring new textures to your sonic arsenal. The pedal has controls for Volume, Blend, Depth and Speed,…Click on the title for more

Tsakalis Introduces the Galactic Multimodulation and Phonkify Filter Wah Pedals

Pigtronix Octava Micro

NYC's Pigtronix was one of the early adopters of the mini-pedal format (the Disnortion Micro dates back to 2014). Since then, the company took a few years off (or at least that's the perception) to focus on the revamping of the recently acquired Supro brand, and finally re-emerged with new models in…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Octava Micro

Hungry Robot The Monastery

One of the edgiest "emerging" manufacturers of guitar pedals, Hungry Robot specializes in effects that sound, in two words, droney and ambient-y. Most spaces used for religious functions (or retreats) tend to transform any sound into a cascade of ghostly reflections, so we are not surprised by the fact that…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot The Monastery

New Pedals: Caroline’s Shigeharu Octave Up Fuzz

Based in Columbia, South Carolina, Caroline Guitar Company is not exactly a new face in the stompbox realm (they were founded in 2010), but offers products that have the "freshness" (of ideas and execution) of a startup, combined with the quality and sturdiness of a veteran in the field. One…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Caroline’s Shigeharu Octave Up Fuzz

New Pedals: TC Electronic Sub’n’Up Octaver

One of Danish manufacturer TC Electronic’s newest additions to their Toneprint pedal series is the Sub'n'up, an octave pedal that combines some of the best features of various octave pedals into one unit. This is a rather simple but great sounding stompbox that is all about blending: there are knobs…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: TC Electronic Sub’n’Up Octaver

Cog Effects’ T-16 Analog Octave Pedal

UK manufacturer Cog Effects designs great analog pedals for guitarists and bassists, and one of their newest offerings is a take on the classic octave effect. While many newer octave pedals rely on digital processes to achieve their sound, the idea behind the T-16 goes back to the original intentions…Click on the title for more

Cog Effects’ T-16 Analog Octave Pedal

New Pedals: EQD’s Tentacle Octave Up

Ohio's Earthquaker Devices has emerged in the last few years as one of the companies truly pushing the boundaries of the stompbox. They continue to come up with fresh ideas and innovations in the community of guitar FX manufacturers, and even though they normally don't disdain depth of features, one of…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: EQD’s Tentacle Octave Up

Try the T-Rex Quint Machine at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

The good folks at Denmark pedal manufacturer T-Rex Effects have released a new Octaver called the Quint Machine. Presumably taking the name from the fact that in addition to having optionality for “octave up” and “octave down," the Quint Machine also has a “fifth up” option, which adds more harmonic…Click on the title for more

Try the T-Rex Quint Machine at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

New Pedals: TWA’s Great Divide

Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was The Great Divide... Over three years in development, this pedal (aka the TWA GD-02) combines classic analog octave division with proprietary synth technology to create a powerful tool for musical expression. It features five independent voices that can be continuously blended for a…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: TWA’s Great Divide