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Imperial Electrical Appetite (Slash in a box)

Presented at the NAMM 2022 show with a projected availability for the late summer, the Imperial Electric Appetite is a pedal that puts the modified Plexi sound of Guns'n'Roses guitarist Slash, in a box. Imperial Electrical is a new company out of New Zealand founded by Ben Fulton, the owner…Click on the title for more

Imperial Electrical Appetite (Slash in a box)

Rare Buzz Effects Cyborg

The Rare Buzz Effects Cyborg distortion is a special edition of the company's Rat'style Snitch. The 170 units already sold out, allowing the company to gather $10,000 for donations to the Ukraine cause. More info at the bottom of this post and here, video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rgV9DCxpU4&t=13s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoRC8RTEH2o Rare Buzz Effects…Click on the title for more

Rare Buzz Effects Cyborg

Caline Nightwolf Drive + Fuzz

The Caline Nightwolf is a very affordable dual drive+fuzz pedal that combines a Timmy-style circuit with a Fuzzface-style one. Handily, the order of the pedals can be changed through the middle footswitch, while the side ones activate the two effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BlIso9NswY https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=139&v=x3TIZ2SexSo Based on CP-46+CP-12 Pure sky (Caline best seller)…Click on the title for more

Caline Nightwolf Drive + Fuzz

Flamma Ekoverb FS22

Flamma is a new Chinese builder of affordable stompboxes (we blogged about their FS02 Stereo Reverb a few weeks ago). The FS22 Ekoverb is their multi-mode delay/reverb pedal. In this stompbox, the two effect run in parallel, i.e., they don't feed each other but work as separate effects. Through the…Click on the title for more

Flamma Ekoverb FS22

New Pedal: Whimsy Machines Jeff V2 Fuzz

With its five knobs and two toggle switches, the Whimsy Machines Jeff is a Muff-inspired fuzz for the tweaking-inclined - although this new version develops the circuit in creative directions unknown to any of the original Big Muffs. The three knobs in the center are a rather peculiar EQ section…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Whimsy Machines Jeff V2 Fuzz

Demedash T-120 V2 Videotape Echo

The Demedash T-120 is a quirky tape-style echo that, instead of using a revered vintage machine as a reference for its voicing, emulates the lo-fi sound of VHS tapes, described as "low bandwidth tape being fed haphazardly through a magnetic read head by an uncalibrated, unbalanced feed mechanism." The Tape…Click on the title for more

Demedash T-120 V2 Videotape Echo

New Pedal: Tone Charm Audio Into the Waves Modulated Delay + Distortion

The Tone Charm Audio Into the Waves is a delay/distortion/modulation pedal hailing from Poland and (hand) made with the shoegazer guitarist in mind. Those three effects (with an added, hefty dose of reverb) represent that dreamy genre's foundational sonic trinity, and the Into The Waves, with its eight knobs, three…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tone Charm Audio Into the Waves Modulated Delay + Distortion

BLAMMO! Electronics Buzzaround Fuzz

Portland's BLAMMO! Electronics is on a mission to build variants of all the classic vintage pedals, and today is the turn of the Burns Buzzaround Fuzz: enter the BLAMMO! Buzzaround Fuzz, produced in a limited number of 25 units. This device adds a master Volume knob to the original Sustain,…Click on the title for more

BLAMMO! Electronics Buzzaround Fuzz

PastFX Elastic Mattress Flanger

Those who miss the Electro-Harmonix late '70s 18-volt "V2" Electric Mistress flanger, will be happy to know that the PastFX Elastic Mattress Flanger, hailing from Australia, is a modern take on that device. This pedal recreates the legendary "swoosh" of the original while expanding the spectrum on sonic possibilities thanks…Click on the title for more

PastFX Elastic Mattress Flanger

The 5 Best Reverse Reverb Pedals in 2023

Check out also our article about the Best Ambient and Shoebaze Reverb Pedals. --- A Guide to the Best Reverse Reverb Pedals Updated on 06.07.2022. If you are a guitarist into ambient or shoegaze music you may be very susceptible to the charm of effects based around sound played backwards.…Click on the title for more

The 5 Best Reverse Reverb Pedals in 2023

3Degrees Audio Bygones Pro

Boasting 24 knobs, the new Bygones pro edition is a full stereo, midi controllable, preset capable pedal that is probably the most in-depth lofi pedal available today. Provides precise real-time control of vintage hiss & noise, vinyl warping & tape jitter, and broken equipment audio drop-outs. Designed for live playing…Click on the title for more

3Degrees Audio Bygones Pro

New at NAMM ’22: Screwed Circuitz The Tower Spring Reverb

The Tower is a 36" tall real spring reverb with several other built-in effects! Screwed Circuitz has experience building weird and unique effect pedals that interface with synths and other instruments, so The Tower is right in their ballpark (although it is much bigger than a pedal!). The Tower features:…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM ’22: Screwed Circuitz The Tower Spring Reverb