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Shnobel Tone Frank Simes Overdrive

The Shnobel Tone Frank Simes Overdrive is a collaboration between Shnobel Tone and guitarist, songwriter, composer and record producer Frank Simes. Frank Simes is a session and touring guitarist who has played with the likes of Stevie Nicks, The Who, and Don Henley. The Frank Simes Overdrive is a derivative…Click on the title for more

Shnobel Tone Frank Simes Overdrive

Imperial Electrical Zeppelin

As you may have guessed from the name, the Imperial Electrical Zeppelin is an amp-in-a-box inspired by the immortal guitar sound of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, built by a new company hailing fron New Zealand founded by Ben Fulton of Red Witch Pedals. This pedal distills the sound of the…Click on the title for more

Imperial Electrical Zeppelin

New at NAMM 2022: Ovaltone Forty5 Drive Gear (Plexi-Style)

Hailing from Japan, the Ovaltone Forty5 is a mini Plexi-style drive we stumbled upon at NAMM 2022. Its low to mid-gain overdrive tone is inspired by the sound of the Marchall JTM45. It has controls for Volume and Drive, responds well to dynamics and can take a hotter input when…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM 2022: Ovaltone Forty5 Drive Gear (Plexi-Style)

Mile End Effects Julep Stereo Tremolo/Phaser

Some pretty sweet effects pedals are coming out of Montreal these days (and also this very blog, for that matter!). The Mile End Effects JULEP is the latest creation of Justin Cober, the one-man-stompbox-maker whose pedals sell out within days of release - and yes, the same can be said…Click on the title for more

Mile End Effects Julep Stereo Tremolo/Phaser

New at NAMM 2022: Krunch Kabinets Krunch Drive

The pedal debut by a Californian company manufacturing amp heads and cabinets, the Krunch Kabinets Krunch Drive is a 5-knob overdrive with extra boost where the two circuits are stacked on top of each other (boost first in the chain) and have separate footswitches. The circuit, built in collaboration with…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM 2022: Krunch Kabinets Krunch Drive

Haunted Labs Old Ruin Distortion

North Carolina's scariest boutique pedal company Haunted Labs just unleashed their first distortion pedal, the Old Ruin, which delivers a variety of tones from low-gain overdrive to terrifying howling distortion. The ubiquitous Gain and Volume knob are joined by a Texture knob that - to quote the builder - "summons sonic…Click on the title for more

Haunted Labs Old Ruin Distortion

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

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