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Brooks Blackhawk Balrog V3

The concentration of pedal (and synth!) builders in the Portland, OR area is truly astounding - we witnessed that passion last year at our super-packed PDX Pedal and Synth Expo, a last hurray before the crowdless COVID days. Today we discover a new builder from that city, Brooks Blackhawk, which…Click on the title for more

Brooks Blackhawk Balrog V3

Spiral Electric FX Allora High-Gain Darlington Fuzz

At a boutique level, building a pedal that ends up becoming a staple on many guitarists' pedalboards is (obviously) a great achievement for any builder, but comes with its drawbacks: almost every admirer will feel compelled to let the manufacturer know what would make it even better for them. This…Click on the title for more

Spiral Electric FX Allora High-Gain Darlington Fuzz

Cooper FX Generation Loss V2

Cooper FX is a pedal that focuses on quirky and textural pedal designs that - we may add - are constantly sold out and rather pricey when you find them. The Cooper FX Generation Loss is presented as a simulator of cheap tape machines, i.e. a lo-fi "character adder" for…Click on the title for more

Cooper FX Generation Loss V2

Awol Flow Autowah

We have all grown to love (or at least like) mini pedals for an effect or another on our board, but one of the format's obvious limitations isthat it doesn't give builders much space to be imaginative... Awol Pedals is a Nashville, TN based company that has embraced the format's…Click on the title for more

Awol Flow Autowah

Origin Effects Revival Drive Hot Rod Compact

The Origin Effects Revival DRIVE "Hot Rod" Compact is a streamlined version of this 12-knob monster of a pedal, featuring a single channel (instead of two) simulating the "Hot Rod" mod made by hard rock bands of the late '70s and early '80s to their rectified Marshall and Mesa Boogie amps.…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects Revival Drive Hot Rod Compact

Vaderin Pedals Vaporizer Octave-Up Fuzz

Those who among you are in love with the word "gnarly" may have found a new best friend - or maybe a new "lover"?? - in the Vaderin Pedals Vaporizer Fuzz. We would be seriously remiss if we didn't warn you, though, that the creator himself warns that this octave-up…Click on the title for more

Vaderin Pedals Vaporizer Octave-Up Fuzz

Mythos Oracle Analog Echo

Nashville's Mythos released its first non-dirt pedal with a live video stream: it's the Oracle Analog Echo, a Bucket Brigade analog delay with Tap Tempo designed in collaboration with John Snyder of Electronic Audio Experiments. Inspired by the somewhat dark, warm sound of vintage Japanese echo pedals, the Mythos Oracle…Click on the title for more

Mythos Oracle Analog Echo

LPD Pedals Rival Delay

Mesa AZ's LPD Pedals just unveiled this great-sounding, three-knob digital but analog voiced echo called Rival Delay. Check out how it sounds in the first videos of it, streaming below. This is the company's website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I9NJBGnZcA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ul52SxGJNIClick on the title for more

LPD Pedals Rival Delay

Dreadbox Lethargy 8 Stage Phase Filter

The Lethargy is one of the pedals from a new series recently unveiled by Athen's (the Greek one) Dreadbox FX, a boutique builder that hit it big in the desktop synthesizer world in the last decade or so. This purple beauty represents a very peculiar approach to the phaser effect…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Lethargy 8 Stage Phase Filter

Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator

We all need a mood boost these days, and although pedals in general help (a lot) in that department, this is the first time we stumble upon a device that promises to directly mess around with our mood! Enter the Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator, a ginormous stompbox hand built by…Click on the title for more

Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator

Dreadbox Kinematic Envelope Filter + Overdrive

Those of you looking for an envelop filter pedal with some serious filter may want to check out the new KINEMATIC by Greece's Dreadbox, a company with an extensive and very successful background in desktop synthesizers. The Dreadbox Kinematic is actually a lot more than that, featuring a two-mode circuit…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Kinematic Envelope Filter + Overdrive

Caroline Kilobyte v2

Caroline Guitar Company is announcing a few changes to their popular Kilobyte delay pedal. The most notable of which is the introduction of an external trimpot for the modulation effect of the unit. Some boutique pedal purists may have words about the other changes in store for the pedal but…Click on the title for more

Caroline Kilobyte v2