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Wilson Effects This Is The Art

Hailing from Guilford, IN, Wilson Effects unveiled a new pedal dedicated to those guitarists who find solace in the scooped tones of the Trash Metal heroes of the '80s, like Overkill, Testament and Pantera: the This Is The Art overdrive/distortion. Notwithstanding its rebellious DNA, the device in question cleans up…Click on the title for more

Wilson Effects This Is The Art

Menatone Dirty B Overdrive

The Menatone Dirty B Overdrive (previously known as "Dirty Blonde") is a fantastically dynamic low-medium gain OD that recalls the blonde tolex amps of the early 60's. Tons of responsiveness and expression with a singing midrange and control over the amount of compression using the Soul control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfXlE1xDWY A downright…Click on the title for more

Menatone Dirty B Overdrive

Mattoverse Just a Phase

Phaser is an effect that has experienced a creative resurgence as of late. The Mattoverse Just a Phase pedal is a rather simple phaser with Tap Tempo that puts at your disposal eight LFO modes, including some unconventional ones like random square and slopes, ramp etc, in a compact case.…Click on the title for more

Mattoverse Just a Phase

15 of the Best Stereo Reverb Pedals in 2023

See also this more comprehensive article about the Best Mono and Stereo Reverb Pedals. Reverb Is Stereo. A reverb effect recreates the way we perceive sound in an enclosed space. Since we have the privilege of having two ears we can safely say that no one ever experienced natural reverb…Click on the title for more

15 of the Best Stereo Reverb Pedals in 2023

Stone Deaf FX Q Boost/Distortion

Father and son British pedal builders Stone Deaf FX released some ingenious and imaginative stompboxes in the past, but today they unveiled something rather simple yet extremely intriguing. At a first look, the (Mickey Mouse-themed) Q Boost appears to be a simple boost pedal/preamp with an extra, sweepable mid-frequency boost,…Click on the title for more

Stone Deaf FX Q Boost/Distortion

LPD Pedals Seventy4 Deluxe Distortion

The LPD' Seventy4 is the two channel version of (one of) the company's flagship Plexi overdrive, an in-the-box recreation of the full distortion delivered by Marshall Plexi and Master Volume amps from the mid to late '70. The two channels are not identical, with the Red one being very similar…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals Seventy4 Deluxe Distortion

Pedal Pawn Fuzz Germanium LTD Edition

UK's Pedal Pawn is a success story in today's challenging boutique pedal builder environment. The company just unveiled a pricey, limited edition Germanium Version of their popular Fuzz through an exclusive Reverb release (you can buy it here). There are only 50 units of this baby and they'll go out…Click on the title for more

Pedal Pawn Fuzz Germanium LTD Edition

Tech 21 SansAmp Classic

Today's guitarists take amp and cab simulation pedals for granted as an option to add a variety of tonal flavor to their "real" amp and cabs. But things were very different until the year 1989, when the only amp/cab sound one could get was through... an actual amp/cab combo, as…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 SansAmp Classic

NativeAudio Kiaayo Overdrive

Mike Trombley's NativeAudio unveiled a new pedal that represents the builder's debut in the gain realm: the Kiaayo Overdrive. Faithful to the company's somewhat deceiving "less is more" approach, the Kiaayo hides a lot of engineering ingenuity under its three-knob layout. The designer's priority was to create a dynamic overdrive…Click on the title for more

NativeAudio Kiaayo Overdrive

Free the Tone Flight Time FT-2Y Delay

Free the Tone has made a name for itself in the realm of time-based effects, through high-end digital devices full of features. The Flight Time Delay is probably their more straightforward take on the digital echo format. Running on a 32bit DSP processor, this device accepts instruments and line-in signals…Click on the title for more

Free the Tone Flight Time FT-2Y Delay

SolidGoldFX Lysis MKII Polyphonic Octave Fuzz Modulator

The SolidGoldFX Lysis made a splash when it was first unveiled at our Stompbox Booth at NAMM 2019, making it into reverb.com's top 7 of the new NAMM releases. The Montreal-based company just upgraded it with a MkII version that takes this modulated octave fuzz/synth to a new level. Driven…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX Lysis MKII Polyphonic Octave Fuzz Modulator

Tone Cloud Jaffa Fuzz

Tone Cloud Effects is an up-and-coming builder from Australia exclusively dedicated to fuzz pedals, and the Jaffa Fuzz is the company's take on the Fuzz Face circuit. This touch-responsive pedal utilizes four silicon transistors to ensure tonal stability and adds one gain stage to the traditional fuzz face circuit for…Click on the title for more

Tone Cloud Jaffa Fuzz