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TEFI Vintage Lab Golden Era Real-Time Lo-Fi Machine

The Italian folks at TEFI Vintage Lab have been releasing some increasingly interesting pedals and the Golden Era Real-Time Lo-Fi Machine seems like an extra step in the right direction. In a world where the increasingly pristine quality of digital recording makes many audiophiles long for the artifacts of old-time…... Click for more

TEFI Vintage Lab Golden Era Real-Time Lo-Fi Machine

Mooer Groove Loop X2

The Mooer Groove Loop X2 is a drum machine + looper pedal that, just like the other pedals in the Chinese company's "X2" series, doubles down on the features of its mini-sibling, providing stereo operation, two footswitches for separate Tap Tempo and loop navigation, 10-minute recording memory, 121 drum grooves…... Click for more

Mooer Groove Loop X2

Death by Audio Speed Tripper Delay+Phaser (LEVITATION LTD. edition)

NYC's most dangerous pedal company Death By Audio just dropped a limited edition phaser built in honor of LEVITATION, the renowned psychedelic festival out of Austin: the Speed Tripper. This is an optical phaser placed in the feedback path of a delay circuit, which causes the repeats to "bend in…... Click for more

Death by Audio Speed Tripper Delay+Phaser (LEVITATION LTD. edition)

Fowl Sounds Backstabber 2.0 Distortion

The Fowl Sounds Backstabber 2.0 is a RAT-style distortion pedal designed for bass but that also works well with drop-tuned and baritone guitars. It employs a more modern circuit to deliver tighter and more responsive tones and a series of filters to improve the low-end. This is basically a two-channel…... Click for more

Fowl Sounds Backstabber 2.0 Distortion

Fender Pelt Fuzz

Fender's Pelt Fuzz is a classic silicon fuzz with a series of added tonal controls: two toggle switches called Mid and Thick allow the player to boost the effect's frequencies respectively in the mid and low range, while a more a classic Tone control knob deals with the overall brightness. However, the…... Click for more

Fender Pelt Fuzz

Harley Benton Custom Line Thunder 99 50W Stereo Amp

Those of you looking for a compact, stereo (!!) pedal that can replace your amp head (!!!) should take a look at the Harley Benton Custom Line Thunder 99. This tiny thing delivers not one but two channels of 50 Watts of power at 4 Ohms via two 1/4” jack…... Click for more

Harley Benton Custom Line Thunder 99 50W Stereo Amp

Cooper FX Signal Path Selector & Exp Gen

If the word "utility" used next to the word "pedal" doesn't exactly fire your imagination, we'd argue that you need to broaden your sonic horizons. In recent years, the utility pedal niche has expanded to include some truly interesting devices, and no one can expect an imaginative builder like Cooper…... Click for more

Cooper FX Signal Path Selector & Exp Gen

Mooer E7 Polyphonic Synth Micro Pedal

Since we posted this article about the best synth pedals a few weeks ago, we've had a series of releases of new products belonging to that category, and today's announcement by Chinese manufacturer MOOER represents some sort of turning point because their new E7 synth pedal is the first stompbox…... Click for more

Mooer E7 Polyphonic Synth Micro Pedal

API Audio TranZformer CMP Compressor

It's not unusual to find the words "studio-quality" associated with guitar pedals like reverbs or compressors. However, very few pedal builders have much experience building gear that's actually made for the studio. That's not the case for API Audio, a pro audio company that specializes in mixing consoles and channel…... Click for more

API Audio TranZformer CMP Compressor

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

Those in need of a helluva portable, two-channel tube preamp for heavy tones might have found what they were looking for in the Victory Amplification The Kraken V4, a device developed in collaboration with UK's one and only Rabea Massaad and created with heavy, progressive and extended-range overdrive tones in…... Click for more

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

New Pedal: Acorn Amplifiers TMA-1 Fuzz

Operating out of Atlanta, Georgia, Acorn Amplifiers crafts hand-made amps and pedals. The TMA-1 is, to date, their most involved foray into the world of fuzz, a four-stage transistor circuit that, quite uniquely, lets you select the clipping options for two of those stages (precisely, the second and third). The…... Click for more

New Pedal: Acorn Amplifiers TMA-1 Fuzz

New Pedal: REVV G8 Noise Gate Pedal

Canadian amp and pedal builder REVV just released their first non-gain pedal, although it definitely works to solve problems created by a high gain: the G8 noise gate. This is an extremely straightforward yet versatile three-knob circuit with Threshold, Hold and Release, where the Hold control fine-tunes the feel, ensuring…... Click for more

New Pedal: REVV G8 Noise Gate Pedal