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Ground Control Audio Tsukuyomi Midrange Booster

Montreal's Ground Control Audio just unveiled a midrange booster called Tsukuyomi, a variation on their Amaterasu preamp circuit featuring a jfet frontend and a 20dB gain amplifier stage. Flipping the toggle switch gives you en extra boost in the 880Hz-1kHz range with an additional 12dB of signal gain. Tone advice from the…Click on the title for more

Ground Control Audio Tsukuyomi Midrange Booster

VS Audio Aftermath Distortion

The VS Audio Aftermath is a distortion pedal with a separate boost footswitch voiced after the sound of tube amps. It can deliver a wide range of tones, from smooth overdrive to massive distortion crunch, with dynamic touch-sensitive frequency response. The independent clean Boost has up to +12dBs to get…Click on the title for more

VS Audio Aftermath Distortion

GFI System Specular Tempus

Based in Indonesia, GFI System manufactures some rather impressive pedals, and has built a solid reputation for its time-based effects. Their Specular Tempus is an expanded, more powerful version of their very well received Specular Reverb, with a more ambient angle. In a horizontal case slightly bigger than a Boss…Click on the title for more

GFI System Specular Tempus

Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud Fuzz V2

The Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud Fuzz V2 is a fuzz inspired by the EHX Triangle Muff from the '70s, with an added EQ esection providing Treble and Bass. By adjusting the voiced EQ you can achieve "fuzz tones from silky smooth through to doom-laden whilst maintain the ability to cut…Click on the title for more

Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud Fuzz V2

Red Panda Tensor Time Warp Pedal

We were really hoping to have the new Tensor on the Red Panda board at this past weekend's L.A. Stompbox Exhibit. There is a lot of excitement about this pedal, in particular among experimental and psychedelic guitarists, since it plays with forward/backward looping, stretching and pitch shifting in unforeseen ways.…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Tensor Time Warp Pedal

Aion FX Quantum Mosfet Distortion

Based in Des Moines, Iowa, Aion FX is a company that's taking the pedal kit format to the next level through cool, PCB-based circuits and a pedal line with a sober yet stylish look. The Quantum Mosfet Distortion is probably the crown jewel of the new line of kits they…Click on the title for more

Aion FX Quantum Mosfet Distortion

Strymon Iridium Amp & IR Cab

One may say that black is the color favored by rockers. Although the Flint gets close to it with a very dark gray, a truly black pedal was missing from the collection of Strymon devices until today, the day the Californian company unveiled its first Amp and Cab emulation stompbox,…Click on the title for more

Strymon Iridium Amp & IR Cab

TC Electronic Mimiq Mini Doubler

A slimmer version of its bigger (stereo) brother, the TC Electronic | Mimiq Mini Doubler creates the impression (in mono) that your guitar track was double-tracked - a studio trick where the same part is played twice. With a tap of your toe, the Mimiq Mini Doubler simulates all the…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Mimiq Mini Doubler

Nux Fireman Plexi-Style Distortion

Success, in the world of manufacturing, comes at a cost, and one of these costs is finding out that competing companies are creating products similar to yours. In the pedal realm, where 80% of new devices are "inspired" by existing ones, this is a particularly common practice. But while most…Click on the title for more

Nux Fireman Plexi-Style Distortion

JD Analog Tone of the Gods

Since boost pedals are supposed to do a very simple job, we have grown to assume that they don't need to be very big. New Zealand builder JD Analog begs to disagree. With its 4-in-1 concept, their Tone Of the Gods is a four-footswitched, twelve-knobbed beast that aims at being…Click on the title for more

JD Analog Tone of the Gods

Tubesteader Beekeeper Overdrive

The Beekeper is the first pedal by Canadian company Tubesteader, a boutique shop that prides itself with building its devices to order - and in embedding real vacuum tubes in them! The circuit is a dual-channel overdrive inspired by the legendary Dumble Special Overdrive amp, famous for delivering a sparkling…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Beekeeper Overdrive

Strymon BigSky Reverberator

We were all anticipating a new, BIG reverb stompbox by Strymon, since the Californian company's last two super hyped pedals focused on creating the ultimate digital delay (Timeline) and Modulation (Mobius) pedals. Well we were right: that reverb pedal is now reality, and its name is BigSky. Strymon has gotten…Click on the title for more

Strymon BigSky Reverberator