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True North Tweed Drive

Jay Leonard J is running a series on Canadian pedals this week, and since in 2018 we officially moved to Canada (to be precise, Montreal!) we want to praise this effort by giving it some exposure. The "all Canadian rig" he's put together is comprised in most part by pedal…Click on the title for more

True North Tweed Drive

MAS Effects Mimir’s Well

"Many of your favorite pedals have nearly identical circuitry, with the only important difference being the patches running on their FV-1 audio DSPs (digital signal processors). This creates a neat little niche in the market for something like this." This premise, found on the MAS Effects Mimir's Well's presentation page,…Click on the title for more

MAS Effects Mimir’s Well

Tru-Fi COLORDRIVER Overdrive/Fuzz

Sometimes you can tell how much a videographer likes a pedal from how good is the music in his or her video of it. Well, it doesn't get much better than what Barrero did for the Tru-Fi COLORDRIVER 18v video below. This is an overdrive/ fuzz made in the USA…Click on the title for more

Tru-Fi COLORDRIVER Overdrive/Fuzz

Sabbadius Fillmore East Funky-Vibe, 2020 Edition

Sabbadius Electronics is an Argentinian stompbox manufacturer that proud itself for building all its devices by hand, using only carefully selected parts. Their new, 2020 Edition of the Fillmore East Funky-Vibe is said to perfectly capture the “chewy” sound of the Uni-Vibes Jimi Hendrix played in 1969 and 1970, something…Click on the title for more

Sabbadius Fillmore East Funky-Vibe, 2020 Edition

Poly Digit Multi-Delay/Reverb

Australian Poly Effects has been making a splash with its unique touchscreen-based guitar pedals and at NAMM 2020 introduced a new one, called Digit, (Loki Davidson came to our NAMM Stompbox Booth to shoot a video of it, at the bottom of this post). The touchscreen, of course, opens up…Click on the title for more

Poly Digit Multi-Delay/Reverb

GFI System Specular Reverb V3

Based in Indonesia, GFI System manufactures some rather impressive pedals, and has built a solid reputation for its time-based effects. Their Specular Reverb V3 builds on the strength of the previous version's lush algorithms while simplifying the preset system, and adding an Expression/Tap Tempo input and a Kill Dry function that triggers…Click on the title for more

GFI System Specular Reverb V3

Westminster Effects Chrysostom Chorus/Vibrato

The latest pedal by Westminster Effects is the Chrysostom Chorus/Vibrato, a simple yellow box with two toggle switches giving you two voices each of Vibrato and Chorus, and two knobs controlling Depth and Speed. Check out the videos below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4XIb16sMDk&t=11s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOZJB3iduZM The Chrysostom is an easy to use chorus/vibrato that…Click on the title for more

Westminster Effects Chrysostom Chorus/Vibrato

Malaise Forever Golden Guillotine Distortion

The Malaise Forever Golden Guillotine is a hand-made, heavy distortion pedal with pre-gain boost and a post gain knob by a very boutique one-man builder based in Columbus, OH. This dual-gain stages pedal also features a three-way switch for hard clipping diode control and clipping bypass for uncompressed high output.…Click on the title for more

Malaise Forever Golden Guillotine Distortion

Mad Professor Supreme Dual Overdrive

Mad Professor came out with a new dual overdrive called Supreme engineered in collaboration with famous blues guitarist Matt Schofield. The result is a two-in-one pedal with a Channel A mostly based on the company's low gain Royal Blue Overdrive (which shines with a neck pickup) and Channel B featuring…Click on the title for more

Mad Professor Supreme Dual Overdrive

The 7 Best Fuzz Friendly Wah Pedals in 2022

A Guide to the Best Fuzz Friendly Wah Pedal Wah and fuzz are two of the most popular effects for electric guitar, and also happen to sound great when played together. But there's a but: these two devices, in their original versions, have an impedance incompatibility that causes issues ranging…Click on the title for more

The 7 Best Fuzz Friendly Wah Pedals in 2022

Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission Fuzz/Overdrive

The Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission is the latest pedal, a fuzz, from this Mooresville, Indiana boutique pedal builder, that declares to be focusing on building "small quantities of weird things." The Failed Transmission keeps faith to this intent: it's a creative fuzz/overdrive with a separate and blendable noise oscillation…Click on the title for more

Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission Fuzz/Overdrive

KINK Guitar Pedals Russian Plague Fuzz

From Melbourne Australia comes the KINK Guitar Pedals Russian Plague, consisting in a RAT-style circuit stacked into a Civil war-style Muff. The effects can be turned on and off independently through dedicated footswitches and their order can be changed with the flick of a switch. The amount of distortion you…Click on the title for more

KINK Guitar Pedals Russian Plague Fuzz