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Pogo Pedals Zen Ray Overdrive

Pogo Pedals is a new Chicago-based boutique pedal company that aims at "bridging the gap between classic sound and modern player. It launched its first product in 2020, the Zen Ray, a vintage-sounding overdrive that can produce smooth low to medium drive while offering a wide range of tone sculpting…... Click for more

Pogo Pedals Zen Ray Overdrive

Mojo Hand FX Mister-O Phase Shifter

A lot of modulation pedals were born out of (not entirely successful) attempts of simulating the effect created by a rotary speaker, and the phaser is one of them. Released in the early '70s, the Maestro Phaser was the device that launched this effect's long and successful existence, and the…... Click for more

Mojo Hand FX Mister-O Phase Shifter

Seymour Duncan Dark Sun Digital Delay + Reverb

Seymour Duncan's new spatial workhorse, the Dark Sun, is full of options for people that don't necessarily need two different pedals for delay and reverb. The Dark Sun delivers the very best of both effects for a hyper-inspirational box that pushes the boundaries of each. The Dark Sun's cool new…... Click for more

Seymour Duncan Dark Sun Digital Delay + Reverb

Chris Rocha El Valiente

Famed Latino guitarist Chris Rocha recently unveiled his signature overdrive El Valiente, released in collaboration with Little Endian Engineering. Recreating his signature warm, clean and slightly saturated tone, the pedal features two modes, green and red, which can deliver a wide range of tonal results, from transparent to heavy. Hear…... Click for more

Chris Rocha El Valiente

SNK Pedals Bodybreaker Drive

Hand-made in New Jersey, the SNK Pedals Bodybreaker is an aggressive Fet boosted op amp overdrive/distortion with MOSFET clipping. Two EQ knobs go a long way in sculpting your tone: Tone controls overall brightness, while Mid Focus is centered on mid frequencies, delivering both scooped and mid boosted tones - and…... Click for more

SNK Pedals Bodybreaker Drive

Vox Nu-Tube ValvEnergy Series

We already wrote in this blog about Korg's new Nu-Tube technology just about one year ago, when Ibanez announced the Nu Tube Screamer, a version of the venerable overdrive featuring the new device KORG had recently developed: a new kind of vacuum tube much smaller than the original ones and…... Click for more

Vox Nu-Tube ValvEnergy Series

Old Blood Noise Visitor Multi-Modulation

The Visitor is a parallel multi-modulation pedal by Old Blood Noise Endeavors featuring three different primary modulation modess (tremolo, chorus, and phaser) and two parallel secondary ones (tremolo and chorus) that interact with each other. The secondary modulation circuit is mostly controlled by the primary one, with the Secondary knob…... Click for more

Old Blood Noise Visitor Multi-Modulation

El Diablo HEQ1.2 Harmonic Equalizer + Fuzz

Originally created by a Minneapolis pedal store as a way to celebrate, through a limited release, their fuzz festival called Fuzzapalooza, the El Diablo HEQ gathered so much interest to convince the store owners to make it a non-limited release, and actually invest in some improvements, hence this V1.2 version.…... Click for more

El Diablo HEQ1.2 Harmonic Equalizer + Fuzz

BOSS RC-5 Loop Station

BOSS just unveiled a new version of their compact Loop Station pedal: the RC-5. A single track looper, the BOSS RC-5 boasts 32-bit AD/DA and 32-bit floating-point processing, 57 onboard rhythms, phrase memories for storing loops, backlit displays, and 13 hours of stereo recording, plus advanced external control support via…... Click for more

BOSS RC-5 Loop Station

MOOER D7 Delay/Looper

Like all the other pedals in the Japanese company's New Micro Series, the Mooer D7, quite incredibly, manages to pack seven modes (six delays and a 150-second looper) and preset functionality into a mini-enclosure with five knobs and two pressure buttons. Tap Tempo and Trails are also available through alternative…... Click for more

MOOER D7 Delay/Looper

Klon Centaur and Klones Top 10: The Andertones’ Blindfolded Challenge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tjQXTMfxYY The fine-eared folks at UK guitar shop Andertons had the nerve to rank ten 3-knob Klon-style pedals (including the original Klon Centaur). The result is a truly experience-based "Klon Centaur and Klones Top 10." Watch the full video above or check out the results directly in our interactive gallery,…... Click for more

Klon Centaur and Klones Top 10: The Andertones’ Blindfolded Challenge

Pigtronix Infinity 2 Double Looper

Long Island, NY, stompbox builder Pigtronix has just unveiled a Version 2 of Infinity, their stereo looper. Featuring a very simple layout with two footswitches and two knobs (for Volume and Decay), this pedal offers two independent loops and allows the player to switch between parts, even during initial recording…... Click for more

Pigtronix Infinity 2 Double Looper