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Nabla 1987 v2 Dual Channel Hot Rodded Plexi Overdrive

The 1987 overdrive by Italian boutique builder Nabla is a two-channel amp-in-a-box pedal designed to sound like a Plexi hot-rod pushed to the max. "Hot Rod" is a popular mod done to Marshall Plexi amps like the JTM45 or the 1989 Super Lead to make them sound more aggressive. The…Click on the title for more

Nabla 1987 v2 Dual Channel Hot Rodded Plexi Overdrive

Orion Effekte Schwarzweiss Overdrive Booster

The Orion Effekte Schwarzweiss Overdrive Booster is a warm, low gain Overdrive+Booster, comprised of the circuits of the German company's popular SCHWARZ overdrive (controlled through the black knobs), and the WEISS, a brand new boost circuit (controlled by the white knobs). The two words mean "black" and white" so you…Click on the title for more

Orion Effekte Schwarzweiss Overdrive Booster

New Pedals: Mono Division Pulsewave Octave

The Pulsewave Octave is one of the two pedals NY-based boutique pedal builder Mono Division released in late 2020, featuring -rather uniquely - jack and power inputs on the front case of the pedal, where the knobs are. The Pulsewave is an all-analog octaver that transforms the guitar signal into…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mono Division Pulsewave Octave

Korora Audio Merlo Harmonic Tremolo Now Shipping

Korora Audio, a small pedal builder out of Seattle with edgy ideas, launched at the Summer show 2019 their second effect called Merlo, a harmonic tremolo with three waveforms and an interesting coloring circuit featuring four frequency bands (rather than the usual two) all interacting with the shape of the…Click on the title for more

Korora Audio Merlo Harmonic Tremolo Now Shipping

CKK Space Station TTM Stereo Delay + Reverb + Modulation

CKK Electronic is a subdivision of Sinvertek, a Chinese company that's getting a lot of buzz for their N5+ Drive. The Space Station is their Stereo Digital Reverb + Delay + Modulation, here's the picture describing the pedal's controls. The intriguing thing about this pedal is that it can run…Click on the title for more

CKK Space Station TTM Stereo Delay + Reverb + Modulation

New Pedal (with top mounted jacks!): Mono Division Fuzz Singer

Actually*** top-mounted jacks have been an almost entirely ignored request of many pedal lovers for quite some time, probably because they make the plugging/unplugging and rerouting experience a lot easier. Mono Division is a New York-based company that just launched its first two pedals (we'll tackle the Fuzz Singer here,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal (with top mounted jacks!): Mono Division Fuzz Singer

OPFXS Asteroide Sampler & Harmonizer

OPFX is a small Italian builder out or La Spezia specializing in synthy pedals, and the Asteroide is their take on the Sampler/Harmonizing stompbox, i.e. the "freezing with harmonizing effect that creates organ-like droney chords from a single note. The device samples and loops a section of your signal and…Click on the title for more

OPFXS Asteroide Sampler & Harmonizer

Preorder Now: Hamstead Zenith Boost/Compressor

Here's a studio-grade clean boost/EQ/Compressor kind of swiss army knife pedal by Hamstead we missed at NAMM but found out about it through The Living Room Gear Demos: the Zenith. Lots of tone sculpting options, including a very responsive VCA compressor, configurable routing from a switch in the back, blend…Click on the title for more

Preorder Now: Hamstead Zenith Boost/Compressor

Keeley DCR Drive + Chorus + Rotary

The Keeley DCR is a two-channel pedal with a drive on the left side and a Chorus/Flanger or Rotary/Vibrato effect on the other. The drive has a tube-style character and offers two voicing: one is full range and highly saturated and the other one providing tube-amp Crunch or lead-channel sustain…Click on the title for more

Keeley DCR Drive + Chorus + Rotary

Carl Martin EchoTone delay

Dennis Kayzer revisits a "non-portable" classic echo from Carl Martin, the Echotone. The Carl Martin Echotone! 1200 milliseconds of vintage echo, foot-switchable Tap or Manual time settings, insert loop and switchable trail function at bypass. Imagine switching from a Manual time setting to a Tap time setting right at your…Click on the title for more

Carl Martin EchoTone delay

Kyro Audio Dulo 830

Hailing from Bulgaria, Kyro Audio is a guitar amp manufacturer that just released a 30w pedal amp called Dulo 830 - Henning Pauly seems very excited about it (see video below). Featuring both a line out and a D.I/speaker out (XLR) with ground lift and optional cab simulation, the Dulo…Click on the title for more

Kyro Audio Dulo 830

Red Noise Butterfly Tremolo & Tonal Amusement Park

Red Noise Pedals is the project of Atlanta-based guitarist Ariel Scherbacovsky, who turned into a pedal designer after the birth of his first daughter put an end to a 10-year touring career (probably, in hindsight, a good thing, since COVID has put an end to touring, at least for a…Click on the title for more

Red Noise Butterfly Tremolo & Tonal Amusement Park