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Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve

The Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve is a collaborative amp-in-a-box that emulates the tone of the legendary, glassy-sounding Silvertone amp from the '60s that goes by the same name, found in many records and rigs by artists like Dan Auerbach, Beck, and Dave Grohl. The pedal is an…Click on the title for more

Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve

Solar Chug EQ Boost

Presented as the ultimate weapon for forging your guitar tone into a sonic beast, while simultaneously cranking your signal to obliterate the next stage of your signal chain, the Solar Chug EQ Boost is the third pedal in the Chug series by Solar Guitars, the company of Swedish guitarist, record…Click on the title for more

Solar Chug EQ Boost

New Pedal: Lichtlaerm As Above So Below Shimmer Reverb

The Lichtlaerm As Above So Below is a monumental reverb pedal that transcends traditional effects, offering vast, immersive soundscapes with celestial and subterranean dimensions, as you would expect from a metal-inspired Berlin-based builder! Built on a rich, sculptable reverb core, it features a dual-octave architecture organized in 3 modes: Above…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Lichtlaerm As Above So Below Shimmer Reverb

Red Panda Radius Ring Mod

The Red Panda Radius combines a ring modulator and frequency shifter with pitch tracking and an advanced LFO. It is designed around a novel “eight-quadrant multiplier” algorithm that smoothly transitions from ring modulation to frequency shifting and allows different frequency ratios for the upper and lower tones. The pedal offers a spectrum of timbres beyond traditional ring…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Radius Ring Mod

Catalinbread Adineko oil can delay

Have you ever wondered why many audiophiles or top engineers still don't seem able to admit that digital - in the audio realm - sounds better than analog? The answer is "character": digital is pristine, boring precision, while analog - like a familiar-looking, slightly unpredictable, cigarette-puffing actor of the '50s…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Adineko oil can delay

Fortin Fourteen Overdrive

Mike Fortin's FOURTEEN overdrive pedal takes his popular amp modifications and puts them in a dual-channel format, in essence, packing his best custom tweaks in one pedal. The pedal is designed to give players a lot of control over the amp's tone and push it into higher gain territory, as…Click on the title for more

Fortin Fourteen Overdrive

PedalPalFX PAL 800 Gold Overdrive V4

The PedalPalFX PAL 800 Gold Overdrive is one of those ever-green pedals that keep getting better and better with each new version. This Hot Rod JMC800 in a box was recently updated to V4, and the new features are relevant enough to push it up in our comprehensive article about the…Click on the title for more

PedalPalFX PAL 800 Gold Overdrive V4

Neural DSP Nano Cortex Amp/Cab Sim

Neural DSP has just entered the stompbox realm with the Neural DSP Nano Cortex, a compact yet powerful amp and effects processor, packing the (much larger) Quad Cortex’s top-tier sound into a pedal that fits in your hand. Weighing less than two pounds, The Nano Cortex boasts 2GHz of SHARC…Click on the title for more

Neural DSP Nano Cortex Amp/Cab Sim

Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Imperium V2 Dual Drive

The Cornerstone Imperivm V2 is a new dual overdrive by an Italian company that has built a super solid reputation mostly through one of the best D-Style overdrives on the market, the Gladio. This circuit marries that very circuit with the company's take on the Tube Screamer, aka the Antique…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Imperium V2 Dual Drive

DigiTech HammerOn

At NAMM 2025 it was good to see DigiTech back with some new pedal releases after a few transitional years due to the change of ownership. The HammerOn was one of these new products, announced at the NAMM show but not for sale yet. An evolution of their Whammy-inspired Drop…Click on the title for more

DigiTech HammerOn

New Pedal: Keeley Manis Overdrive (Klon Evolution)

The Keeley Manis Overdrive is a modern evolution of the Klon-style circuit, with its softer, tube-like response with reduced high-end harshness. Featuring the classic 3-knob controls of the original (Tone, Drive, Level) the Manis offers more tonal options through a combination of switchable germanium diodes (for a sound closer to…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Keeley Manis Overdrive (Klon Evolution)

Chase Bliss Dirt Bird EQ

The Chase Bliss Dirt Bird is a limited edition modified version of the Minneapolis-based company's Condor HiFi EQ pedal intended to worsen - rather than fix or improve - a distortion issue found in the pedal, linked to an op amp-generated artifact called "phase reversal." Joel from Chase Bliss actually…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Dirt Bird EQ