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New DIY MOD Kit: the Erratic Clutch Deluxe Fuzz/Divider

Few will argue that the best way to learn anything is to get your hands dirty and just try it, and that rock musicians have small budgets and an inclination to "do thing themselves" in order to save up. Because of these two factors, DIY kits of guitar pedals have…Click on the title for more

New DIY MOD Kit: the Erratic Clutch Deluxe Fuzz/Divider

Snazzy FX returns through partnership with Erica Synths

Dan Snazelle of NYC's Snazzy FX is a little bit of an unsung hero of the stompbox manufacturing scene. This may be also due to the fact that he switched his focus from pedals to synths (Eurorack format in particular) right when creative effect pedals with "out there" features were…Click on the title for more

Snazzy FX returns through partnership with Erica Synths

Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning

Presented at Summer NAMM 2018, the Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning is a brutal and versatile new fuzz pedal featuring a Timewarp toggle, which "connects/disconnects a clipping diode for some octave-up artifacts to scratch your psych itch!" Toneblast bypasses the tone control, for EVEN MORE volume and more timbral changes. The Feedback switch and…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning

Bondi Effects Sick As High Shredroom Overdrive

A limited run of 30 units, Bondi Effects' Sick As High Shredroom Overdrive is a variation on the company's extremely popular Sick As circuit, designed in collaboration with Earthling Designs. The two Australian builders create a more articulate and aggressive pedal with a more open top end, more gain to tap,…Click on the title for more

Bondi Effects Sick As High Shredroom Overdrive

CAST Engineering Gypsy Haze Octave Up Fuzz with Tap Tempo

The Gypsy Haze by Cast Engineering (check out our profile article on them here) is an Octave up/fuzz pedal with a very unique switching system for the octave, which also has a "Stutter" mode controllable through Tap Tempo. Here's the video by The SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nsDqjv-QdQ "We worked countless hours…Click on the title for more

CAST Engineering Gypsy Haze Octave Up Fuzz with Tap Tempo

Emerging Manufacturer: Greenchild Amplification

Out of Martinez, Georgia, (via Binghamton, NY), Greenchild Amplification was founded by engineer and ex US Navy Surface Warfare Officer Melvin Greenchild, after the sudden death of his cousin and childhood friend. That unexpected loss made him realize of the shortness of our days, which in turn inspired him to…Click on the title for more

Emerging Manufacturer: Greenchild Amplification

LPD 68 Deluxe Pedal

The Lawrence Petross Design 68 Deluxe is modeled after the '68 Marshall, a classic plexi modeler for the Hendrix fan. This is a bigger version of the original pedal with two extra footswitch, one to toggle between the two overdrive gain settings, and the other to kick in an extra boost.…Click on the title for more

LPD 68 Deluxe Pedal

Death By Audio Deep Animation Envelope FIlter

Oliver from Death By Audio, who graced the cover of the NAMM 2018 issue of our sister publication The Deli Mag, came to see us at our NAMM Stompbox Booth with a brand new pedal called Deep Animation - an Envelope Filter. We had the honor to shoot the first video…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Deep Animation Envelope FIlter

One Control Jubilee Red AIAB

Japanese pedal manufacturer One Control has built a solid reputation with its mini-pedal series designed by Björn Juhl, in particular with regard to amp-in-a-box devices like the Strawberry Red Overdrive or the (non-mini) Honey Bee OD. The latest Overdrive in this series is called Jubilee Red AIAB (as in "Amp in a…Click on the title for more

One Control Jubilee Red AIAB

Hotone Binary Eko

Based on the same modeling/original effect library used in Hotone’s popular XTOMP pedal, the affordable Binary Series includes the Amp, IR Cab, Eko and Mod pedals. Each delivers high-quality effects in a compact case with dual footswitches, versatile inputs/outputs and a bright, clear display. The pedals also feature a USB jack for upgrading the firmware and…Click on the title for more

Hotone Binary Eko

Mammouth Machine Holy Fuzz

Belgium's Mammouth Machine is a boutique manufacturer of a few words - but of big tone! They currently have seven stompbox models under their name, all strictly handmade, and the Holy Fuzz is one of their two fuzz pedals. Here's what they've got to say about it: The Holy fuzz is a nasty fuzz whith…Click on the title for more

Mammouth Machine Holy Fuzz

Pladask Elektrisk FORM2

Earlier in 2018 we briefly covered the Pladask Elektrisk FORM, a DIY glitch/granular stompbox kit fruit of a collaboration between Norwegian companies Pladask Elektrisk and BandOrg that can only be "acquired" by going to Norway and signing up for the BandOrg pedal-building workshop (if it can be of any consolation, Norway is a country…Click on the title for more

Pladask Elektrisk FORM2