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Alexander Pedals RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer Preamp/Boost

I guess we have the first COVID-19 inspired guitar pedal, people! The RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer is Alexander Pedal's limited edition Class A boost/preamp. The three knobs (Kills, Most, Germs) control output, highs and voicing - turn the latter to the left for a more mellow tone and to the…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer Preamp/Boost

Neunaber Neuron Gain Intelligence

We covered the prototype of the Neunaber Neuron extensively in this post. The Neuron is the result of a painstaking study of what makes real amplifiers and gain pedals sound good. It can dial in a variety of amp-like sounds ranging from chimey cleans to the dirtiest dirt. It is essentially a…Click on the title for more

Neunaber Neuron Gain Intelligence

Retro-Sonic Phaser

We met the Retro-Sonic's Tim Larwill at our recent Montreal Stompbox Exhibit earlier this year, and it's great to see this ProGuitarShop video of their Phaser. The company's no frills approach allows them to laser focus on tone. You can read our little profile about the company here. Here's more…Click on the title for more

Retro-Sonic Phaser

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

Pedal companies in the last couple of years have been frantically competing to make synth guitar pedals more compact and feature-heavy. BOSS, by all measures the leading manufacturer in this niche, just came out with a new, polyphonic synth pedal (the SY-1000) that looks and sounds like a bold statement:…Click on the title for more

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

Stomping Stones – Haxan Fuzztortion

The Haxan by Stompbing Stones Pedals, is a vintage-voiced distortion/fuzz with some unusual controls (and parts: its circuit uses NOS military can opamps!): on top of your regular volume and gain knobs, it features two clipping modes, an extra boost, and bright/dark voicing options selectable via toggle switches. The two…Click on the title for more

Stomping Stones – Haxan Fuzztortion

Shift-Line’s A+ Astronaut III Reverb/Delay/Sampler

The A+ Astronaut is an intriguingly deep and surprisingly small reverb by Russian manufacturers Shift-Line, a company that's been around for ten years and has built a cult-like following around the world. The new V3, hosted in a slightly wider case, offers 22 different reverb, delay and sampling algorithms, compared to the 11…Click on the title for more

Shift-Line’s A+ Astronaut III Reverb/Delay/Sampler

Diezel VH4-2 Two-Channel Preamp/Overdrive

The first version of the Diezel VH4 Preamp/Overdrive pedal (based on the company's high-gain VH4 tube amplifier' Mega channel) was launched in 1994 and became an instant classic for metal guitarists. Recently, the German company has unveiled a 2nd version of the pedal, called VH4-2, featuring two separate channels of that same circuit…Click on the title for more

Diezel VH4-2 Two-Channel Preamp/Overdrive

Stomp Under Foot MCG73 Fuzz

Here's something for those who can't resist the call of a sexy muff tone! The MCG73, by Windermere, FL's Stomp Under Foot, is a clone of a vintage 1973 Ram's Head Big Muff. In the builder's own words: very distinct fuzz tone has a blooming, wooly grit on chords and…Click on the title for more

Stomp Under Foot MCG73 Fuzz

Torino Audio Organic CREAM Mosfet Overdrive

Torino Audio is a new pedal company based in Italy. It commissioned a couple of videos of their new "Organic" line of pedals (EytschPi42 published a video for each, you can find them here). The term "Organic" intends to convey that these pedals have no integrated circuits, no buffers nor…Click on the title for more

Torino Audio Organic CREAM Mosfet Overdrive

New Pedals: Wilson Effects NotRite Fuzz

Guilford, Indiana's Wilson Effects just released a new fuzz called NotRite, a modern take on the Fuzzrite circuit and its "two fuzz into one" approach. As you can hear from the demo below, the results are gnarly and doomy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rJC6hjzscc The NotRite is a Fuzzrite inspired circuit that is capable…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Wilson Effects NotRite Fuzz

4 Track Syndicate – Niagara Bitstortion

The 4 Track Syndicate Niagara, the fruit of a collaboration between Rare Buzz Effects, SoundsliceFX and Shoneswood Effects, is presented as a "Bitstortion," i.e. a bit crusher / distortion combo. While the controls for the overdrive (on the top right of the pedal) as pretty straightforward, the two knobs for…Click on the title for more

4 Track Syndicate – Niagara Bitstortion

Keeley Electronics Fuzz Bender

One of four new pedals Keeley presented at NAMM 2019, the Fuzz Bender was probably the most hyped of the bunch - at least according to our readers, since it placed 11th in our poll about the best stompboxes of 2019. It's a three-transistor hybrid fuzz utilizing the higher gain…Click on the title for more

Keeley Electronics Fuzz Bender