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Wren and Cuff Garbage Face – J. Mascis Signature Fuzz

We somehow missed the CME presentation video of this Wren and Cuff muff-style fuzz earlier this year, a pedal developed during a two-year collaboration with legendary Dinosaur Jr. guitarist J. Mascis. The Garbage Face features, in one pedal the guitarist's favorite gain chain with a Rangemaster-style treble boost (which can…... Click for more

Wren and Cuff Garbage Face – J. Mascis Signature Fuzz

Bogner Burnley High Gain Overdrive

The Bogner Burnley is a three-knob high gain overdrive featuring a custom transformer built by legendary audio engineer Rupert Neve. A two-way toggle switch selects between a tight and aggressive and more mellow and warm distortion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGHaSOV3lW8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCjC6fibQ-0 https://www.youtube.com/embed/PmshJoYxQXw The Burnley is a distortion pedal with a 100% analog circuit…... Click for more

Bogner Burnley High Gain Overdrive

Aion Electronics Halo Fuzz Kit

Those guitarists who get immense pleasure from modding and building their gear from scratch should take a look at the kits offered by Aion Electronics, which are a little more challenging than your entry-level DIY kits and also sport a rather refined look. The pedal highlighted here, called Halo, is…... Click for more

Aion Electronics Halo Fuzz Kit

Cooper FX Outward V2 Delay / Sampler

The Cooper FX Outward V2 is a digital sampling device that records audio and plays it back in different ways (freezing, stutter, and time stretching effects) depending on the mode. V2 adds a new line of mini-knobs to fine-tune Clock, Tone, Mix and Volume and a new PIT l DIR…... Click for more

Cooper FX Outward V2 Delay / Sampler

Wampler Fuzztration Fuzz Workstation

Pedal "workstations" focused on one specific effect have been around for years, yet nobody has yet come out with such a pedal for fuzz. Wampler's new Fuzztration is an attempt to deliver exactly that: a do-it-all fuzz box. The Fuzztron doesn't feature "multi-mode" algorhythms like your favorite Strymon pedals, but packs…... Click for more

Wampler Fuzztration Fuzz Workstation

Mission Engineering Velocity Overdrive

Built on the Nutube technology unveiled by KORG in 2015, the Mission Engineering/NuAudioTechnology Velocity Overdrive is an overdrive and distortion pedal featuring two gain settings, accessible through a toggle switch. The LO mode delivers subtle overdrive and can be used to push your amp for a natural breakup and delivers…... Click for more

Mission Engineering Velocity Overdrive

Fuzzlord FU-2 Fuzz

The Fuzzlord FU-2 is a heavy silicon fuzz with a slight upper octave inspired by the classic, saturated and mid-scooped sound of the Shin-ei Superfuzz from the '70s, but engineered to provide a more powerful sound comparable to the Hyperfuzz. Controls are pretty straightforward, with the Expander knob functioning as gain.…... Click for more

Fuzzlord FU-2 Fuzz

Joyo BAATSIN Multi-Overdrive

Overdrives are the most popular effect for guitar, but, since hardly anyone plays with more than one of them at a time, the idea of a pedal that can deliver many flavors of overdrives in different modes is definitely intriguing - as long as you can digest the idea of…... Click for more

Joyo BAATSIN Multi-Overdrive

Zander Circuitry Junipero Aqueous Modulator

The Zander Circuitry Junipero is a multi-modulation, stereo pedal for the alternative and experimental guitarist. The British company makes that very clear in the first line of the pedal's description by stating that it's "inspired by our love of post-punk, new wave and shoegaze" - genres that pioneered edgy, uncommon…... Click for more

Zander Circuitry Junipero Aqueous Modulator

Jackson Audio Belle Star Overdrive

The Jackson Audio Belle Star is an overdrive born from the collaboration between the Huston based company and Drew Shirley from the band Switchfoot, a guitarist known for using small, low-wattage amps. To recreate that signature sound. the Belle Star relies on an original, MOSFET-based clipping circuit that delivers low/mid…... Click for more

Jackson Audio Belle Star Overdrive

Dawner Prince Boonar Multi-Head Drum Echo

The Dawner Prince Boonar is one of the most faithful compact recreation of the legendary Binson Echorec delay effect, a device that employed four drum heads (rather than tape) to create four independent repeats. It faithfully recreates the character and functions of the Echorec 2, sharing the same analog signal…... Click for more

Dawner Prince Boonar Multi-Head Drum Echo

Dusky Electronics Hypatia Fuzz

At the 2018 Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, pedal and amp builder Chris Rossi from Dusky Electronics showcased a new pedal prototype, a fuzz with lots of coloring controls, called Hypatia. The pedal gathered many fans since then (see the long string of videos below), and it also made the cover of…... Click for more

Dusky Electronics Hypatia Fuzz