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Spruce Effects Volcanoes – Americana Series

The newly release Spruce Effects Volcanoes is the Californian company's 2nd pedal in the Americana Series, a collection of new, premium pedals dedicated to the US National Parks and that share specific technical details: vintage inspired pedals that utilize turret-pcb hybrid construction, the finest NOS and modern parts, and premium packaging…... Click for more

Spruce Effects Volcanoes – Americana Series

Champion Leccy & Zander Circuitry The Brew

A boutique, limited-edition, cross-Atlantic collaboration between Pennsylvania's Champion Leccy and England's Zander Circuitry, The Brew is a fuzz pedal full of different flavors. The pedal consists of the marriage of two existing circuits, one by each builder, each featuring its own footswitch. The Zander side on the right is a…... Click for more

Champion Leccy & Zander Circuitry The Brew

Aura Amps Crunch Master V2 Distortion

Aura Amps is a Brasilian company that manufactures amps and pedals. The Crunch Master is a mid to high-gain distortion box with an added, separate boost circuit placed post-distortion, so it won't add to the saturation when active. It delivers smooth high gain tones perfect for rocking out. The newly released V2…... Click for more

Aura Amps Crunch Master V2 Distortion

Surfy Industries SurfyVibe

The Magnatone amps from the '60s, incredibly rare and expensive, set the standard for the effect known as vibrato, which was achieved through a component called "varistor," which is now obsolete. In their orange SurfyVibe pedal, Swedish builder Surfy Industries recreated the character of the varistors found in a Magnatone 280 amp…... Click for more

Surfy Industries SurfyVibe

Iconic Guitars I-Scream Overdrive

The Iconic Guitars I-Scream is a TS inspired overdrive that takes things beyond the original with extra tone sculpting capabilities which open up a variety of colors and tones. The most obvious feature is that Scream knob, which adds sustain and a certain compression to the signal, making it stand out…... Click for more

Iconic Guitars I-Scream Overdrive

NativeAudio Wilderness V1.5 Delay + Modulation

The Wilderness delay is the latest creation by Dayton, Ohio's NativeAudio, a company that house found its voice in offering sophisticated yet simple looking analog and digital pedals decorated with stilish graphics inspired by owner Mike Trombley’s Blackfeet Native American ancestry. The Wilderness offers 1,000ms of delay and two modulation…... Click for more

NativeAudio Wilderness V1.5 Delay + Modulation

Soundslice FX Kobold Vintage Fuzz + Delay

The Soundslice FX Kobold is a seriously gnarly delay + fuzz from a small boutique manufacturer based in Quebec. While the Delay can be added or entirely removed through the Delay knob, the fuzz, which has a clear '70s sonic character, is always on and only features a Texture control…... Click for more

Soundslice FX Kobold Vintage Fuzz + Delay

Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd Overdrive

Boston's Electronic Audio Experiments just unveiled a new flexible Overdrive called Halberd, in the words of the builder "a discrete transistor overdrive circuit designed for the greatest possible dynamic range and note clarity." Not to be filed under the "transparent ods", and based on a circuit blending silicon and germanium…... Click for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd Overdrive

Vertex Effects Nyle Compressor Preamp

The Vertex Effects Nyle Compressor is the perfect stompbox for musicians looking to replicate the vibrant sounds produced by classic '70s and '80s studio compressor racks. The compressor-preamp hybrid is equipped with a vintage Mic Pre that produces the unconventional tones associated with '70s funk. The Mic Pre can be…... Click for more

Vertex Effects Nyle Compressor Preamp

Fender Bubbler Two Speed Stereo Chorus

For Fender, NAMM 2019 was the year of modulation pedals: they unveiled three of them, all sharing a few features with each other. Designed together with Bruce Egnater, the Bubbler is a Stereo chorus that applies a quirk found on rotary effects to chorus through the introduction of two separate, "footswitchable"…... Click for more

Fender Bubbler Two Speed Stereo Chorus

Seymour Duncan Polaron Phaser

Seymour Duncan just put out a multi-mode phaser pedal called Polaron that features a selectable number of stages, from two to 16. The signal path is fully analog but controlled digitally. The pedal can work as a regular modulation pedal (with tap tempo footswitch controlling the cycle's speed) or like…... Click for more

Seymour Duncan Polaron Phaser

Engl Amplifiers Fuzzyhead

Engl continues to supplement its line of amplifiers with stompboxes that offer players versatility in sound. The Engl Amplifiers Fuzzyhead Fuzzyhead Custom Pedal is the latest addition to the lineup, and it has a lot of bite to it for sure. This ferocious little stompbox has the traditional gain and…... Click for more

Engl Amplifiers Fuzzyhead