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Mooer Preamp Live

Last year, Mooer Audio introduced its Micro Preamp series of mini digital preamp pedals, which features sonically accurate digital recreations of the preamp sections of popular tube amplifiers. There are currently 17 Micro Preamps covering a full range of tones for all musical styles. The big news for 2018…Click on the title for more

Mooer Preamp Live

Greer Supa Cobra Overdrive

At Summer NAMM 2018 Greer introduced a new medium gain overdrive called the Supa Cobra. This is a rather flexible pedal with three clipping modes (FAT, LED, and Open), and controls for Treble and Body. Here's a sonic peak at how it sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFR1_0JAGM8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBVGmuooyEw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgPL3ZqAwo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYDBfQIk9WM The Greer Amps…Click on the title for more

Greer Supa Cobra Overdrive

Electro-Harmonix unveils Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff, Flatiron Fuzz, and Nano Battalion.

Just when we were about to wind down for the upcoming weekend, our pristine email inbox lit up with a new press release from Electro-Harmonix, from the city that never sleeps nor takes shorter days on Friday (that is, NY, NY!). As if that wasn't enough, the message promoted the…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix unveils Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff, Flatiron Fuzz, and Nano Battalion.

Greenchild Amps Valve Reaper Overdrive/Distortion

Greenchild is mostly an amp manufacturers, but they make some rather unique gain pedals - we blogged about the K818 Klon + Tube Screamer OD earlier this year. The Valve Reaper, instead, is... An eminently practical overdrive/distortion hybrid, purposely designed to deliver musical signal clipping across the entire frequency spectrum.…Click on the title for more

Greenchild Amps Valve Reaper Overdrive/Distortion

Mod Kits DIY Tone Attack Kit Active Tone Stack

Stacking gain stages on top of each other is the name of the pedal game these days, and the folks at DIY Mod Kits are now giving those of you interested in exploring effect circuits the opportunity to build a useful "active tone stack" pedal - the Tone Attack - for…Click on the title for more

Mod Kits DIY Tone Attack Kit Active Tone Stack

Prototype demo of the Demon Pedals Kondo Shifuku D-Style Overdrive

Founded by two German rock guitarists (Matt, the stoner, and Pete, the punk rocker), Demon Pedals specializes in gain designs with Eastern names and graphics. This being said, we'll contradict ourselves immediately by saying that they just released their first pedal whose graphics don't seem to have anything to do…Click on the title for more

Prototype demo of the Demon Pedals Kondo Shifuku D-Style Overdrive

Dr. No Effects Moon Canyon

The music of NYC experimental guitarist Noveller is not for everyone: focusing on sonic texture and favoring the pure enjoyment of (heavily effected) sound composition over songwriting, the project of Sarah Lipstate is bound for a niche audience of patient and sophisticated listeners. Mysterious Dutch manufacturer known as Dr. No obviously belongs…Click on the title for more

Dr. No Effects Moon Canyon

KMA Machines Queequeg Sub Generator

The Queequeg is a simple device (in particular by KMA Machines' standards) that does one thing but does it well: a analog monophonic suboctave generator. The only knob blends the mix of clean signal and sub-octave. Check out the earth-shattering demos by Pedal Fusaion and The Livingroom Gear Demos, below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtbneFtr88…Click on the title for more

KMA Machines Queequeg Sub Generator

ProAnalog Devices Manticore V2 Overdrive

Based in Merrillville, IN, ProAnalog Devices is a small builder dedicated to building... professional analog devices (as in guitar pedals)! The company has been getting an increasing amount of attention since the 2017 release of their Klon-style Manticore overdrive, described by Riff City as a "fresh take on the topic" in their Best of 2017…Click on the title for more

ProAnalog Devices Manticore V2 Overdrive

Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost

The four generation of the Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost has arrived, a new version of a popular pedal that was last updated in 2010. Check out the videos below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImDGFAc1ro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKfrfQCQX4c The Mercury IV is a dynamic tone enhancer, created to bring out additional harmonic character from instruments and…Click on the title for more

Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost

JHS unveils the Tidewater Mini Tremolo

In a rather unexpected move, JHS Pedals this week unveiled two new mini-pedals, a format it only tackled once before with the Foot Fuzz. As a matter of fact, one of the new design is version 2 of that mini-fuzz, which we highlighted here. The second pedal is an entirely…Click on the title for more

JHS unveils the Tidewater Mini Tremolo

Friedman BE-OD Deluxe Overdrive

Friedman just unveiled a two-channel version of their popular BE-OD, called BE-OD Deluxe. This new BE-OD Deluxe pedal employs the exact same circuit but adds another channel and dual midrange controls. The top row (Channel 1) is identical to the original BE-OD pedal while Dave voiced the bottom row (Channel…Click on the title for more

Friedman BE-OD Deluxe Overdrive