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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

True North Tweed Drive

Jay Leonard J is running a series on Canadian pedals this week, and since in 2018 we officially moved to Canada (to be precise, Montreal!) we want to praise this effort by giving it some exposure. The "all Canadian rig" he's put together is comprised in most part by pedal…... Click for more

True North Tweed Drive

MAS Effects Mimir’s Well

"Many of your favorite pedals have nearly identical circuitry, with the only important difference being the patches running on their FV-1 audio DSPs (digital signal processors). [...] This creates a neat little niche in the market for something like this." This premise, found on the MAS Effects Mimir's Well's presentation…... Click for more

MAS Effects Mimir’s Well

Tru-Fi COLORDRIVER Overdrive/Fuzz

Sometimes you can tell how much a videographer likes a pedal from how good is the music in his or her video of it. Well, it doesn't get much better than what Barrero did for the Tru-Fi COLORDRIVER 18v video below. This is an overdrive/ fuzz made in the USA…... Click for more

Tru-Fi COLORDRIVER Overdrive/Fuzz

Sabbadius Fillmore East Funky-Vibe, 2020 Edition

Sabbadius Electronics is an Argentinian stompbox manufacturer that proud itself for building all its devices by hand, using only carefully selected parts. Their new, 2020 Edition of the Fillmore East Funky-Vibe is said to perfectly capture the “chewy” sound of the Uni-Vibes Jimi Hendrix played in 1969 and 1970, something…... Click for more

Sabbadius Fillmore East Funky-Vibe, 2020 Edition

Poly Digit Multi-Delay/Reverb

Australian Poly Effects has been making a splash with its unique touchscreen-based guitar pedals and at NAMM 2020 introduced a new one, called Digit, (Loki Davidson came to our NAMM Stompbox Booth to shoot a video of it, at the bottom of this post). The touchscreen, of course, opens up…... Click for more

Poly Digit Multi-Delay/Reverb

GFI System Specular Reverb V3

Based in Indonesia, GFI System manufactures some rather impressive pedals, and has built a solid reputation for its time-based effects. Their Specular Reverb V3 builds on the strength of the previous version's lush algorithms while simplifying the preset system, and adding an Expression/Tap Tempo input and a Kill Dry function that triggers…... Click for more

GFI System Specular Reverb V3