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Alexander Pedals Quadrant Audio Mirror Delay

Alexander Pedals has been churning out very cool products, climbing the stompbox buzz ladder thanks to imaginative designs packed with features. Their brand new Quadrant Audio Mirror Delay certainly makes a good first impression as well (we dig the graphics!). Belonging to the recently introduced Neo Series, this is a compact…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Quadrant Audio Mirror Delay

Echopark Instruments FQ12 Dual Range-Bastard

Echo Park is the area in L.A. where most musicians live, but also the home of Echopark Instruments, a company that handcrafts vintage looking and sounding guitars, amps and pedals. The FQ12 Dual Range-Bastard is their second pedal, a double effect with a boost/drive on the right and an EQ boost featuring a…Click on the title for more

Echopark Instruments FQ12 Dual Range-Bastard

CKK Electronic Robot Phaser

CKK Electronic is a subsidiary of Chinese pedal company Sinvertek Electronic, and specializes on stompboxes with a more classic look and streamlined features. The Robot is their take on the OTA based phaser design and can deliver tones ranging from classic sounding to experimental swirls. Check out the demo by Mike Hermans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g47L5YUuuT0&t=0sClick on the title for more

CKK Electronic Robot Phaser

Lollygagger FX Canaglia Multi-Stage Overdrive

Lollygagger FX is a Michigan-based pedal manufacturer that, at least for now, is entirely committed to one hand-made overdrive design called Canaglia (Italian for "scoundrel"), which they deliver in many differently colored wooden enclosures. All variations look truly beautiful and, according to many, so they sound - here's an in-depth review…Click on the title for more

Lollygagger FX Canaglia Multi-Stage Overdrive

Deep Space Devices Red Ghost Distortion

Out of Gadsden, Alabama, Deep Space Devices is a small manufacturer that just put out its first pedal - the Red Ghost, a heavy, one-knob distortion that will make stoner rockers happy. Check out the video by Distortion LTD below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1MD-aNihD4 By creating crushing clips, The Red Ghost is the wraith of…Click on the title for more

Deep Space Devices Red Ghost Distortion

Keeley Filaments High Gain Distortion

Filaments is Keeley Engineering's most earth-shattering pedal, a high gain distortion created with metal-heads in mind, more info under the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBuBc2XZpH4 The Filaments has more flexibility in tone-shaping than any other Keeley stompbox. Level and Gain set the stage for rich layers of high gain tube-amp saturation. Bass and Body give you the punch and authority of…Click on the title for more

Keeley Filaments High Gain Distortion

Intriguing Devices: Landscape’s Stereo Field

The Stereo Field, by Brooklyn's one-man builder Landscape, is no ordinary musical device. It’s three instruments in one. And as you can undoubtedly tell from its inviting geometric faceplate, there’s a lot of intriguing stuff going on here. Used as an audio processor, Stereo Field is a hands-on way to create a range…Click on the title for more

Intriguing Devices: Landscape’s Stereo Field

320 Design Sunakake Gain Booster & Overdrive

Brett Kingman introduces us to this obscure pedal by Japanese manufacturer 32o Design, called the Sunakake Gain Booster & Overdrive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qMAFpjjxYA 320Design is a Japanese company run by a graphic designer who also doubles as a pedal builder. Here's their description (courtesy Reverb.com) of the Sunakake Boost/OD: "The Sunakake by 320design…Click on the title for more

320 Design Sunakake Gain Booster & Overdrive

EarthQuaker Devices Gray Channel Overdrive

Here's a demo video of the dual channel Gray Channel Overdrive from EarthQuaker Devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--w8rZVzeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhV145G1pcE The Gray Channel is a real “twofer” of an overdrive. It is based around a classic hard-clipping gray box overdrive (subtle hint, huh), one of my all-time favorites. Coincidentally, this is the very same pedal…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Gray Channel Overdrive

Pettyjohn Electronics Gold Overdrive

Here's a new video by Reverb.com of the Pettyjohn Electronics Gold Overdrive, a very dynamic plexi-style amp in a box. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2e2-IapD0 What started as a simple box inspired by classic “Golden amps from Britain” ended up as so much more then just an amp-in-a-box. The GOLD is incredibly touch sensitive,…Click on the title for more

Pettyjohn Electronics Gold Overdrive

Keeley Electronics Compressor Plus

Robert Keeley has made a name for himself for his compressor pedal designs (more than 50k were sold up to this point!), so there is always a lot of curiosity when he puts out a new one. The Keeley Compressor Plus updates the classic design with an integrated expander/sustainer - "Not…Click on the title for more

Keeley Electronics Compressor Plus

Tsakalis Introduces the Galactic Multimodulation and Phonkify Filter Wah Pedals

Tsakalis Audioworks has introduced two new pedals: the Galactic multi-modulation pedal and the Phonkify envelope filter/wah enhanced with octaves. The Galactic lets you combine and blend five types of modulation in ways that bring new textures to your sonic arsenal. The pedal has controls for Volume, Blend, Depth and Speed,…Click on the title for more

Tsakalis Introduces the Galactic Multimodulation and Phonkify Filter Wah Pedals