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Xotic Effects BB Preamp Andy Timmons

The Xotic Effects BB Preamp (a pedal that can be used to overdrive your amp and fine-tune your tone's EQ) had already a stellar reputation, this version tweaked by guitar legend Andy Timmons (Danger Danger, Pawn Kings, Andy Timmons Band) adds an extra aura of prestige to it. Xotic Effects combines forces…Click on the title for more

Xotic Effects BB Preamp Andy Timmons

Ibanez announces the NTS Nu Tube Screamer

The Ibanez Tube Screamer is undoubtedly one of the most popular and successful overdrive pedals of all time. The company launched the line in the late Seventies with the TS808 and currently produces seven different Tube Screamer models. Now the lineup is about to get a new flavor. Ibanez has…Click on the title for more

Ibanez announces the NTS Nu Tube Screamer

KHDK – Dark Blood Distortion

The KHDK Dark Blood is a distortion that will satisfy evil tone seekers (read: metalheads). Check out Dennis Kayzer's new video below. The tone of Dark Blood is tube-like and mid-heavy with added high gain. It’s unique power is its distinctly amp-like sound. Richly articulate and deep, Dark Blood can…Click on the title for more

KHDK – Dark Blood Distortion

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Those wondering why there are so many emulations of the Ibanez Tube Screamer should find a final explanation in this chart of the best selling overdrive pedals of 2017: 35 years after its launch, the green stompbox known as TS9 is still the best selling guitar overdrive on the market,…Click on the title for more

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Nanolog Audio The WaveFunction Overdrive

The WaveFunction is a new stompbox by a young and ambitious Canadian company called Nanolog Audio, which presents its products as revolutionary devices ("It's nanotechnology - the product of years of research and patents. It is the first commercialized example of molecular electronics."). The WaveFunction is an overdrive with switchable…Click on the title for more

Nanolog Audio The WaveFunction Overdrive

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

Here's an obscure pedal demoed by Dennis Kayzer, a stompbox by MAK Crazy Sound Technology designed by metal guitarist Chocoslayc. The device is designed primarily for tapping, but also compatible with other guitar techniques. The pedal control unit consists of four adjustment knobs and a three-position effect switch. Prometheus mode…Click on the title for more

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

Radial ToneBone Hot-British V9 Distortion

Radial's updated V9 amp-in-a-box stompboxes from the Tonebone series are getting a really good reception from the community of pedal lovers. Here's a new video by the Tone Report about the updated plexi-style V9 Hot British unit. Packed into a pedalboard-friendly compact chassis, the Hot-British V9 retains the same soul and…Click on the title for more

Radial ToneBone Hot-British V9 Distortion

Rock Fabrik Effects AQUA LUNG Transparent OD/Clean Boost

Well, it turns out somebody is making guitar pedals even in Turkey! Here's Brett Kingman's demo of the Rock Fabrik Effects' Aqua Lung Transparent OD/Clean Boost. Aqua Lung is a transparent overdrive pedal which has special features such as low-cut and high-cut switches. Also it is overly suitable for clean…Click on the title for more

Rock Fabrik Effects AQUA LUNG Transparent OD/Clean Boost

MXR Booster Mini

Boost pedals should really give you as much gain as possible and take as little space on your board as possible, and the MXR Booster Mini does just that. Let's see also how it sounds in this video by the Living Room Gear. The MXR Booster Mini gives you the…Click on the title for more

MXR Booster Mini

Smallsound/bigsound Pretty Years Distortion

This blog and its blogger have seen a fair amount of gear in their lives, but an outboard rack effect that deals with distortion (not just saturation or subtle "warming") was missing from the list. This changed today, when, while looking into PA-based pedal builder smallsound/bigsound, we realized that its…Click on the title for more

Smallsound/bigsound Pretty Years Distortion

Baroni Lab Mini Amp Custom 50W Amp/Cab Sim

Italian amp and pedal builder Baroni Lab will be at NAMM in 2018 to showcase - among things - their new Amp/Cab simulators in stompbox format. Here's a demoby Brett Kingman of the Mini Amp Custom 50W Amp/Cab Sim. The BaroniLab Mini-Amp is a top-of-the-line 4-in-1, stage-ready guitar amplifier. It offers…Click on the title for more

Baroni Lab Mini Amp Custom 50W Amp/Cab Sim

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com

A the end of each year, most of us enjoy reading "Best of" lists of all kinds - a habit that helps us simplify choices, in particular when faced with fields overcrowded with products (like the gain stompbox one!). Guitar critics can say whatever they want about what new pedals…Click on the title for more

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com