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Synth Stompboxes at the Brooklyn Synth Expo 2017

At this year's Brooklyn Synth Expo we had something for guitarists too - the synth pedal mixed board! It received a lot of attention. Here's the interactive gallery featuring videos of all the stompboxes featured in it:Click on the title for more

Synth Stompboxes at the Brooklyn Synth Expo 2017

Artistry Audio Tradesman

Shnobel just put out this video of the first pedal by Artistry Audio, a Roseburg, Oregon based company that combines woodwork with pedal engineering. The pedal is an "organic, semi-transparent, and highly responsive overdrive ranging from light crunch to mildly aggressive tones" overdrive called Tradesman with three knobs (gain, volume,…Click on the title for more

Artistry Audio Tradesman

Pigtronix Mothership 2 at the 4th Brooklyn Synth Expo

Synth pedals are a very interesting niche market, in particular now that note tracking systems have become super reliable and almost latency free. Pigtronix just released the second version of their flagship synth pedal, the Mothership 2, and there's a lot of curiosity around it. Thos who live in the NYC area will be…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Mothership 2 at the 4th Brooklyn Synth Expo

The Sofas’ Pedals & Creative Process

This past summer of 2017, Brooklyn's The Sofas released their first single "Hum," which immediately resonated with oddball indie rock lovers and fans of those fuzzadelic records from the '90s bands like Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev were putting out early in their career. The band is about to release their debut full length "Chop Water"…Click on the title for more

The Sofas’ Pedals & Creative Process

ThorpyFX Peacekeeper Low-Gain Overdrive

British manufacturer ThorpyFX couldn't care less that mini-pedals are all the rage these days - they like their stompboxes kind of long. Reverb.com just shot this video of their Peacekeeper Low-Gain Overdrivem check it out below! More info directly from the manufacturer's website: The PEACEKEEPER is our take on a low…Click on the title for more

ThorpyFX Peacekeeper Low-Gain Overdrive

ProAnalog Devices Ascension Octave Fuzz

Mike Hermans introduces us to this new octave fuzz by Indiana based boutique manufacturer ProAnalog Devices. More info from the manufacturer's description: Ascension’s octave up tracks from the first fret, to the highest fret, and everywhere in between. From a clean octave up, to thick, heavy, feedbacking octave fuzz, Ascension retains a…Click on the title for more

ProAnalog Devices Ascension Octave Fuzz

Neunaber – Immerse Reverberator

Neunaber got us accustomed to luscious sounding digital effects, and the Immerse Reverberator takes the most luscious of effects (the reverb) into new territories of sonic splendor. More about the pedal directly from the manufacturer's site: The Immerse Reverberator houses eight stereo reverbs — Wet, hall, plate & spring reverbs, two…Click on the title for more

Neunaber – Immerse Reverberator

Coppersound Foxcatcher wins Premier Guitar Gear award

Congrats to the folks at Coppersound Pedals for landing the Premier Guitar's prestigious Premier Gear award for their 2-in-1 OD & Boost, the Foxcatcher. The pedal, which was recently featured in our list of affordable overdrives with a boost footswitch, received a "5 picks" ratings under the "Tones" category with the following praise:…Click on the title for more

Coppersound Foxcatcher wins Premier Guitar Gear award

Pedal Reviews: Wampler Ethereal [from Gearphoria]

Our friend Blake Wright reviewed the Wampler Ethereal in the latest issue of Gearphoria, check out the full interview here, and the Pro Guitar Shop video below. Here's an excerpt of the Gearphoria review The Ethereal delay and reverb pedal from the fine folks at Wampler Pedals is sort of…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: Wampler Ethereal [from Gearphoria]

AnalogMan Mods: BOSS MT-2 Pro

Isn't it awesome how a super-affordable BOSS pedal can be tranformed into a borderline-Ferrari of tone by some extremely clever engineers? New England's stompbox pioneer Analog Mike aof Analogman was one of the first pedal makers (if not the first!) to mod the Japanese compact series devices(and resell them at a 3X…Click on the title for more

AnalogMan Mods: BOSS MT-2 Pro

Krapina, Croatia might best be remembered as being a major site of Neanderthal remains. However, there is nothing Neolithic about guitar pedals coming out of the Eastern European country. DryBell is a small boutique pedal maker formed by founder Zvonko Suhodolcan, an electric guitar player who in the mid '90s…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile: DryBell’s Vibey mission

Synth Pedals at the 4th Brooklyn Synth Expo!

The Brooklyn Synth Expo is coming up on October 28-29 and this year we'll have a neat selection of synth pedals! We gathered four of them in the issue of The Deli linked to the event. Check out the videos in the interactive gallery below!Click on the title for more

Synth Pedals at the 4th Brooklyn Synth Expo!