gear giveaway

Effect Type

Pedal to the Metal: Keeley Filaments

New releases by Keeley Electronics always tickle the wallet of many pedal aficionados. We are detecting an above average amount of buzz for the company's new high gain distortion that's about to drop in stores, called Filaments, maybe because the stompbox in question doesn't have one, nor two, but THREE stages of gain, which,…Click on the title for more

Pedal to the Metal: Keeley Filaments

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers demo by Knobs

The pedal demos by Knobs are unmissable, here's the one for the new Chase Bliss Audio dual distortion, named Brothers. We highlighted it a few weeks ago as a "Best of NAMM 2017" pedal here and had the pleasure of seeing it/hearing it at our Austin Stompbox Exhibit a few weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7jn_hEd-FIClick on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Brothers demo by Knobs

Lightning Boy Audio LB II High Voltage Tube Overdrive with CH2 Sidecar Module

We just caught this video below legendary GermanDude, and we couldn't help but being intrigued by the word "sidecar" - to date, without any doubt the coolest vehicle invented by humanity. In this circumstance, the sidecar concept is applied - as you might have guessed - to a guitar pedal: the (hand…Click on the title for more

Lightning Boy Audio LB II High Voltage Tube Overdrive with CH2 Sidecar Module

Dusky Electronics: More Me Boost, Toasted Drive and Octomotron Fuzz

Based out of Durham, NC, Dusky Electronics is a relatively new manufacturer of pedals, amplifiers and speaker cabinets - incidentally, their D?O amp looks absolutely delicious and won Premier Guitar's "Premier Gear" label in 2016. But we ain't interested in amps over here, pedals only (or "petals" like our terrible intern from…Click on the title for more

Dusky Electronics: More Me Boost, Toasted Drive and Octomotron Fuzz

Delay Mixed Board at the Austin Stompbox Exhibit

Hey delay maniacs! This is going to be out for ya'll to play with it at our upcoming Austin Stompbox Exhibit! P.S. Pretty darn exciting board if you ask us!Click on the title for more

Delay Mixed Board at the Austin Stompbox Exhibit

Mixed Distortion board at the ATX Stompbox Exhibit 2017

If you are in Austin this week, bring your guitar to the Lewis Carnegie Gallery (hosting the ATX Stompbox Exhibit 2017) and give these bad babies a try!Click on the title for more

Mixed Distortion board at the ATX Stompbox Exhibit 2017

SSD Devices EVA Fuzz (demo)

We are always intrigued when we see a demo of a pedal by a manufacturer we are not aware of - in particular if the effect looks cool and has something different to it. Not much info can be found about SSD Devices, but it sounds like a UK/US collaboration (the…Click on the title for more

SSD Devices EVA Fuzz (demo)

New (Crazy) Pedals: TWA Dynamorph

We saw this pedal by NJ based TWA (an acronym for "Totally Wicked Audio") at our NAMM 2017 mixed booth and it looked intriguing indeed, if anything for the name of its controls - there's a Kafka/Ovid switch, and a "Gestation" mini-knob! The effect's presentation is also interesting: "Distortion? Fuzz? Filter? Synth?…Click on the title for more

New (Crazy) Pedals: TWA Dynamorph

Strymon debuts Sunset Dual Overdrive at Austin Stompbox Exhibit

Strymon, at last, seems to have gotten the distortion bug - and overcome their aversion for the color red! The Californian stompbox manufacturer just unveiled their second distortion pedal ever, after 2016's Riverside Overdrive (since their birth in 2008, they had only released non-distortion pedals, developing a reputation for luscious clean sounds, although…Click on the title for more

Strymon debuts Sunset Dual Overdrive at Austin Stompbox Exhibit

Klon + Tube Screamer in one pedal: Greenchild K818 Dual Overdrive

Click on the title for more

Klon + Tube Screamer in one pedal: Greenchild K818 Dual Overdrive

Bondi Effects 2026 Compressor Limiter

You may think that Bondi Effects is another Italian manufacturer (we covered a bunch of them as of late), but the name actually originates from an Australian aboriginal word meaning "the sound of waves crashing over rocks." Is that natural sound the precursor of fuzz? Founded in 2013 and run by husband…Click on the title for more

Bondi Effects 2026 Compressor Limiter

Electro-Harmonix SYNTH9 Synthesizer Machine

This press release just came in from Electro-Harmionix, it sounds intriguing... The SYNTH9 Synthesizer Machine transform your guitar sound into classic electronic synthesizers and features nine of the most distinctive vintage synth type sounds: OBX, PROFIT V, VIBE SYNTH, MINI MOOD, EHX MINI, SOLO SYNTH, MOOD BASS, STRING SYNTH and…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix SYNTH9 Synthesizer Machine