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Based in Montreal (the Canadian city hosting this weekend's Stompbox Exhibit!) Ground Control Audio is a small boutique pedal manufacturer that is getting more and more attention for its quality, hand made effects, so far exclusively focused on gain related designs: the company is currently offering three pedals tackling boost, overdrive and…... Click for more

Pedal Manufacturer Profile: Ground Control Audio

Black Cat Monster K-Fuzz

The Kay Fuzztone was a quirky, cheap looking, treadle-based fuzz pedal from the 60’s. It sounded quite unique though, and Black Cat pedals has ushered this idea into the modern era (and developed it further) with their Monster-K, an octave fuzz that is capable of complete sonic mayhem. The pedal's first…... Click for more

Black Cat Monster K-Fuzz

New Pedals: Caroline’s Shigeharu Octave Up Fuzz

Based in Columbia, South Carolina, Caroline Guitar Company is not exactly a new face in the stompbox realm (they were founded in 2010), but offers products that have the "freshness" (of ideas and execution) of a startup, combined with the quality and sturdiness of a veteran in the field. One…... Click for more

New Pedals: Caroline’s Shigeharu Octave Up Fuzz

By Living Room Gear: Hiero Effects Heretic Fuzz

We love it when we get to know a new stompbox manufacturer through a YouTube demo of one of their pedals! No information can be found about the company (at least not written in English - the company appears to be Russian) but Hiero Effects' specializes in gain pedals, with an…... Click for more

By Living Room Gear: Hiero Effects Heretic Fuzz

Pedal demos: Dwarfcraft Devices’ Super Wizard (by Knobs)

Here's a spanking new video by Knobs about the Dwarfcraft Devices' new Super Wizard, described by the manufacturer as "a behemoth of pitch shifting, glitching, and lo-fi echo delights!" It's sample based pitch shifting identical to the one found in their Wizard of Pitch," but with the added functionality of the…... Click for more

Pedal demos: Dwarfcraft Devices’ Super Wizard (by Knobs)

James Supercave’s favorite pedal and synth

After winning The Deli's Best of 2015 LA Poll for Emerging Artist, in 2016 James Supercave went on to deliver on that "promise" with their perfect 2016 full length debut 'Better Strange.' This is one of those bands able to marry, in their songs, utter catchiness with a tense darkness and an overall enigmatic aura. We…... Click for more

James Supercave’s favorite pedal and synth

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 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-FI... Click 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 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 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 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 for more

Mixed Distortion board at the ATX Stompbox Exhibit 2017