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Best of NAMM 2017: EQD Space Spiral Modulated Delay

The first videos of the new EQD Space Spiral modulated delay are trickling in, and we thought you wouldn't want to miss this one! Always a pleasure to look at the demo videos shot by the guys at Knobs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJB7A48A3-0... Click for more

Best of NAMM 2017: EQD Space Spiral Modulated Delay

Sickest Stompbox Seen at NAMM: T-Rex Binson Echorec

We were all in awe at NAMM 2015 when we saw T-Rex's tape delay Replicator for the first time (a Eurorack model of it was then unveiled late in 2016 at our Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit). Well, the Danish company managed to get us to... replicate that feeling at this year's NAMM, by unveiling the…... Click for more

Sickest Stompbox Seen at NAMM: T-Rex Binson Echorec

New Pedals: Empress FX Echosystem

We had this baby in our NAMM 2017 Stompbox Booth and we thought you may want to check out the brand new demo video, since Empress FX's previous pedal Reverb (belonging to the same line) did extremely well. The pedal's name is Empress FX EchoSystem, and it's a dual delay. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SGkFW5nCfD4... Click for more

New Pedals: Empress FX Echosystem

New Pedals: Classic Audio Effects Stumphouse Drive

Thinking outside the (stomp)box is a strategy that's risky but may prove rewarding. It gave birth to classic pedals like the Wah and the Whammy, and it's particularly exciting because it tends to to stimulate creativity in new ways. South Carolina pedal manufacturer Classic Audio just came out with a drive…... Click for more

New Pedals: Classic Audio Effects Stumphouse Drive

To check out at NAMM: Lunastone Pedals

With a population just under 6 million, Denmark is one of the smallest countries in Europe. But if we measured each country's size by how many pedals it sells, it would certainly be one of the largest, mostly because of stompbox powerhouse TC Electronic (the company was recently purchased by German Behringer,…... Click for more

To check out at NAMM: Lunastone Pedals

Influential Vintage Pedals: Lovetone Meatball

In April 1995, Dan Coggins gave up his night shifts as a BBC engineer and the Lovetone company was founded. That summer, Dan and partner Vlad Naslas took their Meatball envelope filter production prototype to effects guru Pete Cornish, who provided them with some solid advice moving forward. The Meatball…... Click for more

Influential Vintage Pedals: Lovetone Meatball

RayGun FX Super Fuzz Boy (Game Boy Fuzz)

There's only one thing that's more powerful than passion: two of them at once! There are many guitarists who are so into fuzz pedals they can't stop buying new ones that (to the uninitiated) sound ever so slightly different than other ones they already own. It's safe to assume that a considerable percentage…... Click for more

RayGun FX Super Fuzz Boy (Game Boy Fuzz)

Greenhouse Effects Drifter Analog Tremolo

We are always grateful when video demos of guitar pedals feature really cool parts (preferably original ones): we feel like that does a great service to the demoed stompbox while making the experience of watching the video a lot more enjoyable. While browsing through the various YouTube demos for the new Greenhouse Drifter Analog…... Click for more

Greenhouse Effects Drifter Analog Tremolo

Adventure Audio unveils the Dream Reaper Fuzzy Modulation Machine

We love crazy pedals with lotsa knobs and we also love the quirky but beautifully shot videos produced by Knobs. One of their latest is about... this crazy pedal with lotsa knob by Adventure Audio, called the Dream Reaper. Wanna know what it does? Here's how the manufacturer presents it:…... Click for more

Adventure Audio unveils the Dream Reaper Fuzzy Modulation Machine

New Pedals: TWA – Hot Sake Overdrive/Distortion

https://www.youtube.com/embed/hTK2VooyrB0 Japanese engineers excel at many things, but seem to have a knack for musical instrument circuits. If they certainly outshine the rest of the world at manufacturing synthesizers (think Korg, Roland and Yamaha!), nobody can fault them for their guitar pedal creations either. BOSS (also part of Roland) is a brand known to the…... Click for more

New Pedals: TWA – Hot Sake Overdrive/Distortion

Demos of the Strymon Riverside Multi Stage Overdrive

The Strymon Riverside was certainly one of the most anticipated pedals of 2016, if anything because it represented the first take on distortion from a manufacturer that was able, in recent years, to redefine the stompbox format for pretty much any other kind of effect, from modulation to delay to reverb.…... Click for more

Demos of the Strymon Riverside Multi Stage Overdrive

Manufacturers Profiles: Pettyjohn Electronics

Based in Albany, Oregon, Pettyjohn Electronics is a new-ish face in the community of boutique pedal manufacturers, but one that is receiving a certain amount of attention (and flattering reviews). Entirely focused, at least for now, on the dirt and color realms, they have been releasing six all analog pedals since 2014 , all featuring distinctive…... Click for more

Manufacturers Profiles: Pettyjohn Electronics