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AJ Peat Pedals’ Screaming Flamingo and Dirty Buzzard

Orange County boutique manufacturer AJ Peat, owned and founded by Luthier and self-described tinkerer Andrew James Peat, builds guitars, effect pedals and other signature audio devices. At the 2016 Summer NAMM show in Nashville his pedals were on display in the Cusack/Mojo Hand booth. This was due to the fact that…... Click for more

AJ Peat Pedals’ Screaming Flamingo and Dirty Buzzard

Build your own spring reverb with Mod Kits DIY’s The Wave

Those of you who like to challenge themselves with DIY projects in the realm of electric engineering applied to music, should take a look at MODKits DIY's authentic spring tube reverb design called The Wave. For the the young and unaware, spring reverbs are an electromechanical reverb device that produces a reverb effect…... Click for more

Build your own spring reverb with Mod Kits DIY’s The Wave

Most music lovers know what a Hammond organ is and are aware that Leslie is a rotary effect traditionally applied to that instrument. We knew that much when, last week, we approached the Hammond booth at Summer NAMM 2016, inquiring about three stompboxes featuring the name "Leslie" on them. That's when Hammond's…... Click for more

Hammond’s Leslie pedals for guitarists and keyboardists

Outlaw FX introduces four new pedals at SNAMM ’16, including Lasso Looper

Outlaw Effects just announced the introduction of four new pedals - and hey! The company will be part of our Summer NAMM Stompbox Exhibit 2016, so visitors will be able to try these pedals in our booth (#1342)! Three of these products are "utility boxes": the Kerosene is a super affordable power…... Click for more

Outlaw FX introduces four new pedals at SNAMM ’16, including Lasso Looper

SNAMM 2016 Stompbox Exhibit: Amptweaker introduces the FatMetal Pro

Amptweaker’s James Brown - whose self-described specialty is not necessarily in the wild ideas but rather in the tweaking of ideas - is becoming one of the most nuanced pedal manufacturers for high gain distortion and we are proud to have him at our Summer NAMM booth next week. Built on…... Click for more

SNAMM 2016 Stompbox Exhibit: Amptweaker introduces the FatMetal Pro

Split pedal? Fuzzrocious/Dwarfcraft Afterlife of Pitch

Here at Delicious Audio we love collaborations, in particular if they are of the creative variety. Both Dwarfcraft Devices and Fuzzrocious Pedals have been churning out several pedals demonstrating how they love to think outside the box - although within the stompbox parameters! The two boutique manufacturers just released what we…... Click for more

Split pedal? Fuzzrocious/Dwarfcraft Afterlife of Pitch

Lone Wolf FX at Summer NAMM’s Stompbox Exhibit

We met Joe Anastasio from Lone Wolf FX in Austin back in 2012 when we organized our very first Austin Stompbox Exhibit - at the time he was part of a now defunct manufacturer called Enormous Door FX). To be fair, he never struck us as the most organized of people (you can gather…... Click for more

Lone Wolf FX at Summer NAMM’s Stompbox Exhibit

New Pedals: Keeley Multi Echo ME-8

As we all know, pedal lovers can be divided in two categories: those who like uncluttered effects with a few knobs, and those who seek stompboxes that open many creative possibilities, no matter the number of controls. With its eight algorithms controlled through just five knobs, the new Keeley Mulyi…... Click for more

New Pedals: Keeley Multi Echo ME-8

Beverly: inspiration and gear behind ‘The Blue Swell’

Let it be said that Beverly's Drew Citron is no shrinking violet. Sure, she lost co-conspirator Frankie Rose soon after the band’s stellar debut album, but Drew pressed on and the new full length 'The Blue Swell' marks a clear improvement in both the songwriting and production departments, continuing the band's swirly take on…... Click for more

Beverly: inspiration and gear behind ‘The Blue Swell’

New Pedals: Source Audio L.A. Lady Overdrive and Kingmaker Fuzz

At our recent Toronto Stompbox Exhibit we had the chance to check out Massachussets manufacturer Source Audio's pedalboard, which featured two brand new guitar stompboxes, the L.A. Lady Overdrive and the Kingmaker Fuzz, part of their One Series line. Those familiar with Source Audio will know that the company belongs to the category…... Click for more

New Pedals: Source Audio L.A. Lady Overdrive and Kingmaker Fuzz

New Pedals: Function F(x) The Third Rail Overdrive

After the successful launch of their first pedal, the Clusterfuzz, the Elk Grove Illinois stompbox manufacturer Function F(x) is back with their sophomore product, The Third Rail, the company’s first foray into overdrive, which provides a one stop shop for discerning crunch aficionados. The box features two distinct overdrive channels in one box, each…... Click for more

New Pedals: Function F(x) The Third Rail Overdrive

Empress’ new reverb: “Reverb!”

At our recent Toronto Stompbox Exhibit we had the chance to check out Canadian manufacturer Empress' new reverb pedal (shipping on May 31st!) appropriately called "Reverb." Here's the full Empress pedalboard displayed at the Canadian event. Like its line predecessor SuperDelay, this effect seems to insert itself (both in size and concept) somewhere between a regular…... Click for more

Empress’ new reverb: “Reverb!”