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Guitar Pedal News: Chaosound Anti-Effect Pedal

Coming to us out of left field is the Anti-Effect from Chaosound, a Polish company. This thing is right up my alley. It's weird, it's unpredictable, it's unique. So what is it? The Anti-Effect destroys the sound by imitating electro-acoustic track damage. It breaks the sound in a chaotic way but allowing you…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal News: Chaosound Anti-Effect Pedal

New Pedals: Source Audio’s Orbital Modulator

US pedal manufacturer Source Audio is one of the few companies that's been trying in recent years to move the stompbox concept forward rather than... retro. Their unique Hot Hand technology (basically a motion sensing remote control system) has brought unprecedented control of pedal parameters directly to the guitarists' hands. Their latest…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Source Audio’s Orbital Modulator

Pedal News: StompLabs launches the Fuzzi-Fier

Emerging Canadian pedal manufacturer Stomp Labs released their first pedal Fuzzi-Fier (pictured), which will be part of a hybrid analog/digital line called XPressWay. This line aims at making stompboxes that can be controlled more efficiently during the performance - rather than in between songs. More info about the pedal will…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: StompLabs launches the Fuzzi-Fier

Pedal News Heptode Virtuoso Phase Shifter

New to the Heptode line of guitar effects: The Virtuoso Phase Shifter. The Virtuoso is a boutique recreation of the original Maestro PS-1A Phase Shifter, as used in the 1970s by keyboardist John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and guitarists Steve Howe (Yes) and Ernie Isley (Isley Brothers), among many others. Footswitches…Click on the title for more

Pedal News Heptode Virtuoso Phase Shifter

Guitar Pedal Reviews: Ibanez Echo Shifter

The Ibanez Echo Shifter combines true analog sound quality with digital-like flexibility. It features things like a Tap-Tempo footswitch, Oscillation switch, Feedback control, Modulation, and a Depth control. I found this pedal to be a lot of fun and I really dig the vintage aesthetics. The 3 knobs up top are Feedback (controls the number of repeats), Mix (mixes between wet and dry signal),…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal Reviews: Ibanez Echo Shifter

New Pedals: Green Carrots, Pigtronix, Dr No, Pedal Monsters

Here are a few quick news about new pedal releases and pedals in the works: British hand manufacturer Green Carrots have a new baby: The Pumpkin Pi offers a double dose of Muff love with the IC78 Muff joined with the much sought after Russian Muff, a match made in…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Green Carrots, Pigtronix, Dr No, Pedal Monsters

Guitar Pedal News: DMB Pedals Whiskey Bender

Boutique pedal maker DMB Pedals will be releasing the Whiskey Bender Overdrive/Fuzz on May 1st. To celebrate, the company is doing a giveaway on Facebook in which, if you share the contest link everyday before the pedal's release, you'll have more opportunities to win it. The Whiskey Bender is described as…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal News: DMB Pedals Whiskey Bender

Guitar Pedal Reviews: Fender Competition Chorus Pedal

Earlier this year Fender released their Competition Series of pedals. I highlighted the series in an previous post. However, today it's all about their Competition Series Chorus Pedal. Chorus is an effect used to simulate the naturally occurring phenomenom that happens when individual sounds with roughly the same timbre and nearly (but…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal Reviews: Fender Competition Chorus Pedal

Guitar Pedal News: TSVG Babbling Flower

A new pedal from a boutique company based in Philly, the Babbling Flower comes to us from TSVG. This is apparently one of two new fuzzes and features a second footswitch to engage fuzz thickness. They claim to use high quality components like the ones used in great vintage amps…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal News: TSVG Babbling Flower

Guitar Pedal News: Death By Audio Sunshine Reverb

A Brooklyn based company with super cool boutique designs, Death By Audio just announced the release of a 100 units Limited Edition of the Ty Segall Sunshine Reverberation Pedal - presented as "Blissfull amazing reverb done DBA style." The pedal features controls for Reverb Blend, Reverb Gain, and Reverb Feedback to give you mellow…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal News: Death By Audio Sunshine Reverb

Guitar Pedal News: Dawner Prince Effects Diktator and Starla

Super stoked on these two new pedals! Dawner Prince Effects has imposed a new standard in the world of high-end class guitar effects. Being fully professionally designed and hand built, each pedal offers long term reliability and studio sound quality in an appealing casing – durable powder coated and screen printed…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal News: Dawner Prince Effects Diktator and Starla

Guitar Pedal Reviews: Diamond Pedals Quantum Leap

I am a big fan of short delays or slap backs if you will. Nothing like a little "Nashville spank" to liven up your guitar tone. If that's all this pedal I'm about to review was capable of, then we'd still be in pretty good shape. However the Quantum Leap can…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal Reviews: Diamond Pedals Quantum Leap