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DOD Chthonic Fuzz

A dark and sludgy take on the early fuzz circuitry, the DOD Chthonic Fuzz is the first release by the pioneering US pedal company since it was acquired by Cortek Guitars from Samson within the sale of DigiTech. In perfect DOD style, it's a pedal that caters to alternative guitarists,…Click on the title for more

DOD Chthonic Fuzz

New Pedal: Mooer Harmony X2

The Mooer Harmony X2 is a rather unique multi-mode stereo pitch-shifter pedal that lets you assign different notes to the left and right channel. It's a rather simple idea we haven't seen implemented in any other pedal: you pick the note for channel L (anywhere from on octave up to…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mooer Harmony X2

DOD Gunslinger Distortion

The DOD Gunslinger is a versatile overdrive/distortion pedal, utilizing a MOSFET circuit and capable of providing a very wide range of overdriven tones from light grit to full saturation. Given the MOSFET design, the Gunslinger provides the touch-sensitivity and articulation of playing a tube amp, available in a compact, familiar…Click on the title for more

DOD Gunslinger Distortion

Disruptive Music Enhancifier

For those in search of a high-end tone sweetener, the Disruptive Music Enhancifier might be just what the doctor ordered. Described by veteran guitarist and YouTuber Shawn Tubbs as the "secret sauce boost pedal," this device aims at enhancing the quality of your instrument’s tone by adding harmonic complexity to…Click on the title for more

Disruptive Music Enhancifier

Zvex Box of Rock

Designed to nail the sound of a dimed Marshall JTM45, the Zvex Box of Rock was one of the early Plexi-style pedals (it was released in the mid aughts), and is still one of the best-selling ones. The controls couldn't be simpler - Drive, Tone, Volume, and a single volume…Click on the title for more

Zvex Box of Rock

Source Audio EQ2 Programable Equalizer

Presented at NAMM 2020, the Source Audio EQ2 Programable Equalizer improves upon the Boston company’s original Programmable EQ pedal. It offers a combination graphic and parametric equalizer with 10 fully adjustable frequency bands, stereo output and an eight preset system. Up to 12dB of boost. Additionally, EQs can be different…Click on the title for more

Source Audio EQ2 Programable Equalizer

Drybell Module 4 Compressor

The Drybell Module 4 is a two-mode compressor pedal by a Croatian company that, after perfecting one of the best Uni-Vibe replicas on the market has shifted its focus to tone-shaping tools inspired by legendary vintage units. In this case, the source of inspiration is the Dan Armstrong’s Orange Squeezer,…Click on the title for more

Drybell Module 4 Compressor

Updated Pedal: PedalPalFX PAL 800 Gold Overdrive V4

The PedalPalFX PAL 800 Gold Overdrive is one of those ever-green pedals that keep getting better and better with each new version. This Hot Rod JMC800 in a box was recently updated to V4, and the new features are relevant enough to push it up in our comprehensive article about the…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: PedalPalFX PAL 800 Gold Overdrive V4

Source Audio ZIO Analog Preamp/Boost

Boston's pedal builder Source Audio in the last few years has seemed intent in focusing on products that take the most purely "tonal" effects to the next level. After the EQ2, a programmable equalizer, comes Zio, a multi-voice analog preamp/boost designed in collaboration with Christopher Venter, the owner and sole…Click on the title for more

Source Audio ZIO Analog Preamp/Boost

Wampler Germanium Tumnus

The Wampler Germanium Tumnus is the third variant of one of (if not THE) best-selling pedal by the Indiana-based pedal builder, a device voiced after the infamous Klon Centaur. As you may have guessed, this versiuon differs from the previous two because of it uses a Germanium diode - but…Click on the title for more

Wampler Germanium Tumnus

Empress ParaEQ mkII (+ Deluxe Version)

When we put together this article about the best EQ pedal earlier in 2022, we couldn't believe how much interest there was in a discontinued pedal by Empress Effects, the ParaEQ, and wondered why it was out of production... enter the new Empress ParaEQ mkII and mkII Deluxe, two compact…Click on the title for more

Empress ParaEQ mkII (+ Deluxe Version)

Thorpy FX ER-2 Univibe

The fully analog Thorpy FX ER-2 is the British company's take on the Uni-Vibe circuit, and, being familiar with the high engineering standards Adrian Thorpe strives for, we expect this pedal to become a big player in an effect-type niche followed almost obsessively by many true tone connoisseurs. The builder…Click on the title for more

Thorpy FX ER-2 Univibe