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JHS Fumble JFET Preamp

Here's the thing about mistakes: some of them you bury. Some of them you put in a box and sell for eighty-nine dollars. JHS dropped the NOTADÜMBLË in May 2025—a solderless DIY kit with two circuits. One was an overdrive based on the Dumble lead sound. The other was supposed…... Click for more

JHS Fumble JFET Preamp

Empress Effects Drive

Empress Effects, a Canadian builder known for making pedals for people who read manuals for fun, hasn't entirely shied away from dirt boxes: their Heavy Menace is a precision kill box. But a loose, interactive overdrive? That seemed beneath them. Until they patched a discontinued Germ Drive circuit into the…... Click for more

Empress Effects Drive

Jam Pedals Eureka Fuzz

The Eureka is an original Muff-style fuzz circuit by Greek manufacturer Jam Pedals based on a silicon transistor design. The classic three knobs for Level, Gain and Tone and expanded by a three-way toggle switch that offers different bass settings, a useful feature for switching between single-coil and humbucker guitars or…... Click for more

Jam Pedals Eureka Fuzz

Krozz Airborn Analog Flanger

The Krozz Airborn Analog Flanger comes out of Brazil from a company that prides itself on using the best component available on the market - in this case, Panasonic/Matsushita MN3207 NOS chips. This pedal's value is mostly in its sound, but it also features some unusual controls, besides the expected…... Click for more

Krozz Airborn Analog Flanger

Carl Martin PlexiRanger Overdrive + Boost

The sound of a distorted classic Marshall amp from the '60s and '70s has become a staple in rock'n'roll and a source of infinite inspiration for pedal makers all over the world. Danish effects designer Carl Martin has built some of the most successful Plexi-style pedals and unveiled a new…... Click for more

Carl Martin PlexiRanger Overdrive + Boost

JAM Pedals Red Muck MK2 Fuzz

The Jam Pedals Red Muck MkII keeps it classic with the three-knob layout but combines the most beloved aspects of the Green Russian and the Ram’s Head designs into one pedal. You get the clarity and articulation of the Ram’s Head along with the heavy bass and smoothness of the…... Click for more

JAM Pedals Red Muck MK2 Fuzz

EAE Glaive Octave Up Fuzz

The Electronic Audio Experiments (aka EAE) Glaive is an ultra-high-gain op-amp fuzz pedal, distinguished as the most dangerous gain device in the company's lineup. Capable of delivering an immense +80dB of gain, it offers a spectrum of sounds from articulate, metallic grind to overwhelming sonic destruction. Beyond its raw power,…... Click for more

EAE Glaive Octave Up Fuzz

The Klon Centaur Pedal and the Best Klon Clones in 2026: A Buyer’s Guide

Discover the absolute best Klon clones for your guitar rig. Our comprehensive 2026 buyer's guide uses an analytical framework to evaluate premium, mid-tier, budget, and dual-channel "Klone" pedals. --- Perhaps the most legendary (and absurdly expensive) guitar pedal of all time, the Klon Centaur was a foundational boutique "dirt box."…... Click for more

The Klon Centaur Pedal and the Best Klon Clones in 2026: A Buyer’s Guide

Updated Pedal: Champion Leccy The Skitter V3 Reverb + Trem

The Champion Leccy Skitter is back after a long hiatus, and Woolly at Champion Leccy didn't just dust off the old design, upgrading it to V3. Core concept is the same: a Belton Brick reverb with a tremolo you can route to the dry signal, the reverb, or both. Independent…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: Champion Leccy The Skitter V3 Reverb + Trem

Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun Tape Delay

Part of the growing family of the Pico series, the Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun is a tape-style echo in mini format delivering delay from 8ms to 3s. It doesn't only emulate the warmth of the vintage tape delays of yesteryear, but also the saturation those units' preamp imparted to the tone,…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun Tape Delay

Chase Bliss Brothers AM Overdrive

Inspired by the AnalogMan King of Tone, the legendary dual overdrive pedal that, one may say, started the trend of high-quality, multi-function dual-channel dirt boxes, the Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive is a reinterpretation and expansion of that circuit, designed in collaboration with its original creator, Mike Piera. Also a…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Brothers AM Overdrive

New Pedals: Klowra Budding Bloom Series

Klowra stuffed five pedals into 1590A boxes and somehow none of them feel like a compromise you have to apologize for. The five pedals in their Budding Bloom Series all share the same control layout: four knobs, a 3-way Mode push-button, a 3-way secondary toggle, and a footswitch with different…... Click for more

New Pedals: Klowra Budding Bloom Series