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Airis Merciless Drive V2

The Airis Merciless Drive V2 is an updated version of the Canadian company's hybrid and metal-oriented dirt box including a clean boost, a Rat-based ultra high gain distortion, and a boosted HM-2 EQ section, which can be all combined to taste. The EQ section is particularly useful including a Low and…Click on the title for more

Airis Merciless Drive V2

Weird Noise What The Fuzz

Based in Astoria, OR, Weird Noise Pedals chose a name that leaves no room for misunderstanding: these folks aren't afraid to get loud and quirky. Their provocatively named WTF pedal (don't worry, it's an acronym for "What a Fuzz!") is a simple 3-knob/2-mode fuzz with a noteworthy range. Those three…Click on the title for more

Weird Noise What The Fuzz

Way Huge Swollen Pickle Smalls MKIII Fuzz

Way Huge's Muff-style fuzz series has gotten a new smaller version, the Way Huge Swallen Pickle Smalls, aka MkIII, which replicates the venerable fuzz circuit adding - you guessed it - more tone-shaping possibilities. Instead of the standard Muff "tone" knob, the typical Loudness and Sustain controls are integrated with a…Click on the title for more

Way Huge Swollen Pickle Smalls MKIII Fuzz

New Pedal: Stoll Effects Mullet Two Channel Drive

A sturdy and transparent pedal hand-made in Germany, the Stoll Effects Mullet Drive is a two-channel overdrive offering a wide range of tones, from smooth vintage overdrive to aggressive modern sounds, designed to sound great with both single coil and humbucking guitars. The Yellow Channel leans towards the in-your-face rock'n'roll…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Stoll Effects Mullet Two Channel Drive

Carl Martin Tone Tweaker Boost/EQ

The Carl Martin Tone Tweaker has been in development for a considerable time and stands as one of the final projects influenced by Søren Jongberg, the man behind the Carl Martin brand who is also known as Mr. Tone Tweaker, in collaboration with house engineer Thomas Guldmann. Sturdy and shiny,…Click on the title for more

Carl Martin Tone Tweaker Boost/EQ

EarthQuaker + Death by Audio Time Shadows II

Released in limited numbers in 2021 as a marketing stunt to promote Reverb.com’s The Pedal Movie, the Time Shadows is a filter pedal engineered by two of the edgiest stompbox brands in the US: Ohio’s EarthQuaker Devices and NYC’s Death By Audio. The two companies are now unveiling an update, Time Shadows II, which adds welcome features such…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker + Death by Audio Time Shadows II

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II continues on the mission of the Texan company to bring guitar players authentic and affordabole clones of legendary discontinued pedals - in this case, the Mu-Tron Phasor II, now selling for over $500 on the used market. Built with premium components that faithfully match the…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II

Rounder Sounds Zebra Trem

Tremolo enthusiasts who like to sculpt their own modulation waveform should take a look at the Rounder Sounds Zebra-Trem, allegedly "the only tremolo pedal with on-pedal waveform editing," - and the handy ability to store your creation in presets. Things are pretty straightforward with controls for Level, Depth and BPM,…Click on the title for more

Rounder Sounds Zebra Trem

StoneDeafFX Rise & Shine Fuzz + Tremolo

The StoneDeafFX Rise & Shine is an octave fuzz that blends vintage tone with modern technology, with a twist. A digitally controlled fuzz pedal, it is at its heart a classic octave-up fuzz, but integrated with a dynamic octapulse tremolo that allows it to go well beyond your typical fuzz…Click on the title for more

StoneDeafFX Rise & Shine Fuzz + Tremolo

Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal

Once again, the talented team at Gamechanger Audio fulfilled the mission statement implicit in their company's name. The Latvian designers came up with a stompbox that shifts the vibrato action of the Bigsby lever from hand to foot: it's the Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal! That, in our book, qualifies as…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal

DryBell The Engine Dual Preamp

Our Croatian friends at DryBell, who have built a super-solid reputation with their Uni-Vibe emulations and the more recent utility pedal Unit67, unveiled at our NAMM 2020 Stompbox Booth a prototype of their first preamp/overdrive, and it looked right away like something special. Sporting a "Foundation Preamp" subtitle, the DryBell…Click on the title for more

DryBell The Engine Dual Preamp

Laney Ironheart Foundry 60w Pedal Amp

The Laney Ironheart Foundry is the British amp and pedal company's entry unit in the growing segment of powered amps in pedal format - a two-channel one + boost, for the record. With 60 Watts of power channeled through its 8 Ohm loudspeaker output, the Ironheart has enough juice to…Click on the title for more

Laney Ironheart Foundry 60w Pedal Amp