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Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper

Those who like imaginative pedals and have no problem with complexity and seriously BIG stompboxes, should already be familiar with French builder Glou Glou, a company that has embraced the idea that pedals can be full-fledged synths (without keys). They just announced a new pedal and, once again, it's an…Click on the title for more

Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper

EarthQuaker Devices Pyramids Stereo Flanging Device

EarthQuaker Devices has just expanded its ever-growing line of effect pedals with the Pyramids Stereo Flanging Device. Built on the same proprietary digital signal processing (DSP) architecture as the company’s hit Avalanche Run delay and reverb pedal, Pyramids is packed with features and a full palette of great sounds. It…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Pyramids Stereo Flanging Device

Benson Stonk Box Fuzz

After the Germanium Fuzz, the Benson Stonk Box Fuzz is the 2nd fuzz pedal by the Portland builder featuring their proprietary temperature technology that allows the diodes at the core of the circuit to behave more consistently, solving a problem that has afflicted many pedal builders dedicated to the development…Click on the title for more

Benson Stonk Box Fuzz

Rorschach Devices Misophenia Distortion

Name after the word signifying "an overwhelming sensation or strong emotional response triggered by specific aural stimuli", the Rorschach Devices Misophenia is a high-end distortion pedal designed with both power and flexibility in mind. The special feature of this pedal is the two EQ voicings selectable via the Chug toggle switch in…Click on the title for more

Rorschach Devices Misophenia Distortion

UAFX Universal Audio OX Stomp

The UAFX Universal Audio OX Stomp represents the American company's entry in the growing market of cab simulator pedals, although the company already had a similar desktop product with speaker modeling technology simply called OX. This stompbox unit inherits some of that technology and adds a lot more features. The…Click on the title for more

UAFX Universal Audio OX Stomp

Nordvang No.1 Signature Klon-Style Overdrive

Nordvang is an emerging Danish builder that's been gaining popularity mostly for their dual overdrive pedals, some of which include a Klon-style channel (and sometimes two!). Their No.1 Signature Overdrive is the refined version of their first pedal, released in 2014, and it's also a take on the Klon circuit.…Click on the title for more

Nordvang No.1 Signature Klon-Style Overdrive

Strymon Brig DBucket Stereo Delay

The Strymon Brig dBucket Delay is the (almost) compact evolution of the Californian company's Brigadier. They are both digital pedals featuring a proprietary chip (dBucket) created with the declared intent of replicating the character of the Bucket Brigade Device, the beating heart of any analog delay pedal, without its flaws.…Click on the title for more

Strymon Brig DBucket Stereo Delay

New Pedal: OPFXS Twin Boost

Hailing from Italy, the OPFXS Twin Boost is a dual, digitally controlled, Midi enabled, analog boost with 3 preset slots offering up to 24 db of clean gain. Its two channels can operate in either Joing or Separate mode. In Joint mode, the gain setting evenly applies to both channels, facilitating stereo…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: OPFXS Twin Boost

New Pedal: Anasounds Dystopia Modulated Delay

The Anasounds Dystopia is a delay pedal for adventurous musicians who enjoy pushing their gear beyond its conventional use: as suggested by its name, it can transform your guitar into a noisy, unconventional tool, while pushing sonic boundaries and venturing into noise territory when pushed to the extreme. A limited…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Anasounds Dystopia Modulated Delay

PLBR Effects Floral Green Dual Overdrive

Croatian pedal builder PLBR Effects likes its effects filled with tonal options, and the Floral Green Overdrive handsomely showcases this. It's a TS styled 2 channel mid-boosting overdrive offering 8 different clipping variations and two selectable gain channels, with 3 frequency modes for each channel. The two channels can't be stacked but…Click on the title for more

PLBR Effects Floral Green Dual Overdrive

Thermion Freeway Interface Amp

Amp and cab simulators in the shape of a pedal have been gaining momentum in the last decade, but we have never seen something quite like the Thermion Freeway, a tweaker's dream stereo preamp/USB interface/headphones amp with FX Loop and a 6-mode reverb! Looking like a Tech 21 SansAmp on…Click on the title for more

Thermion Freeway Interface Amp

Keeley Noble Screamer Overdrive

The Tube Screamer and the Nobels ODR-1 have less in common than most people may expect: they are both green and they are both overdrives. But the color of the latter has often led to the misguided assumption that it was a clone of the former, while it's not. The…Click on the title for more

Keeley Noble Screamer Overdrive