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Mattoverse AirTrash Fuzz

"The brand new AirTrash from Mattoverse Electronics is pedal for guitar or bass that sounds like absolute garbage" - and if you hear this from none other than the manufacturer, you can sure believe it's true! Fortunately, the AirTrash is not a Klon's clone or a refined Tube Screamer evolution,…Click on the title for more

Mattoverse AirTrash Fuzz

Mask Audio Electronics MAYBE? Fuzz

A marriage of the company's two fuzz circuits named Yes and No, the appropriately named Maybe? is a super-tweakable dual fuzz. Each side can be played independently or stacked on top of the other. Judging from the builder's words, the destiny of this union is doomed to be destructive, at…Click on the title for more

Mask Audio Electronics MAYBE? Fuzz

Back in Stock: Champion Leccy Divvy v3

The Champion Leccy Divvy WAS a one-knob fuzz, and now, with v3 (out in 2019), it's got two controls, Fuzz and Volume. It has an accentuation in the high-mids and higher frequencies but it’s not a super compressed square wave fuzz. Inspired by the venerable Percolator circuit, it rides the…Click on the title for more

Back in Stock: Champion Leccy Divvy v3

All Pedal 1987 Distortion + Delay (Steel Panther Collab)

Built for LA's comedic glam-metal band Steel Panther, the Allpedal 1987 is a dual delay + distortion pedal with the two effects placed in series (distortion first, delay after) and triggered by separate footswitches. The fully analog circuit is pretty straightforward, with three knobs each for each effect: Level, Feedback…Click on the title for more

All Pedal 1987 Distortion + Delay (Steel Panther Collab)

Revelation Effects Revenant Preamp & Boost

The Revelation Effects Revenant is the first pedal by a Canadian company best known for its cables. It's a moderately tweakable, high-headroom preamp & boost circuit with a separate boost footswitch and a 3-band EQ. Working internally at 18v, the Revenant is designed to interact with your amp in order…Click on the title for more

Revelation Effects Revenant Preamp & Boost

Walrus Audio Slöer Stereo Ambient Reverb

The Walrus Audio Slöer is the third evolution of the Slö pedal, a compact, mono reverb designed to deliver a textural, rather than realistic, effect ideal for music with ambient and droney inclinations. It was such a resounding success, that the Oklahoma-based company soon followed it up with a version…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Slöer Stereo Ambient Reverb

New Pedal: Bondi Effects Squish As VCA Compressor

Australian pedal builder Bondi Effect, well known for its Klon clone Sick As, kind of harnessed the popularity of that hit stompbox in the name choice department for their new compressor, the Squish As. Based on a VCA circuit, renowned for its transparent and predictable compression, the Squish As shares…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Bondi Effects Squish As VCA Compressor

Reeves Electro Darlington Flyer Fuzz

The Reeves Electro The Darlington Flyer is the first PCB-based pedal by a builder based in Northamptonshire, UK, known for its quality point-to-point designs. Hosted in a beautiful trapezoid blue enclosure, this is a fuzz with two very different voices both leveraging a different silicon transistor. Via the toggle switch…Click on the title for more

Reeves Electro Darlington Flyer Fuzz

New Pedal: Umbrella Company Mayonaise

The Umbrella Company Mayonaise Fuzz seems to be the debut pedal by the Japanese distributor of Chase Bliss and Empress Effects among others. It's presented as a modern and multifaceted "fuzzstortion" inspired by many classic circuits of the past but not necessarily replicating any of them, although sonic references to…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Umbrella Company Mayonaise

GFI System Synesthesia Dual-Engine Modulator

These days, dual-engine pedals seem to be the way forward in a scene constantly striving to devise effects that offer new textures and unheard sonic combinations. Indonesian builder GFI System is, with a few other companies, ahead of the game in the digital effects' engineering field, and their new stompbox…Click on the title for more

GFI System Synesthesia Dual-Engine Modulator

Eventide Riptide Stereo Uni-Vibe / Overdrive

The Eventide Riptide is a stereo overdrive + Uni-Vibe pedal with dedicated bypass footswitch and three dedicated controls for each effect. Notably, the Riptide offers two distinct voicings per effect, indicated by LED color above the engaged footswitch. The green drive offers a classic, mid-forward voicing, while the red drive…Click on the title for more

Eventide Riptide Stereo Uni-Vibe / Overdrive

Templo Devices REEL DEALuxe

Those among our readers who suffer from "tape nostalgia" should take a look at the the Templo Devices REEL DEALuxe, a dirt box that emulates the color and saturation imparted to the tone by reel to reel machines of yesteryear (or rather, yestercentury!). Tape still gets praised for its warmth…Click on the title for more

Templo Devices REEL DEALuxe