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Dominion Electric Faceless Fuzz

The Dominion Electric Faceless Fuzz is a Canada-made, handbuilt pedal inspired, as you may have guessed, by the vintage Fuzz Face designed around quite literally "hand-picked" NOS Germanium/Silicon transistors and other quality components: the builder lets you pick from Texas Instruments BC183L (Silicon), Telefunken BC108C (Silicon). RCA 2N404 (Germanium) and…Click on the title for more

Dominion Electric Faceless Fuzz

Horrothia FX Type One Analogue Ensemble/Chorus

One-knob devices have their charm, in particular when they sound really good, and that is, in a few words, what Falmouth, UK's pedal builder Horrothia FX specializes in. A one-man operation by recording engineer Tom Oakes, the company strives to build effects that offer studio-quality sound and simplicity of operation.…Click on the title for more

Horrothia FX Type One Analogue Ensemble/Chorus

Fairfield Circuitry Roger That RF Distortion

The Fairfield Circuitry Roger That, a distortion inspired by FM radio communication, is another intriguing and imaginative pedal by a Canadian company with an uncanny ability to design original yet rather intuitive effect circuits, outside all trends. Using an "FM modulation and demodulation scheme," the Roger generates tones ranging from…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Roger That RF Distortion

NUX Plexi Crunch

The NUX Plexi Crunch is a very affordable take on the Plexi-style distortion pedal - and to be honest, it looks a lot like the well-regarded Marvel Drive by Ramble FX. With two gain knobs (Master and Preamp) plus Tone and Presence controls, this is a straightforward pedal that will…Click on the title for more

NUX Plexi Crunch

New Pedal: VS Audio JangleMaster Overdrive+ Boost

The VS Audio JangleMaster is the Greek company's take on the Vox AC-30-style amp-in-a-box, with an added boost circuit that can sound either like a clean boost or a Rangemaster Treble booster, hence replicating a pedal/amps combo that was all the rage in the rock and pop of the '60s.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: VS Audio JangleMaster Overdrive+ Boost

29 Pedals FLWR Overdrive

The 29 Pedals FLWR is the first "almost normal" pedal (in this case, a dirt box) by a Californian company whose previous products walked the line between utility boxes and signal conditioners. The "almost" in the previous sentence is due to the pedal's semi-modular nature. Like many modern gain pedals,…Click on the title for more

29 Pedals FLWR Overdrive

Way Huge Geisha Drive Smalls

The new Way Huge Geisha Drive is limited-edition Smalls series version of an older, larger pedal that gained a following in the late '2010s for its ability to let you dial in anything from a gentle hint of saturation to full-on distortion. A lot smaller than its predecessor (both in…Click on the title for more

Way Huge Geisha Drive Smalls

Isolate Audio RATATATAT

Hailing from Australia, the Isolate Audio RATATATAT is a modern take on a classic distortion circuit with a similar name but fewer "A"s and "T"s, and some intriguing new features. Besides featuring a Bass and a (low-pass) Cut knob foreign to the classic Rat pedals and vaguely reminiscent of the…Click on the title for more

Isolate Audio RATATATAT

Crazy Tube Circuit White Whale V2 Spring Reverb

The Crazy TTube Circuit While Whale V2 is in all likelihood the most tweakable real spring reverb out there (and by "real" we mean to say that it has actual springs under the hood, hence the size). It has three different spring tanks for varied reverb characters. It also features a…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuit White Whale V2 Spring Reverb

PastFX Mischief Distortion

Australian builder PastFX has gotten us used to tweakable variations of classic pedal circuits, and a RAT-style distortion couldn't be missing from its roster. The PastFX Mixchief fills in that gap through a circuit featuring the original LM308 op-amp found in the vintage RATs, with a series of useful additions.…Click on the title for more

PastFX Mischief Distortion

Krozz Devices Krakenheart Uni-Vibe

The Krozz Devices Krakenheart is a modern take on the vibe circuit by a Brazilian company that already received a lot of praise for another analog modulation pedal, their Airborn flanger. The control set immediately conveys the idea of a circuit that goes beyond traditional Uni-Vibe tones. Besides the expected…Click on the title for more

Krozz Devices Krakenheart Uni-Vibe

Meris Ottobit Jr. Bitcruser/Sequencer/Stutter Pedal

The Meris Ottobit Jr. is presented as 'a maniacal little machine, inspired by vintage gaming consoles' - or, if you wish, an 8-bit pedals on steroids: a stereo “Audio In >> Video Game Out” device that lets guitarists employ synthesis techniques and bitcrushing to create new audio textures. Sample-rate and bit-reduction…Click on the title for more

Meris Ottobit Jr. Bitcruser/Sequencer/Stutter Pedal