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Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

Blending layers of delay and reverb is the favorite hobby of a fair slice of guitarists into stompboxes, and - as you can see from our article about the Best Delay + Reverb Combo Pedals article - effects makers are fully aware of that. Philly's boutique builder Champion Leccy, run…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

Updated Pedal: Walrus Audio 385 MkII Overdrive

The Walrus Audio 385 MkII might be the only guitar pedal inspired by the sound of a... projector: the Bell and Howell Filmosound 385. Obviously, the inspiration here came from the projector's amplifier, rather than its video-related circuitry. MkI was one of the earliest pedals released by the Oklahoma City…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Walrus Audio 385 MkII Overdrive

New Pedal: Muir Silicon Steel Drive

The Muir Silicon Steel is a dirt box that blends a solid state overdrive with a transformer-based gain circuit, subtly adding non-linearity and magnetic saturation to your signal. The transformer gain stage is Silicon Steel's secret sauce—low strings resonate with chords, higher gain delivers a distinctive overdrive with a unique…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Muir Silicon Steel Drive

New Pedal: Cunningham Amps Zonk MKI Pedalboard Edition

Hailing from New Zealand, the Cunningham Amplification Zonk MK1 is a high quality stompbox paying homage to two legendary fuzzes from the mid-60s: the ultra-rare Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine and the Sola Sound MK1 Tone Bender. This pedalboard edition is hosted in a much smaller case than the original trapezoid…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Cunningham Amps Zonk MKI Pedalboard Edition

Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator

Grace The Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator belongs to the series of the first three guitar pedals ever released by the company renowned for pro audio peripherals but also for high-quality DSP-powered plugins emulating vintage studio gear, a kind of expertise that surely came in handy when working on stompboxes…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator

Okko FX Diablo Dual Overdrive

The Diablo overdrive (now out of production) was one of OKKO's most successful stompbox designs, featuring some novel fine-tuning controls like the Headroom switch (which ups the circuit's headroom to 18v), the Feed knob (controlling the amount of bass in the input signal) and the Body knob (affecting mids and dynamics). The pedal's main selling point was…Click on the title for more

Okko FX Diablo Dual Overdrive

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Pitch Fork

Part of the new Pico series of mini pedals, the Electro-Harmonix Pico Pitch Fork is a stylized version of the popular Pitch Fork family of pitch shifting pedals, but not necessarily the least feature-rich. It offers 30 pitch shift options and enhanced controls, inheriting the features of the original Pitch…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Pitch Fork

Fender Tre-Verb Tremolo+Reverb

Fender's Tre-Verb is a digital pedal that provides a comprehensive package of Fender's famous trem and reverb tones in one simple stompbox. Featuring two individually footswtichable effects that follow in logical order, the Tre-Verb will really spice up any amp without these effects. On the Reverb side, players are treated to '63,…Click on the title for more

Fender Tre-Verb Tremolo+Reverb

CKK SHXC Super Overdrive (Klon Variant)

Yes, many Chinese pedal builders make super affordable (if not downright cheap) pedals with questionable quality control, but this doesn't mean that there aren't some top-notch boutique pedal builders in China. Enter the CKK SHXC Super Overdrive, a new, hand-made Klon variant that's getting great reviews from the handful of…Click on the title for more

CKK SHXC Super Overdrive (Klon Variant)

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay

The Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay is a shrunken, digital version of the original, a rather unique effect able to produce volume and reverse swells, backward tape sounds, staccato notes, bowed instrument effects, and now also volume envelope effects in a simplified, compact design. It does all this in Mono mode…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay

DOD 250 Overdrive Preamp

The new DOD 250 is a faithful reissue of an evergreen classic first released in the early '70s by circuit designer David Oreste Defrancesco (aka, DOD) as an attempt to create a pedal that could deliver a range of tones from boost to slightly saturated to distorted, something few pedals…Click on the title for more

DOD 250 Overdrive Preamp

Updated Pedal: KingTone Duellist V2

Featured in our guide to the best Blues Breaker-style pedals, the KingTone Duellist V2 is an update to an already popular dual overdrive. A higher gain option than most Blues Breaker variants, the Duellist is a tone-tweaker’s delight that's hand-made in the US. The “Heavy Hand” side is a highly…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: KingTone Duellist V2