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Positive Grid Spark Pedal

Before shrinking their ecosystem down to the floor, Positive Grid built a massive reputation on software modeling and desktop practice amplifiers, most notably pioneering the BIAS amp-building software and the wildly popular Spark series of smart practice amps. Folding that same powerful technology into a portable floor processor, the Positive…... Click for more

Positive Grid Spark Pedal

New Pedal: Mad Professor Milestone Fuzz

[caption id="attachment_215676" align="aligncenter" width="612"] https://mpamp.com/product/131[/caption] Crafting germanium fuzz into something that behaves on a modern board without fighting your buffers is an old engineering puzzle, and Mad Professor has tackled it head-on. Handwired in Finland by the boutique shop renowned for classics like the Sweet Honey Overdrive, the new Mad…... Click for more

New Pedal: Mad Professor Milestone Fuzz

Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine

Strymon, an effect builder that will be remembered for breaking the guitarists' skepticism about digital technology applied to guitar pedals, unveiled their delay/looper pedal Volante in early 2019 - their first pedal release in two years. Featuring four delay playback heads with individual feedback, panning, and level controls, the Volante…... Click for more

Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine

Fairfield Circuitry Placeholder BBD-based Reverb

Quebec prides itself with being different, and the province's most prominent pedal maker has always done things a little sideways, with devices that don't sound quite like anybody else's. The Fairfield Circuitry Placeholder keeps that streak alive. It's an analog reverb built around BBD chips, but it's not trying to…... Click for more

Fairfield Circuitry Placeholder BBD-based Reverb

TWA Source Code Overdrive

For decades, the TubeScreamer has been a staple on pedalboards worldwide. Now, prepare for its ultimate evolution. Totally Wycked Audio has unveiled the Source Code, a next-generation soft-clip overdrive designed by none other than Susumu Tamura, the original creator of the legendary TS808. This isn't just another clone; it's a…... Click for more

TWA Source Code Overdrive

New Pedal: JHS AT Mini Andy Timmons Signature Overdrive

The JHS AT Mini is a (more than) compact - but not quite mini - version of the company's renowned overdrive AT+ pedal developed with guitarist Andy Timmons to deliver his signature dynamic drive tones in a space-saving format. Like the original, it delivers a versatile range of sounds, from…... Click for more

New Pedal: JHS AT Mini Andy Timmons Signature Overdrive

New Pedal: Dr. Scientist Dungeon Crawler

Built for unapologetically extreme metal, the Dr. Scientist Dungeon Crawler stands as the brand’s most amp-like and ferocious distortion pedal to date. Designed to transform a clean amplifier into a roaring high-gain monster, it relies on a completely original circuit rooted in three dedicated MOSFET gain stages to handle all…... Click for more

New Pedal: Dr. Scientist Dungeon Crawler

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Adrian Belew Echoflanger

As a foundational architect of unorthodox guitar expression—from his early work with Frank Zappa and David Bowie to Talking Heads and a nearly thirty-year tenure fronting King Crimson—Adrian Belew turned a rare late-1970s bucket-brigade device into his ultimate secret weapon. That vintage Electro-Harmonix Echoflanger was the driving force behind the…... Click for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Adrian Belew Echoflanger

New Pedal: SolidGoldFX Fuzzbox

The SGFX Fuzzbox is a modern evolution of one of the most iconic British fuzz circuits ever conceived—the Tone Bender Mk II. Born in mid-sixties England, the original design helped shape the raw, high-gain landscape of early rock in the hands of legends like Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Mick…... Click for more

New Pedal: SolidGoldFX Fuzzbox

BLAMMO! Electronics Shrew V2

The BLAMMO! Electronics Shrew V2 is a modern take on the classic opamp-based distortion featuring improvements granting more tonal flexibility both in the clipping and frequency domains. Hardwire-wise, this 2nd version fits the circuit in a smaller, compact case, improving power filtering and upgrading the footswitch to a relay-based mechanism…... Click for more

BLAMMO! Electronics Shrew V2

Echo Fix EF-P2 Real Spring Reverb

The Echo Fix EF-P2 is the latest release in the rather restricted niche of real spring reverb pedals, i.e. stompboxes utilizing the spring + tank technology found in the reverbs embedded in vintage amps like the Fender Deluxe. The Australian company was already well-known for its authentic (and not exactly…... Click for more

Echo Fix EF-P2 Real Spring Reverb

Dazatronyx Big Fuzz Console

The Dazatronyx Big Fuzz Console is an absolute dream for fuzz obsessives and circuit tinkerers, offering a true open fuzz laboratory that lets you "unroll" a four-stage Big Muff circuit, giving direct front-panel access to the architecture so you can map out vintage specs like Triangle, Ram’s Head, or Russian…... Click for more

Dazatronyx Big Fuzz Console