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Pigtronix Star Eater Jumbo Fuzz

Pigtronix has announced a new fuzz pedal, the Star Eater, a dual-footswitch fuzz sculptor with lots of tweakable options. On one footswitch is a creamy vintage-style fuzz switchable between Germanium and Silicon diodes. The other side features a boost that drives into a filter, which can be modified using the…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Star Eater Jumbo Fuzz

Tsakalis Nerve MkII

Both thick and dynamic, the Tsakalis Nerve MkII is a dual high-gain, silicon-based distortion pedal for guitarists with a heavy tone, featuring two matched JFET stages that deliver an American-style distortion. A toggle switch selects between High and Low gain settings for Channel 1 for in-song dynamic shifts, while a…Click on the title for more

Tsakalis Nerve MkII

Fjord Fuzz Loke Tape Echo

If you think that Fjord Fuzz's pedals look all the same and they are all fuzz pedals - "because it's in the name!" - you are at once quite right and quite wrong, although the Norwegian company sure makes a LOT of fuzzes! Enter the Fjord Fuzz Loke, a very…Click on the title for more

Fjord Fuzz Loke Tape Echo

New Pedal: Thorpy Tacit Blue Germanium Fuzz

Part of the UK company's "Vintage Reimagined" series, the Thorpy FX Tacit Blue is not a Blues Breaker variant (as the name might have suggested) but a Fuzz Face one. Beware, this is a highly modified circuit with a much broader sonic palette than the original, being able to deliver…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Thorpy Tacit Blue Germanium Fuzz

New Pedals: Thorpy FX Have Blue

Part of the UK company's "Vintage Reimagined" series, the Thorpy FX Have Blue is not a Blues Breaker variant (as the name might have suggested) but a Rangemaster one. Beware, this is a highly modified circuit that can do a lot more than boost your high frequencies. As a matter…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Thorpy FX Have Blue

Red Panda Raster 2 Delay

The ingenious folks at Red Panda released a new version of their flagship pitch-shifting delay Raster at Summer NAMM 2021 and it looks... intense! Compared to the original, at first sight, we can see a slew of new knobs and toggle switches, while the press release highlights invisible new features…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Raster 2 Delay

EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run Delay + Reverb

With up to 2 seconds of delay and lush Stereo reverb, the EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run creates floating ambient tones through deep but still user-friendly functionality. It has Tap Tempo functionality and modes for Both (standard delay and reverb) and Reverse (reverse delay and standard reverb), but the real prize…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run Delay + Reverb

New Pedal: Catalinbread SuperCharged Overdrive (Legacy Edition)

The Catalinbread SuperCharged Overdrive (Legacy Edition) is a reissue of one of the first pedals released by the Portland builder, with some updates and new features. The original circuit - a rather peculiar one featuring equipped with eight MOSFET devices, all stacked into one another - has been redesigned to…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread SuperCharged Overdrive (Legacy Edition)

Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload Drive

The Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload is an intriguing take on the hybrid distortion/fuzz pedal that borrows from two iconic circuits (the Muff and the Rat) to offer at once some old and new sonic flavors. This is not a dual-channel pedal, but rather a one-channel dirtbox with a range of voices.…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload Drive

Caline Pegasus (Klon Clone)

The Caline Pegasus is a super-affordable, straightforward "Klone" that gets mixed reviews on Amazon but sells quite well. It gets a thumbs up in the intheblues video review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv58_Vy4ro4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR0my8I20Nw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZC8SLVslY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3bzj3DNSg Click on the title for more

Caline Pegasus (Klon Clone)

BIG EAR Albie Modulated Reverb

We are happy to see our old Brooklyn friends, now Nashville-based, BIG EAR Pedals release a new pedal, and a really intriguing one for that matter: the two-knob modulated reverb called ALBIE. This stompbox delivers a "less is more" approach to reverb by limiting the control knobs to one (Blend)…Click on the title for more

BIG EAR Albie Modulated Reverb

BOSS NS-1X Noise Suppressor

The BOSS NS-1X Noise Suppressor is the latest addition to the X series lineup of compact pedals by the Japanese builder, featuring advanced Multi-Dimensional Processing (MDP) technology. The NS-1X is designed to effectively eliminate unwanted noise without compromising the natural tone and feel of your guitar or bass. Its swift…Click on the title for more

BOSS NS-1X Noise Suppressor