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Hudson Electronics Broadcast Preamp

Coming from UK builder Hudson Electronics, the Broadcast Preamp-Overdrive is a simple, three-knob preamp pedal based on the simple but sweet-sounding, Class-A germanium base technology behind broadcast consoles of the '60s. With four simple controls, three knobs for Low Cut, Gain Trim, and Level, and a toggle switch that changes…Click on the title for more

Hudson Electronics Broadcast Preamp

Neunaber Immerse Reverberator MkII

Brian Neunaber of Neunaber Audio might be based in Orange, California, but the rigor he puts into his pedal designs betrays the mitteleuropean origins of his last name (for the unaware, Germans seem to have a special gene for engineering). Over the past few years his company has built a…Click on the title for more

Neunaber Immerse Reverberator MkII

Lantern Manufacturing Meadowsweet Chorus

The Lantern Manufacturing Meadowsweet, which was just highlighted as one of the best pedals of 2022 by the JHS Show is a very peculiar chorus effect. Instead of using the typycal analog BBD chip or a digital circuit, it has at its core four PT2399 chips, used 99% of the…Click on the title for more

Lantern Manufacturing Meadowsweet Chorus

Walrus Audio Fundamental Distortion

The Walrus Audio Fundamental Distortion belongs to the Oklahoma company's first sub-$100 line of pedals, but its circuitry borrows from about a decade of experience in designing distortion pedals costing over twice as much. Although the three controls are what you would expect on any distortion pedal (Gain, Tone and…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Fundamental Distortion

JHS 3 Series Flanger

Voiced after classic effects like the Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress, the Tycobrahe Pedalflanger, and the MXR M117 Flanger, the JHS 3 Series Flanger is a bread and butter, 3-knob pedal that can deliver the sound of those classics at a fraction of the cost. The traditional Blend, Rate and Intensity knobs…Click on the title for more

JHS 3 Series Flanger

AC Noises Respira Shimmer Reverb + Multi-Mode Tremolo

The Trem+Verb combination is quite literally the oldest of effect combos for electric guitar, but the Italian folks at AC Noise gave it a fresh new look in their new pedal Respira (Italian for "breath"), developed in collaboration with Luca Romanelli from Mastro Valvola. There's nothing traditional about this pedal,…Click on the title for more

AC Noises Respira Shimmer Reverb + Multi-Mode Tremolo

New Pedal: ETF Audio Every Good Boy Deserves Fuzz

Hand-built in the heart wine country in Windsor, California, the ETF Audio Every Good Boy Deserves Fuzz is a two-knob, three-transistor fuzz created with stoner and doom guitarists in mind. The two controls are for level and filter, with the latter allowing for a variety of tones from chugging ones…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: ETF Audio Every Good Boy Deserves Fuzz

Fender Hammertone Reverb

The Fender Hammertone Reverb is a part of the new affordable line of pedals released by the electric guitar company in early 2022. The US company put out some interesting, more involved reverb pedals in the last few years but we don’t know if this $99 pedal inherits anything from those…Click on the title for more

Fender Hammertone Reverb

Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine

Upon hearing the capabilities of the new Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine Mellotron simulator pedal, the thought that immediately came to mind was that guitar players might finally have a fair shot at landing some film, TV, and video game scoring work. Historically, MIDI has always given an unfair advantage…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Mel9 Tape Replay Machine

One Control Silver Bee 4K Mini Overdrive

The One Control Silver Bee 4K Mini is a shrunken version of the "regular" Silver Bee, a version of the Honey Beevoiced after classic American "silvery" combo amps, the kind of gear that had a helping hand in crafting some of the world's finest rock records. It has the same…Click on the title for more

One Control Silver Bee 4K Mini Overdrive

BSRI Floriography/EVT Dynamic Tremolo

The BSRI Floriography, which was named EVT before 2023, is a boutique tremolo handbuilt in Baltimore with an amplitude and a dynamic mode. The dynamic mode is based on a mysterious Japanese pedal purchased (and then sold) in the early aughts by company owner David Gill, that increased the speed of…Click on the title for more

BSRI Floriography/EVT Dynamic Tremolo

Defects FX Dirty Filter

The Defects FX Dirty Filter is a very tweakable, limited edition resonant fuzz + filter (in that order) hailing from Prague, where it's lovingly hand-built. Each effect has its separate footswitch, but the filter gets the lion's share of the controls, with knobs for Frequency, Filter Type (bypass, low-pass and…Click on the title for more

Defects FX Dirty Filter