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Frost Giant Electronics Architect of Reality

Texas' Frost Giant Electronics is an emerging pedal builder focused on creating heavy, highly tuneable gain stompboxes, and the Architect of Reality, a dual-channel preamp that allows to blend the two channels, might be their most intriguing release to date. The pedal is modeled after the preamp section of a…Click on the title for more

Frost Giant Electronics Architect of Reality

Coppersound Strategy v2 Preamp / Overdrive

Massachusetts builders Coppersound have updated their Strategy Preamp / Overdrive to a v2 edition. Featuring 30db of clean boost, powerful tone shaping, and a touch sensitive overdrive mode all with the help of a studio-grade Burr Brown Op-Amp. As part of their pickguard series, the Strategy v2 is available in…Click on the title for more

Coppersound Strategy v2 Preamp / Overdrive

Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

The Canadian folks at Tubesteader don't mess around with the build of their pedals, maybe also because they like to fit them with rather fragile tubes to deliver the best possible tone. The Sunkeeper, a dual-channel preamp/overdrive recreating the sound of the Orange amps, is the third stompbox in the…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

Hamstead Soundworks Comet Interstellar Driver

In the global race to build an overdrive pedal that's "versatile, transparent, dynamic and/or full of character" (those are the words that everyone's after in this niche) Cambridgeshire's Hamstead Soundworks is faring very well indeed, having released a couple of very well-received drive pedals. The brand new Comet can be…Click on the title for more

Hamstead Soundworks Comet Interstellar Driver

New Pedal: Master Effects Transmission V2 Preamp/EQ

Bassists (and also guitarists) obsessed with Joy Division and New Order should rejoice! The Master Effects Transmission Preamp is based on the preamp circuit found in the vintage Yamaha BB1200 basses utilized by Peter Hook, who played in both bands. Hand-assembled in Calgary, Canada, and featuring high-quality components, this pedal…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Master Effects Transmission V2 Preamp/EQ

Victory V4 Copper Preamp

The Victory Amps V4 Copper is a tube preamp pedal made in the UK that can take over the preamp section of your amp (as long as it has an FX loop) with the handy effect of adding an extra channel to your regular setup - actually, two, since this…Click on the title for more

Victory V4 Copper Preamp

DSM & Humboldt Silver Linings Overdrive

The Silver Linings Overdrive is the first collaboration between DSM & Humboldt outside the uber-popular amp-simulating Simplifier line (launched at our own NAMM 2019 Stompbox Booth), which brought the two Chilean companies to the forefront of the amp/cab modeler scene. A very tweakable drive/preamp engine with an extra dual boost…Click on the title for more

DSM & Humboldt Silver Linings Overdrive

JHS Overdrive Preamp

The JHS Overdrive Preamp is a simple two-knob circuit inspired by the DOD 250 and featuring both gray and yellow versions, accessible through a switch. The builder's notes say its primary voice is based on a prototype of the DOD 250 from the '70s found by JHS owner Josh Scott,…Click on the title for more

JHS Overdrive Preamp

Mile End Effects MTHRFCKR=RPTR Cassette Tape Delay/Pre-Amp

Based in Montreal, Canada (just like us) Mile End Effects is a one-dude company making some really interesting pedals. The dude in question doesn't share his name in the company's "about us page" but he tells us that he plays in a band called Yoo Doo Right, which sounds very…Click on the title for more

Mile End Effects MTHRFCKR=RPTR Cassette Tape Delay/Pre-Amp

Weehbo Tackleberry JFET Preamp

Originally designed for use with bass guitars and amps, the Weehbo Tackleberry is a high-headroom Class-A JFET preamp that sounds great also on six strings. The Gain knob controls the input signal fed into the JFET gain stage, while Level follows up in the chain, providing up to 23 dB…Click on the title for more

Weehbo Tackleberry JFET Preamp

Tonetuga FX Delphine Delay

The world will never have enough delay pedals, an effect that lends itself to a multitude of variations. The Tonetuga FX Delphine Delay is not the only dual delay out there, but its emphasis on tape machine-like modulation makes it rather unique. The two circuits are identical but independent from…Click on the title for more

Tonetuga FX Delphine Delay

Greer Amps Soma 63 Vintage Preamp

Greer Amps has released the Soma 63 Vintage Preamp, a must-have for vintage amp lovers that was rewarded the Best in Show award at NAMM 2019. Utilizing Greer's new XFR platform, this pedal delivers real amp-like tone, including a real transformer to simulate everything about amplifiers; in this case, vintage…Click on the title for more

Greer Amps Soma 63 Vintage Preamp