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Reissue: EarthQuaker Devices White Light Overdrive

The EarthQuaker Devices White Light was one of the early pedals released by the Ohian company, helping to put it on the map when it wasn't yet established. With the reissue of this 2011 pedal in a limited 2,000-unit run, the builder is launching a series revisiting its older stompboxes,…... Click for more

Reissue: EarthQuaker Devices White Light Overdrive

Legendary Pedals: Analogman King of Tone Dual Overdrive

In a market (the pedal one) where more and more companies seem to focus exclusively on growth and margins while giving up craftmanship for industrial assembly and replacing real-life connection with YouTube videos, it's refreshing to know that there are still a helluva lot of guitarists who value what companies…... Click for more

Legendary Pedals: Analogman King of Tone Dual Overdrive

Demedash Effects Spidola Germanium Fuzz

Winnipeg, Manitoba's Demedash Effects got us used to original pedal circuits that defy tradition, and the company's first fuzz pedal keeps faith to this approach, with more subtlety than their other designs. The company's new Spidola Fuzz uses the same Germanium transistors found in the vintage fuzzes of the '70s,…... Click for more

Demedash Effects Spidola Germanium Fuzz

Frost Giant Osiris Overdrive

The Frost Giant Osiris is an original overdrive circuit based on a circuit that introduces some innovation in a pedal niche that's been mostly developing around a few established designs, with the specific goal of turning small amps into huge-sounding tone monsters. Running internally at 18v, the Osiris is a…... Click for more

Frost Giant Osiris Overdrive

Custom Tone Ethos Overdrive Preamp

Designed by Vermont-based builder Custom Tone, the Ethos Overdrive is the original, "deluxe-expensive" version of what became, after its release, a family of increasingly more streamlined pedals inspired by the tone of the uber-boutique Dumble amplifiers - aka D-Style Overdrives. An extremely versatile and tweakable analog device, the Ethos features…... Click for more

Custom Tone Ethos Overdrive Preamp

Wampler Tumnus V2 Overdrive

In the seemingly neverending competition to build the best Klon Centaur Klone, the Wampler Tumnus, with its mini format and tone remarkably faithful to the original, has been one of the most successful pretenders. There's also a Tumnus Deluxe version with extra sculpting options. Here are the demos of the…... Click for more

Wampler Tumnus V2 Overdrive

EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold V2

The EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold V2 is an authentic emulation of a Model T Amp from Sunn, a solid-state amp known for its loud and bassy tones manufactured by a Portland-based company founded in 1967 that was acquired by Fender in 1985 and unceremoniously terminated in 2002. The amp's dark…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold V2

New Pedal: Marshall DriveMaster Reissue

The original Marshall DriveMaster was a Plexi-style pedal released in the early '90s and voiced after a JCM800 amp. It was intended to be the successor of the Guv'nor, the first amp-in-a-box inspired by the Marshall Plexi tone, but didn't reach the same popularity. To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Marshall…... Click for more

New Pedal: Marshall DriveMaster Reissue

Browne Amplification Atom Overdrive

The Browne Amplification Atom is the latest gain pedal by the Kansas City-based creators of the Protein, one of the most talked about boutique dual gain pedals of the last few years. It's actually directly related to that pedal, since it's the green side of it, therefore an Nobels ODR-1-inspired…... Click for more

Browne Amplification Atom Overdrive

New Pedals: Marshall Black Box Series Reissues

The internet was abuzz with commentary about the videos posted by UK's builder Pedal Pawn's Chris King Robinson about Marshall's yet unannounced reissues of their four-pedal black box series, including the very influential Blues Breaker overdrive and the Guv'nor, which started the Plexi-style pedal frenzy, and which had a compact…... Click for more

New Pedals: Marshall Black Box Series Reissues

MLA Pedals Germanium Eliminator V2

Named after one of the most popular albums by ZZ Top, the MLA Pedals Germanium Eliminator is a Germanium version of the op-amp Eliminator by Georgia-based builder Missing Link Audio (aka, MLA). As you may have guessed, both pedals are voiced after the tone of the bearded band's guitarist Billy Gibbons.…... Click for more

MLA Pedals Germanium Eliminator V2

TateFX Antares Overdrive

UK's TateFX is a boutique pedal builder that specializes in quality, hand-built dirt boxes and accessories that's gained considerable attention since its 2014 debut. The Antares is a "mid-pushed" overdrive inspired by classic Japanise designs and it's based on a Hi-Fi grade Burr Brown opamp. Check out the video of…... Click for more

TateFX Antares Overdrive