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gear giveaway

OVERDRIVE PEDALS

Imperial Electrical Appetite (Slash in a box)

Presented at the NAMM 2022 show with a projected availability for the late summer, the Imperial Electric Appetite is a pedal that puts the modified Plexi sound of Guns'n'Roses guitarist Slash, in a box. Imperial Electrical is a new company out of New Zealand founded by Ben Fulton, the owner…... Click for more

Imperial Electrical Appetite (Slash in a box)

Caline Nightwolf Drive + Fuzz

The Caline Nightwolf is a very affordable dual drive+fuzz pedal that combines a Timmy-style circuit with a Fuzzface-style one. Handily, the order of the pedals can be changed through the middle footswitch, while the side ones activate the two effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BlIso9NswY https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=139&v=x3TIZ2SexSo Based on CP-46+CP-12 Pure sky (Caline best seller)…... Click for more

Caline Nightwolf Drive + Fuzz

New at NAMM ’22: Screwed Circuitz The Tower Spring Reverb

The Tower is a 36" tall real spring reverb with several other built-in effects! Screwed Circuitz has experience building weird and unique effect pedals that interface with synths and other instruments, so The Tower is right in their ballpark (although it is much bigger than a pedal!). The Tower features:…... Click for more

New at NAMM ’22: Screwed Circuitz The Tower Spring Reverb

New at NAMM ’22: Mojo Hand Girls Rock Overdrive

In collaboration with the Girls Rock organization, Mojo Hand has made an overdrive pedal with custom artwork designed by the girls of Girls Rock! The pedal is a transparent overdrive based on a Blues Breaker with an added feedback loop and an internal trimpot to increase the amount of gain…... Click for more

New at NAMM ’22: Mojo Hand Girls Rock Overdrive

Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz Selenium

John Cusack had a supply of rare selenium rectifiers, an obsolete technology that has potentially never been used in a pedal before, and created a modified version of his screamer fuzz. Enter the Screamer Fuzz Selenium. The result is a dark and full fuzzdrive with a thick creamy texture. With…... Click for more

Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz Selenium

Wampler Dual Pantheon Deluxe

The Wampler Pantheon is an overdrive voiced after the ultra-transparent vintage Marshall Blues Breaker with a series of tone sculpting and cab-matching features that allow optimization for any amp or ear, including Bass/Treble knobs, a presence control, a 3-way Gain Level switch and a 3-position Overdrive Voice switch lets you…... Click for more

Wampler Dual Pantheon Deluxe

JHS Screamer 3 Series

The JHS Screamer 3 Series is the latest addition to the Kansas City-based company line of $99, 3-knob + 1 toggle stompboxes. In case you are still left to wonder, YES, it's a Tube Screamer-inspired overdrive. The idea behind the JHS 3 Series, now comprising a total of 11 different…... Click for more

JHS Screamer 3 Series

Source Audio Ultrawave Multiband Distortion

After an initial limited batch sold directly through the manufacturer, The Source Audio Ultrawave is now widely available through all the shops that carry the Boston company's pedals. We also learned that there is a bass version of it. This is a multi-mode, multi-band distortion pedal presented as a "Stereo…... Click for more

Source Audio Ultrawave Multiband Distortion

Eastwood BB-01 Manalishi Drive

One-sixth of a new line of pedals unveiled in early 2022 by the established guitar builder, the Eastwood BB-01 Manalishi Drive is a simple 3-knob take on the Tube Screamer overdrive circuit. Compared to the original, the Manalishi drive has a wider gain range, easily getting into distortion territory at high…... Click for more

Eastwood BB-01 Manalishi Drive

Ibanez Vemuram TSV808 Tube Screamer

The Ibanez TSV808 is a collaboration with Vemuram, a popular boutique pedal manufacturer in Japan. Billed as a “Next Generation Tubescreamer” the TSV808 is a marriage of the Tubescreamer and Vemuram’s Jan Ray overdrive. Aesthetically it looks fairly similar to the standard Tubescreamer, but underneath the hood it combines the…... Click for more

Ibanez Vemuram TSV808 Tube Screamer

Joyo King Of Kings

The Analogman King of Tone is a pedal that was a game-changer when it was released back in 2005, and it has inspired not only hordes of guitarists but also a small army of pedal builders. Original units are so in demand that orders have a waiting list of about…... Click for more

Joyo King Of Kings

Electrofoods Ultd. + Dirge Electronics RBMK

For those born too late to know or remember, RBMK was the name of the (lovely) model of nuclear reactor that melted in Chernobyl that day in 1986. If you wanted to find just a word to described it, probably "unstable" would be it. Electrofoods Ultd.'s RBMK is a boost/overdrive/distortion…... Click for more

Electrofoods Ultd. + Dirge Electronics RBMK