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Wattson FX – an emerging Stompbox Manufacturer

Wattson FX is a California based team of developers that specializes in reproduction: they take schematics of classic pedals and revamp them with modern electronics in order to give players the chance to play through legendary stomp-boxes for a fraction of the price. Brimming with confidence, the Wattson Escape Velocity…... Click for more

Wattson FX – an emerging Stompbox Manufacturer

Electro-Harmonix Lumberjack Logarithmic Overdrive

New from the legendary team at Electro-Harmonix (who've been churning out a considerable amount of new pedals in the last few months), the Lumberjack Logarithmic takes a new approach to the design of the overdrive pedal. By sticking with classic volume and boost knobs, which respectively control overall output level and…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix Lumberjack Logarithmic Overdrive

Pedal Demo: Selah Effects’ Scarlett Love Overdrive V2

Being based in Tasmania is definitely not an advantage for a pedal manufacturer. Oh, yeah, no... Tasmania (where Selah Effects is) is not in Africa, it's in Australia, right there. And the biggest market for guitar pedals is about half a world from there, right here. These two locations are…... Click for more

Pedal Demo: Selah Effects’ Scarlett Love Overdrive V2

OD Glove: another new EHX distortion

Electro Harmonix has been quiet on the distortion front for a while until what will probably be remembered as... the summer 2014 DISTORTION EXPLOSION! We already blogged about the East River Drive and the reissue of the Hot Tubes just a few months (if not weeks) ago, and here we are…... Click for more

OD Glove: another new EHX distortion

Try the SolidGoldFX Zeta at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

Québécoise stompbox builder SolidGoldFX's goal is to make (hand made) pedals that blend the warmth and feel of the best vintage effects with the clarity, response, and tone expected from modern day electronics. They also have a custom shop for some more wild and personalized creations. Their latest effect is…... Click for more

Try the SolidGoldFX Zeta at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

Build your own pedals with MOD Kits DIY

Those who combine a passion for stompboxes with some kind of electrical engineering expertise will - at some point - want to try to build their own pedals. MOD Kits DIY facilitates this process for the uninitiated, by selling pedals the way Ikea would, instructions included. Last year we reviewed…... Click for more

Build your own pedals with MOD Kits DIY

Pedal Review: T-Rex Alberta II Dual Overdrive

In case you're in any doubt what genre the T-Rex Alberta II Dual Overdrive's designers had in mind, it's blue. It's also pretty expensive, at $279. Does the world need another expensive blues overdrive? That's between you and your credit card, but if you are in the market for a…... Click for more

Pedal Review: T-Rex Alberta II Dual Overdrive

VL Effects’ Bullitt Od-oNe at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exbhibit

VL Effects is a Paris (FR) based manufacturer of guitar pedals founded in 1982 by electronic engineer Vincent Loret. His "shop" offers a range of super high quality pedals from stock ones to fully customized and "personalized" effects and pedalboards. Rather than putting out new pedals every year, the company…... Click for more

VL Effects’ Bullitt Od-oNe at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exbhibit

Rainger FX at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

Of all the 250+ pedals participating in our upcoming Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit (October 19-20, RSVP here), the Rainger FX ones are definitely the most intriguing looking ones. This London based company, founded by musician/engineer/pedal builder David Rainger, will be present at our show with two crazy looking babies, the Dr.…... Click for more

Rainger FX at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

T-Rex Alberta II

The first version of the T-Rex Alberta Overdrive was one of the post popular distortions released by the Danish manufacturer, probably because of its versatility, which allowed guitarists to easily forge tones that worked both for creamy rhythm sounds and cutting ones for solos. This double use of the pedal…... Click for more

T-Rex Alberta II

New Pedals: BZZT Electronics SELECTOR 16.

Browsing through our Facebook news, we stumbled upon BZZT Electronic's new pedal called SELEKTOR 16. This is a Fuzz Overdrive containing 4 couples of transistors sourced from around the world. Interestingly, the four circuits are named after the countries they were manufactured in: USA, Europe, Russia and Japan. By mixing and…... Click for more

New Pedals: BZZT Electronics SELECTOR 16.

EHX releases nano re-issue of Hot Tubes

"Vintage" is a word that keeps inspiring many guitarists (and collectors of all kinds). Electro Harmonix, one of the very first manufacturers to unleash the creative possibilities of the stompbox format, has a series of pedals that can be filed under that category, and the 1970s Overdrive CMOS Hot Tubes…... Click for more

EHX releases nano re-issue of Hot Tubes