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Orange Vintage Pedals (Phaser, Sustain and Distortion)

The new Orange Vintage Pedals line by the British amp builder is presented as a return to the simpler days of fewer knobs, greater tone - and bigger stompboxes. Inspired by a photo that circulated on the internet in 2019 about an old Orange Sustain pedal from the '70s that…Click on the title for more

Orange Vintage Pedals (Phaser, Sustain and Distortion)

Universal Audio 3 New UAFX: Galaxy Tape Echo, DelVerb, Max Dual Compressor

Universal Audio just unveiled three new pedals in their UAFX series, which already comprised six effects with a similar form factor. While the line already featured a reverb and a delay, two of the new entries introduce a more specific tape echo delay named Galaxy, voiced after the Roland space…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio 3 New UAFX: Galaxy Tape Echo, DelVerb, Max Dual Compressor

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 on the title for more

New Pedals: Marshall Black Box Series Reissues

5 New Maestro Pedals

We were all expecting some more pedals in the Maestro line, recently revived by Gibson, in particular a phaser, since the company's Maestro PS-1 Phase Shifter was the very first phaser pedal ever created! Our expectations were met with the addition of five new circuits to the previous five. Priced…Click on the title for more

5 New Maestro Pedals

Pedal Line: Catalinbread Elements

The latest trend among boutique builders seems to be to release... lines of pedals, a bunch at a time! Following (probably) JHS's lead, the Catalinbread Elements is a new line of rather inexpensive yet hand-made one-knob pedals comprising - for now - three devices: Fuzz, Distortion and Overdrive. While we'll…Click on the title for more

Pedal Line: Catalinbread Elements

JHS Octave Reverb and Harmonic Tremolo

JHS Pedals just unveiled two new members of their $99 3 series pedals, the Octave Reverb and the Harmonic Tremolo. Check out the video below, and read our coverage of each pedal at the links below. JHS 3 Series Harmonic Tremolo | JHS 3Series Octave Reverb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqLaC1IyWE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr_Qp6Sxa6k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqW0PL3bTIoClick on the title for more

JHS Octave Reverb and Harmonic Tremolo

Fender Hammertone Series

Lovers of affordable stompboxes have a new $79-99 line to choose from, manufactured by the best-known name in the electric guitar realm: Fender. The company is now shipping the Hammertone line of compact pedals, for now comprising of 9 streamlined effects covering all the basics (3 gain, 1 fuzz, 2…Click on the title for more

Fender Hammertone Series

Eastwood Black Box Series

Eastwood Guitars just unveiled a new line of 6 pedals called Black Box Series comprising two delays (analog and modulated), one spring reverb, one vibe, one compressor, and an overdrive. Like most series of pedals released all at once, these are classic effects with streamlined controls, but the manufacturer stresses…Click on the title for more

Eastwood Black Box Series

STOY Sound Pedals

STOY Sound is a brand new company from Denmark offering a series of traditional pedals in the $100 ballpark in stylish-looking but slightly bigger than compact enclosures. Currently, their roster includes the following devices, which are all getting positive reviews in the first video demos. Fuzzmaster: Muff-style fuzz Choirboy: Analog…Click on the title for more

STOY Sound Pedals

Strymon V2 Pedals

All the Strymon V2 pedals are available through our Sweetwater affiliate program - at no extra cost to you. In the last decade or so, Californian pedal company Strymon has fundamentally changed the way we think about guitar pedals through a series of stompboxes offering studio-quality effects with a wide…Click on the title for more

Strymon V2 Pedals

Pogo Pedal Harmony Series

Chicago-based Pogo Pedals - known for their Zen Ray overdrive - just unveiled through Reverb.com a new line of mini-pedals called Harmony and consisting in a tremolo, a phaser/vibrato, a fuzz, and octave fuzz and a compressor+boost. The pedals are prices just under $100, they are all 100% analog and…Click on the title for more

Pogo Pedal Harmony Series

Gibson Maestro Pedal Line

Gibson reissued, in partnership with Reverb.com, an updated version of their Maestro line of pedals, which were the first pedals ever released and are almost impossible to find in their original version, dating back as far as 1962. The 5 line of stompboxes includes distortion (Invader), overdrive (Ranger), delay (Discoverer),…Click on the title for more

Gibson Maestro Pedal Line