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Old Blood Noise Dark Star Stereo Reverb

The Old Blood Noise Dark Star Stereo takes one of the most successful circuits of the Oklahoma City-based brand to its logical next level. The original Dark Star, released in the early '20s, is a 3-algorithm reverb. It became a go-to pedal for many ambient guitarists for its ability to…... Click for more

Old Blood Noise Dark Star Stereo Reverb

Alabs Orbital Pitch Shifter

For its $159 price tag, the Alabs Orbital packs a lot of sounds and features, just like the other pedal by this new emerging Chinese pedal brand, all rigorously featuring a stereo output. Nine pitch intervals can be selected via the rotary knobs on the right, including +/- 3rd, 4th,…... Click for more

Alabs Orbital Pitch Shifter

Electro-Harmonix POG3

Electro-Harmonix added a new chapter to their POG saga (launched in 2005) with the POG3, the mother of all Polyphonic Octave Generator pedals, capable of generating up to five voices plus your root tone - and arranging them in stereo. Previous versions of the POG were already tried and true…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix POG3

The King of Gear Pitch Magpie

The King Of Gear Pitch Magpie has three modes: Glis Mode, Res Mode, and Vib Mode. Each mode is based around the same core pitch shifter, but each offers a unique effect. Glis Mode generates an auto-slide, adding a pitch slide when the input signal goes over a certain threshold.…... Click for more

The King of Gear Pitch Magpie

New Pedal: Diamond Dark Cloud Delay

Ontario's pedal brand Diamond, recently acquired by Montreal's SolidGoldFX has a noble history of delay pedals, both analog and digital. The Diamond Dark Cloud, delivering three analog-voiced modes via a digital recreation of the BBD chip, is the latest in this saga. The three modes are the following: TAPE DELAY:…... Click for more

New Pedal: Diamond Dark Cloud Delay

Meris Hedra Stereo Rhythmical Pitch-Shifter

Of the (many) new pedal companies that have been popping out in the last few years, Meris has been the most well-received by musicians and critics alike, thanks to a series of releases that marry inspiring circuitry, elegant design, and innovative ideas. After launching the still hot polyphonic synth pedal…... Click for more

Meris Hedra Stereo Rhythmical Pitch-Shifter

EarthQuaker + Death by Audio Time Shadows II

Released in limited numbers in 2021 as a marketing stunt to promote Reverb.com’s The Pedal Movie, the Time Shadows is a filter pedal engineered by two of the edgiest stompbox brands in the US: Ohio’s EarthQuaker Devices and NYC’s Death By Audio. The two companies are now unveiling an update, Time Shadows II, which adds welcome features such…... Click for more

EarthQuaker + Death by Audio Time Shadows II

Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal

Once again, the talented team at Gamechanger Audio fulfilled the mission statement implicit in their company's name. The Latvian designers came up with a stompbox that shifts the vibrato action of the Bigsby lever from hand to foot: it's the Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal! That, in our book, qualifies as…... Click for more

Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal

EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny Octave Reverb

Ohio's EarthQuaker Devices is one of the pedal companies that pioneered the "creative" stompbox trend that has taken over the field in the last decade. In the last few years, they have been focused on more traditional "tone" pedals (like their incredibly successful Tube Screamer-style overdrive Plums or the Metal-inclined…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny Octave Reverb

Keeley California Girls 12 String Simulator

Those among you owning a 6 string and interested in the sparlky sound of a 12-string guitar should lend an ear to the Keeley California Girls, a 12 String Simulator pedal. Released together with the "I Get Around" Rotary simulator and in synch with the Disney+ documentary on the Californian…... Click for more

Keeley California Girls 12 String Simulator

BOSS PS-3 Pitch Shifter/Delay

The BOSS PS-3 pedal offers an impressive range of sonic possibilities with seven pitch settings, each with 26 pitch-shifting steps, and three delay modes providing up to two seconds of delay time. This versatile pedal seamlessly combines powerful pitch shift and delay features, allowing for a myriad of blended shift/delay…... Click for more

BOSS PS-3 Pitch Shifter/Delay

New Pedal: Mooer Harmony X2

The Mooer Harmony X2 is a rather unique multi-mode stereo pitch-shifter pedal that lets you assign different notes to the left and right channel. It's a rather simple idea we haven't seen implemented in any other pedal: you pick the note for channel L (anywhere from on octave up to…... Click for more

New Pedal: Mooer Harmony X2