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Walrus Audio SLÖTVÅ Multi Textural Reverb

Walrus Audio SLÖTVÅ is a variation of the 3-mode SLÖ multi-texture reverb, one of the most popular pedals by the Oklahoma City-based company, which has been regularly on top of our article about the best pedals for ambient and shoegazer music for a while now. The improvements here are exclusively…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio SLÖTVÅ Multi Textural Reverb

Universal Audio UAFX Astra Modulation Machine

The Universal Audio UAFX Astra Modulation Machine is part of the 3-pedal series launching the pro audio company into the stompbox-sphere. Renowned for pro audio peripherals but also for high-quality DSP-powered plugins emulating vintage studio gear, the American company used that experience to craft these dual-processor stompboxes that simulate classic…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Astra Modulation Machine

New Pedals: Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

The Canadian folks at Tubesteader don't mess around with the build of their pedals, maybe also because they like to fit them with rather fragile tubes to deliver the best possible tone. The Sunkeeper, a dual-channel preamp/overdrive recreating the sound of the Orange amps, is the third stompbox in the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

New Pedal: Jackson Audio The Optimist Drive

Texas' Jackson Audio is one of the few emerging pedal builders that's bringing innovation to an effect niche that lagged behind others in exciting features: the niche of gain pedals. Packed with features and enhanced by clever digital functionality, the company's pedals retain an analog core while widening the player's…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Jackson Audio The Optimist Drive

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2022

For a more comprehensive take on delays, see our Best Delay Pedals article. For the guitarists who live and breathe delay and enjoy tweaking and experimenting with this effect’s many variables, the modern multi-mode, digital, stereo delay pedal is the ultimate gift from heaven (and not necessarily an expensive one). …Click on the title for more

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2022

Collector//Emitter & Mask Audio Electronics Cascader

The Cascader is the second collaborative pedal by pedal YouTuber collector//emitter and Mask Audio (after the Part Garden Dual Fuzz). This is an aggressive fuzz inspired by Devi Ever and EHX circuits, combining a smooth fuzz with a low gain gated fuzz to conjure a dense yet tight mix of…Click on the title for more

Collector//Emitter & Mask Audio Electronics Cascader

Red Panda Context v2 Reverb

The Red Panda Context V2 is a reverb pedal that can sound both realistic and "out there." The new version adds presets, modulation, “spring” and “grain” settings in lieu of “delay." Plus, stereo input/output, USB MIDI, fully assignable expression pedal, 3 new modes, a delay plus reverb option in all…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Context v2 Reverb

New Pedal: Jam Pedals Delay Llama mk3

Greek builder Jam Pedals has established itself as one of Europe's most trusted makers of boutique stompboxes, and the analog Delay Llama was undeniably the pedal line that helped this company come to the forefront of the guitar effects scene. The Delay Llama mk3 is the latest evolution of the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Jam Pedals Delay Llama mk3

2022 UPDATE: The Best Analog Delay Pedals

This article is exclusively focused on the best analog delay pedals. For coverage about all kinds of delays see our Best Delay Pedals article - see also our Best Tape Delay Pedals Article, featuring similar effects. Updated on January 24, 2022 Delay has become one of the most common effects…Click on the title for more

2022 UPDATE: The Best Analog Delay Pedals

Crazy Tube Circuits Space Charged V2 Tube Ovredrive

Notwithstanding the company's name, the Space Charged was Crazy Tube Circuits' first real tube overdrive. It runs with an internal voltage of 40v and comes with a 12AY7 preamp tube inside the pedal, but that can be switched with other tuber models (12AX7, 12AT7, 12AU7, 5751 ) for varied color…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Space Charged V2 Tube Ovredrive

Red Panda Raster 2 Creative Delay

The ingenious folks at Red Panda released a new version of their flagship pitch-shifting delay Raster at Summer NAMM 2021 and it looks... intense! Compared to the original, at first sight, we can see a slew of new knobs and toggle switches, while the press release highlights invisible new features…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Raster 2 Creative Delay

1981 Inventions DRV Drive/Distortion

Born as a mod of the RAT distortion circuit, the DRV by Nashville based 1981 Inventions slowly "found" its own sound during the three years it took to finalize it. The first batch of the pedal sold out pretty fast, but a second one, with a case slightly different in color,…Click on the title for more

1981 Inventions DRV Drive/Distortion