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Chase Bliss Audio Generation Loss MkII

We celebrated in this very blog several of the pedals by Cooper FX, a one-man "cult" builder whose devices were constantly sold out. One of the biggest fans of this manufacturer is Chase Bliss Audio's Joel Korte, who has never been shy about his affinity for the Cooper FX Generation…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Generation Loss MkII

EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3

It should come as no surprise that EarthQuaker Devices’s aesthetic dabbles into the occult from time to time, and the brand’s collaboration with Sunn O))) cemented that fact. The pedal, dubbed “Life Pedal” in conjunction with the release of Sunn O)))’s Life Metal features a presentation like not much else,…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3

Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve

The Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve is a collaborative amp-in-a-box that emulates the tone of the legendary, glassy-sounding Silvertone amp from the '60s that goes by the same name, found in many records and rigs by artists like Dan Auerbach, Beck, and Dave Grohl. The pedal is an…Click on the title for more

Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

At NAMM 2021 Chase Bliss Audio and Meris unveiled the prototype of a pedal adaption of the venerable Lexicon 224 studio reverb, built on the moving-fader format of Chase Bliss Audio's Automatone series and featuring three algorithms (Hall, Room, Plate). The pedal was named CXM 1978 after the year ofd…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

DOD Looking Glass Overdrive

Here at Delicious Audio we really, really dig this new trend in the pedal world consisting in bigger manufacturers commissioning pedals to talented boutique stompbox designers. After releasing the Black Arts Toneworks-enginnered DOD Boneshaker at NAMM 2015, at the 2016 edition of the Anaheim convention, DigiTech unveiled a new class-A FET Overdrive called DOD…Click on the title for more

DOD Looking Glass Overdrive

MXR Duke of Tone (with Analogman)

After releasing a mini version of the legendary Timmy overdrive with the original designer, with the release of the MXR Duke of Tone overdrive, the established pedal builder lands another highly significant collaboration with Connecticut's Analog Man, one of the pioneers of boutique pedals. The Duke is a (mini) descendant…Click on the title for more

MXR Duke of Tone (with Analogman)

Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

Boutique pedal builders Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard (respectively from Charlotte, NC and Portland, OR) just unveiled a very original take on the fuzz + delay pedal, called the Hell Horse. The fuzz circuit is extremely aggressive, and the delay is powered by the ubiquitous PT2399 chip, often used for…Click on the title for more

Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

New Pedals: One Control Tornado Drive

The One Control Tornado Drive is a new collaboration between pedal designer Björn Juhl with Japanese celebrity guitarist TK (Tory Kitajima), part of a new line of pedals called TORNADO Fx. There are two versions of this original, non-clone, high-gain overdrive circuit: Aluminum and Brass, with the latter featuring a…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: One Control Tornado Drive

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

Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight V2 Overdrive

The Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight V2 includes several improvements to the circuit of this overdrive + boost pedal developed in collaboration with LA-based post-hardcore band Touche Amore, including noise reduction and refined bypass switching functionality. The goal here was to create an op-amp overdrive that could deliver both chimey and…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight V2 Overdrive

Mythos Air Lane Drive (Novo Guitars collab)

The Mythos Air Lane Drive is a limited edition, stripped-down, dual overdrive pedal built in collaboration with Nashville's Novo Guitars. The two channels have their own footswitch and gain knob and are based around the same single transistor topology, each slightly tweaked, including hard-clipping diode arrangements made to optimize stacking.…Click on the title for more

Mythos Air Lane Drive (Novo Guitars collab)

Thorpy FX Camoflange Flanger

After delivering, in collaboration with legendary effect designer Dan Coggins of Lovepedal, the Deep Oggin Chorus in 2018 to widespread acclaim, UK's Thorpy FX is back at it with another modulation pedal born from the same engineering minds: the Camoflange, an original circuit inspired (at least in part) by the…Click on the title for more

Thorpy FX Camoflange Flanger