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Mini Pedals

JHS Fumble JFET Preamp

Here's the thing about mistakes: some of them you bury. Some of them you put in a box and sell for eighty-nine dollars. JHS dropped the NOTADÜMBLË in May 2025—a solderless DIY kit with two circuits. One was an overdrive based on the Dumble lead sound. The other was supposed…... Click for more

JHS Fumble JFET Preamp

Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun Tape Delay

Part of the growing family of the Pico series, the Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun is a tape-style echo in mini format delivering delay from 8ms to 3s. It doesn't only emulate the warmth of the vintage tape delays of yesteryear, but also the saturation those units' preamp imparted to the tone,…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun Tape Delay

New Pedals: Klowra Budding Bloom Series

Klowra stuffed five pedals into 1590A boxes and somehow none of them feel like a compromise you have to apologize for. The five pedals in their Budding Bloom Series all share the same control layout: four knobs, a 3-way Mode push-button, a 3-way secondary toggle, and a footswitch with different…... Click for more

New Pedals: Klowra Budding Bloom Series

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Shimmer Cosmic Reverb

Electro-Harmonix built the Pico Shimmer so you don't have to spend ten minutes dialing in a decent octave reverb. Three scenes, one knob to morph between them, and a footswitch that gives you infinite reverb on a press-and-hold. That's the whole interface. Here are the 3 Scenes: Intergalactic: classic shimmer with…... Click for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Shimmer Cosmic Reverb

Updated Pedal: IK Multimedia TONEX ONE+

The original TONEX ONE (blurb below) was already a marvel: AI Machine Modeling, hyper-realistic amp captures, and a full rig's worth of tones in a box barely larger than a matchbook. But it had one glaring limitation. To edit presets, load new Tone Models, or organize your sounds, you needed…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: IK Multimedia TONEX ONE+

New Pedal: Nobels MOD-Mini Stereo Multi-Modulation

Proving big tones come in small packages, the Nobels MOD-mini is a stunningly versatile stereo (via TRS jack) modulation pedal. This compact unit packs a powerful sonic punch with three expertly crafted effects: pulsating Tremolo, funky Phaser, and swirly U-Vibe. But the features go far beyond its trio of classic…... Click for more

New Pedal: Nobels MOD-Mini Stereo Multi-Modulation

EarthQuaker Barrows Fuzz Attacker

If you’ve ever chased that raw, singing, mid-heavy fuzz tone that defined everything from ’60s rock rebellion to ’80s shoegaze walls-of-sound, meet your new foundation: the EarthQuaker Devices Barrows. This isn’t just another fuzz—it’s a faithful and modernized recreation of the legendary Tone Bender MkII circuit, built with three carefully…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Barrows Fuzz Attacker

New Pedal: Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor

Let's be honest: on a crowded pedalboard, real estate is precious. Nobody wants an essential-but-subtle effect like a compressor to hog all the space. Thankfully, the Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor solves this dilemma, packing the soul of a legendary studio unit into a compact, player-friendly enclosure. This isn't just…... Click for more

New Pedal: Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor

New Pedal: Catalinbread Fuzzrite Mini

The iconic, splattery sound of the 60s is now available in a perfectly petite package. The Catalinbread Fuzzrite Mini packs the exact same circuit that defined psychedelic classics like "Incense and Peppermints" into a rugged, pedalboard-friendly enclosure. This isn't a smooth, singing fuzz. The Fuzzrite is all about buzzy, spitty,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Fuzzrite Mini

Effects Bakery Bagel Overdrive

Every guitarist eventually craves that warm, expressive overdrive, and Effects Bakery (a US-Japan collab) delivers it with flavor and affordability. As you can see from the list of videos below, the Bagel Overdrive is getting the attention of some pedal connoisseurs. It packs iconic tone into a mini-pedal format, using…... Click for more

Effects Bakery Bagel Overdrive

New Pedal: Nobels Cho-mini Stereo Chorus

At NAMM 2025, German pedal brand Nobels, popular for their ODR-1 Overdrive, unveiled a new line of non-gain, stereo mini pedals, including the Cho-Mini, a three-mode chorus pedal. These are the three modes available: Chorus 1 is voiced after bucket-brigade-based chorus pedal tones from the 70s, classic, warm, and evergreen.…... Click for more

New Pedal: Nobels Cho-mini Stereo Chorus

New Pedal: Decibelics Rivus Overdrive

Barcelona-based pedal brand Decibelics has built a name for itself initially through one of the best-regarded Klon clones on the market (and a mini one at that!), and more recently with a recreation of the Bixonic Expandora - both pedals also exist in dual-channel format. This new mini pedal is…... Click for more

New Pedal: Decibelics Rivus Overdrive