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Mini Pedals

Mosky Audio Obsessive Drive

For those interested in getting the signature overdrive tone of a pedal made by a controversial American company, without supporting that company, the Chinese-built Mosky Obsessive Drive does a good job at recreating that brand's responsive high-gain stompbox whose name is inspired by a psychological condition affecting obsessive-compulsive people. On…Click on the title for more

Mosky Audio Obsessive Drive

New Pedals: Wampler Ratsbane Mini Distortion

Brian Wampler's love story with the tone produced by classic and vintage distortion and overdrive circuits gave birth to several pedals that strike a perfect balance between quality, tone-authenticity, and price point - in our guides to the best Plexi-Syle Pedals, Klon Centaur Clones and Dumble-Style Overdrives, his pedals rank…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Wampler Ratsbane Mini Distortion

Pigtronix Gatekeeper Mini Noise Gate

Pigtronix has been particularly active in 2021 with the release of 4 mini-pedals - 3 unveiled during virtual NAMM. The four is by far the least exciting, yet most essential, of the bunch - unless you get excited by a noise gate! The Pigtronix Gatekeeper works just like any other…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Gatekeeper Mini Noise Gate

Ibanez Mini Phaser PHMINI

Guitarists looking for a solid, simple, uber-compact, great-sounding analog phaser should take a look at the new Ibanez Mini Phaser PHMINI. While the three classic knobs for Depth, Feedback and Speed give you control over the basic character of the effect, a side switch lets you choose between 4 or…Click on the title for more

Ibanez Mini Phaser PHMINI

New Pedal: Ibanez Mini Flanger FLMINI

The Ibanez series of MINI pedals represents a solid, no-frill offering in the "bread and butter stompbox effect" realm. Needless to say, their mini Tube Screamer is among the best selling pedals in the world, but the analog mini delay is also extremely popular. The Japanese company recently unveiled a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Ibanez Mini Flanger FLMINI

TC Electronic Ditto+Looper

The Ditto series was a noteworthy success for Danish pedal maker TC Electronic, which presented today a new evolution on the mini format of this looper pedal: Ditto+. The main new feature of this new generation Ditto consists in the Extended Loop Mode, which allows you to put longer overdubs…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Ditto+Looper

MOOER A7 Ambiance

At a time when the mini-pedal mania seems a little long in the tooth, we are happy to report that the company that the Chinese started this trend, MOOER, is still churning out very increasingly tempting mini-pedals. The Mooer A7 Ambiance is a new addition to the Chinese company's New…Click on the title for more

MOOER A7 Ambiance

New Pedals: TC Electronic Flashback Mini 2

TC Electronics updated their Flashback (digital) Mini Delay with version 2, which adds new Tape and Analog algorithms and a Crystal delay utilizing the polyphonic octaver engine from the company's SUB 'N' UP. Most of what this pedal can do goes beyond the three knobs through the TonePrint technology that…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: TC Electronic Flashback Mini 2

Mr Black OD-503 Dynamic Amplifier Overdrive

Mini pedals aren't necessarily made in China with cheap components. As a matter of fact, several US-based boutique manufacturers have embraced the format and build them by hand with the best components without outsourcing; Portland's MR. Black is one of them. Their latest mini stompbox is the OD-503, a low…Click on the title for more

Mr Black OD-503 Dynamic Amplifier Overdrive

New Pedals: Mr. Black – Mini Echo-Delay

While many guitarists see the digital rack delays of the '80s as hopefully obsolete, they still enjoy remarkable popularity among players into shoegaze rock, which - some say - wouldn't sound the same with a different kind of delay, which introduced some pleasing sounding artifacts shoegazer players have become attached…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mr. Black – Mini Echo-Delay

Xotic Effects Super Clean and Super Sweet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBxQlnAUsog For NAMM 2019, Xotic Effects has announced 2 new pedals miniature pedals. The Super Clean Buffer is a high-quality Class A circuit designed around the JRC4558 chip that provides the open and articulate buffering that most buffered bypass pedals simply lack. The Super Clean steps up with a discrete…Click on the title for more

Xotic Effects Super Clean and Super Sweet

JHS Pedals Whitey Tighty Compressor

The JHS Whitey Tighty is a mini FET compressor with 3 simple controls over Compression, Volume, and Blend. It was designed to be used as an “always on” device, and as the company says “When it’s off, you feel like your pants are down”. - Brandon Stoner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofVPzLXBnZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPb2ev3hXas&listClick on the title for more

JHS Pedals Whitey Tighty Compressor