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Pigtronix Octava Micro

NYC's Pigtronix was one of the early adopters of the mini-pedal format (the Disnortion Micro dates back to 2014). Since then, the company took a few years off (or at least that's the perception) to focus on the revamping of the recently acquired Supro brand, and finally re-emerged with new models in…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Octava Micro

Crazy Tube Circuits Ziggy V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

At NAMM 2018 we caught up also with our friends from Crazy Tube Circuits (part of the numerous contingent of Greek pedal companies participating in the Anaheim convention). The manufacturer showed us their second version of the Ziggy Overdrive, a two -channel Plexi-style distortion that's one of the company's most…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Ziggy V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

MOSKY MP-51 Spring Reverb Mini

$32 - A super affordable, but rather popular, Chinese emulation of the Malekko Omicron Spring.Click on the title for more

MOSKY MP-51 Spring Reverb Mini

Malekko Omicron SPRING Reverb

$140 - The first pedal to offer spring reverb in a mini enclosure. Very low noise, and a near bottomless depth of spring reverb sound due to its dwell circuit.Click on the title for more

Malekko Omicron SPRING Reverb

Tone City Tiny Spring

$60 - One knob, no frills but great sounding analog spring delay pedal.Click on the title for more

Tone City Tiny Spring

Neunaber Inspire Tri-Chorus Plus

Neunaber got us used to uber lush digital effects. Their latest product is the Inspire Tri-Chorus Plus, a chorus pedal hosted in a compact case sporting 8 different modes: Tri — the classic rack chorus effect Hex — two tri-choruses paralleled for an ultra-dense effect Cascade Tone — two tri-choruses…Click on the title for more

Neunaber Inspire Tri-Chorus Plus

Adventure Audio unveils the Outer Rings Ring Mod

If there's one effect that pre-dated the current "glitch pedal" mania, that is, without a doubt, the ring modulator, an effect that sounds wrong, that sounds weird - that sounds like the music your parents don't understand, therefore, wonderful. Adventurous upstate New York effect designer Adventure Audio just unveiled a new…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio unveils the Outer Rings Ring Mod

JHS Pedals Unicorn V2

JHS updates their classic take on the tap tempo enhanced Uni-Vibe with the Unicorn V2. Check out the video by Living Room Gear Demos. P.S. We added this pedal to our comprehensive list of Uni-Vibe clones and evolutions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b53MMogISXU The Unicorn V1 ws the world's first bulb-driven photocell modulator with…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals Unicorn V2

BBD (Bucket Brigade Device) Chips: The Magic Behind Analog Delay Pedals

The MN3205 BBD chip in an original Ibanez AD9 Analog Delay pedal. (Photo: Christopher Scapelliti) Guitarists have been treated to a wealth of innovations in the world of delay effects. Originally, echo and other time-based effects could be created only by mechanical means. Analog tape devices, like the 1960s Maestro…Click on the title for more

BBD (Bucket Brigade Device) Chips: The Magic Behind Analog Delay Pedals

Line 6 Introduces HX Effects Multi-Effects Guitar Pedal

Line 6 has been earning raves for its award-winning Helix hardware and software effect processors. The Helix products use Line 6’s latest modeling technology to produce accurate recreations of desirable vintage and modern gear, including amps, cabinets, mics and effect pedals. Now the company has made it easy to integrate…Click on the title for more

Line 6 Introduces HX Effects Multi-Effects Guitar Pedal

New at NAMM: Lightning Boy Audio NuVision Overdrive

Taking part in our very own Stompbox Booth, upstate New York builder Lightning Boy Audio will take the opportunity of the NAMM 2018 show to debut a new overdrive pedal called NuVision. Lightning Boy specializes in tube powered designs, and this stompbox is no exception, since it's built around a circuit…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM: Lightning Boy Audio NuVision Overdrive

Pladask Elektrisk/BandOrg FORM Multi-Effect DIY Pedal

FORM is a collaborative multi-effect pedal in a DIY kit created by Norwegian companies Pladask Elektrisk and BandOrg. I t features 8 separate effects (Ring Modulator, Random Vibrato, Tape Delay Simulator, Texture Reverb, Octave Generator Delay, Reverse Delay, Grain Shuffler and Granular Time Stretch). The two companies are organizing three DIY…Click on the title for more

Pladask Elektrisk/BandOrg FORM Multi-Effect DIY Pedal