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New Pedal: Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall

These days we rarely see effects pedals that do something that hasn't been tried before, and the Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall seems to be exactly that kind of rare device. It's an effect that emulates the natural effect of sympathetic resonance that all musicians experience when they play loudly…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall

Strymon Dig V2 Digital Delay

An homage to the digital rack delays of the '80s, the Strymon Dig is a stereo, dual multitap delay offering three emulations of digital classics (ADM, 12-bit and 24/96) and two modulations modes (off, light and deep). Tap Tempo and subdivisions round up the features. V2, released in 2022, adds…Click on the title for more

Strymon Dig V2 Digital Delay

Meris Ottobit Jr. Bitcruser/Sequencer/Stutter Pedal

The Meris Ottobit Jr. is presented as 'a maniacal little machine, inspired by vintage gaming consoles' - or, if you wish, an 8-bit pedals on steroids: a stereo “Audio In >> Video Game Out” device that lets guitarists employ synthesis techniques and bitcrushing to create new audio textures. Sample-rate and bit-reduction…Click on the title for more

Meris Ottobit Jr. Bitcruser/Sequencer/Stutter Pedal

The Best Binson Echorec Pedal Clones in 2024

This article was updated on May 02, 2023 – For a more comprehensive article about delays organized by type, see our Best Delay Pedals article. --- --- A Guide to the Best Binson Echorec Pedal Clones When it was released in the '50s, the Binson Echorec was pretty much a game-changer…Click on the title for more

The Best Binson Echorec Pedal Clones in 2024

New Pedal: Dawner Prince Boonar Tube Deluxe Echo

Handmade in Croatia by a boutique brand enjoying some sort of cult status in the pedalsphere, the Dawner Prince Boonar Tube Deluxe is an enhanced version of the company's most successful design, a pedal rendition of the 1960s Binson Echorec 2, an Italian device utilizing four multi-head drums to create…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Dawner Prince Boonar Tube Deluxe Echo

Best Big Muff Pedals in 2024: Reissues, Clones & Evolutions

TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump) Click image for Video. 1969 "Triangle" Big Muff Pi (used by Jimi Hendrix) Back to List of Categories Earthquaker Devices Hoof The pedal that put Earthquaker on the map. Jamie Stillman’s first pedal is loosely based on a specific green Russian Muff belonging to…Click on the title for more

Best Big Muff Pedals in 2024: Reissues, Clones & Evolutions

New Pedal: Stoll Effects Mullet Two Channel Drive

A sturdy and transparent pedal hand-made in Germany, the Stoll Effects Mullet Drive is a two-channel overdrive offering a wide range of tones, from smooth vintage overdrive to aggressive modern sounds, designed to sound great with both single coil and humbucking guitars. The Yellow Channel leans towards the in-your-face rock'n'roll…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Stoll Effects Mullet Two Channel Drive

EarthQuaker + Death by Audio Time Shadows II

Released in limited numbers in 2021 as a marketing stunt to promote Reverb.com’s The Pedal Movie, the Time Shadows is a filter pedal engineered by two of the edgiest stompbox brands in the US: Ohio’s EarthQuaker Devices and NYC’s Death By Audio. The two companies are now unveiling an update, Time Shadows II, which adds welcome features such…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker + Death by Audio Time Shadows II

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

The MXR Joshua Ambient Echo bears that name for a particular reason: it aims to offer, in a compact case, the legendary sound of U2's The Edge as heard in The Joshua Tree, a 1987 album that featured a signature guitar sound drenched in a rhythmic yet ambient delay. Extremely…Click on the title for more

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II continues on the mission of the Texan company to bring guitar players authentic and affordabole clones of legendary discontinued pedals - in this case, the Mu-Tron Phasor II, now selling for over $500 on the used market. Built with premium components that faithfully match the…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II

Rounder Sounds Zebra Trem

Tremolo enthusiasts who like to sculpt their own modulation waveform should take a look at the Rounder Sounds Zebra-Trem, allegedly "the only tremolo pedal with on-pedal waveform editing," - and the handy ability to store your creation in presets. Things are pretty straightforward with controls for Level, Depth and BPM,…Click on the title for more

Rounder Sounds Zebra Trem

Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal

Once again, the talented team at Gamechanger Audio fulfilled the mission statement implicit in their company's name. The Latvian designers came up with a stompbox that shifts the vibrato action of the Bigsby lever from hand to foot: it's the Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal! That, in our book, qualifies as…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal