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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 of…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

New Pedal: Fowl Sounds Concrete Cliffs Distortion

The Fowl Sounds Concrete Cliffs is a distortion pedal with a separate, foot-switchable Boost featuring a range of intuitive controls designed to offer extensive tonal shaping. The clear knobs set the Gain and Volume for the base distortion and the number of decibels for the Boost, which can either increase or decrease…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fowl Sounds Concrete Cliffs Distortion

TC Electronic Plethora X1 Stereo TonePrint Loader

The TC Electronic Plethora X1 shrinks the format of their stereo TonePrint file loader bringing together the full range of TonePrint pedals in a compact stompbox format. This little box has 7 memory slots that can "become" any of these classic TC pedals by just loading their respective software and algorithms:…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Plethora X1 Stereo TonePrint Loader

Best Tape Delay Pedals 2025 | A Buyer’s Guide

Welcome to our comprehensive buyer's guide to the best tape delay pedals organized by features. For a more comprehensive article about delays organized by type, see our Best Delay Pedals article. While many multi-mode delay pedals also offer a "tape echo mode," this article focuses exclusively on stompboxes that were designed…Click on the title for more

Best Tape Delay Pedals 2025 | A Buyer’s Guide

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

Dawner Prince Boonar Tube Deluxe Echo

Alabs Novadrift Stereo Multi-Modulation Pedal

Built by a pro audio Singapore-based company, the Alabs Novadrift is a $99, compact, stereo, DSP-powered multi-modulation pedal from the company's new line of stompboxes, currently comprising four models sold mostly through Amazon. There are 9 modulation modes (Vibe, Chorus, Multi-Chorus, Phaser, Filter, Rotary, Flanger, Tremolo, and Ring Mod) and,…Click on the title for more

Alabs Novadrift Stereo Multi-Modulation Pedal

Jam Pedals Wahcko Multi-Voiced Wah

The Jam Pedals Wahcko is a high-end, tension adjustable, Fasel-based wah offering a 6-position rotary switch for 6 different frequency sweep ranges and an internal trimmer for adjusting the input gain. There's also an optional Seagull effect that can be requested when ordered. We added it to our article about…Click on the title for more

Jam Pedals Wahcko Multi-Voiced Wah

New Pedal: O.C.E. Pedals and Buddy Blues Gentleman Fuzz/Boost

Designed and released in collaboration with the Burbank based pedal company, the O.C.E. Pedals Gentleman Fuzz/Boost represents the debut in the pedal-making arena of YouTuber Buddy Blues, a man born to fuzz. The Gentleman blends a timeless two-transistor fuzz circuit (just like the good old Fuzz Face) with a gritty…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: O.C.E. Pedals and Buddy Blues Gentleman Fuzz/Boost

Red Panda Context v2 Reverb

The Red Panda Context V2 is a reverb pedal that can sound both realistic and "out there." The new version adds presets, modulation, “spring” and “grain” settings in lieu of “delay." Plus, stereo input/output, USB MIDI, fully assignable expression pedal, 3 new modes, a delay plus reverb option in all…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Context v2 Reverb

GFI System Solis Ventus Delay/Reverb

Hailing from the Indonesyan brand that gave us the Specular Tempus (also a stereo, multi-algorithms reverb + delay pedal), the GFI System Solis Ventus expands on its predecessor offering a dual DSP engine, powered by two 32-bit ARM processors. This configuration allows you to run two effects (delay-delay, reverb-reverb, or…Click on the title for more

GFI System Solis Ventus Delay/Reverb

BOSS RE-202 Space Echo

The new digital version of the Roland Space Echo is finally here (together with a smaller sibling!), and it looks exciting. Enter the BOSS RE-202 Space Echo! The DD-202 is a virtual multi-head tape machine that offers all the controls of the original unit in a package more round and…Click on the title for more

BOSS RE-202 Space Echo

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 on the title for more

New Pedal: Nobels Cho-mini Stereo Chorus