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Decibelics Golden Horse Klon-Style Drive

Among the hundreds of Klon clones, the Decibelics Golden Horse stands out as both the most expensive one in mini format (at around $270 + shipping from Barcelona) and the most hyped of the bunch, which is why - unless you find it used on Reverb or eBay - the…Click on the title for more

Decibelics Golden Horse Klon-Style Drive

Strymon Ultraviolet Vintage Vibe

After the Cloudburst and the Brig, the Strymon Ultraviolet is the third "almost compact" release by the Californian builder, and its first take on the Uni-Vibe effect. Like the two previous pedals in this unnamed, smaller line of devices, the Ultraviolet is a rather streamlined device, but sports an entirely…Click on the title for more

Strymon Ultraviolet Vintage Vibe

GFI System Enieqma Equalizer

Designed and built by an (unexpectedly) Indonesian wonder of a company, the GFI System Enieqma is a stereo / dual channel device that takes on equalizing and boost duties and does it both uniquely and impressively. With its large LCD screen displaying the EQ curve you are working with, this…Click on the title for more

GFI System Enieqma Equalizer

2024 UPDATE: Best Ring Modulator Pedals – Compare Prices + Features

Last Updated: June 14, 2022 Of all the effects for guitar out there, the ring modulator might as well rank among the least popular. Why on earth would you want your guitar to sound like this? The answer, in most cases, is: "because I'm an experimental kind of guy." A…Click on the title for more

2024 UPDATE: Best Ring Modulator Pedals – Compare Prices + Features

Empress ParaEQ mkII (+ Deluxe Version)

When we put together this article about the best EQ pedal earlier in 2022, we couldn't believe how much interest there was in a discontinued pedal by Empress Effects, the ParaEQ, and wondered why it was out of production... enter the new Empress ParaEQ mkII and mkII Deluxe, two compact…Click on the title for more

Empress ParaEQ mkII (+ Deluxe Version)

Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion

The Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion is one of the three pedals released at NAMM 2023 by the pro audio company turned stompbox builder. It's a dual delay + reverb pedal with a separate footswitch and three modes for each effect. The delay, which has a separate control for…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion

New Pedal: Free The Tone Overdriveland

There's a new kid in the block where the Dumbe-style amp-in-a-box pedals live, and you should take it seriously because it's coming from a Japanese builder that has proven its worth over and over: enter the Free The Tone Overdriveland. Designed by veteran engineer Yuki Hayashi, one of the most…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Free The Tone Overdriveland

New Pedal: CGI Brutalist Distortion

God City Instruments is the brainchild of Kurt Ballou, guitarist of yesteryear's metalcore band Converge and producer and owner of a studio in Massachusetts under the same GCI namesake. While the GCI Brutalist is not his debut pedal, it proudly stands as the first creation that has undergone over a decade…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: CGI Brutalist Distortion

Weehbo Genks Modulated Time Device

A modulated delay built by a company best known for their Plexi-style overdrive, the Weehbo Genks Modulated Time Device is a modern, analolg-voiced digital delay with tap tempo, modulation and several other desirable features. Utilizing the ubiquitous PT2399 chip, the Genks can deliver repeats as long as 600 ms, whose…Click on the title for more

Weehbo Genks Modulated Time Device

GFI System Rossie Multi Filter

Indonesian pedal builder GFI System specializes in digital multi-mode pedals, but their newest release tackles a type of effect that more than any other hangs on to its analog origins: filter. Enter the Rossie Filter, a digital, dynamic multi-filter pedal. The Rossie's circuit offers three modes: Envelope Filter - a…Click on the title for more

GFI System Rossie Multi Filter

New Pedal: BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground

The (rather wordily named) BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground is a reverb pedal with a wide palette of tones ranging from lush to brash, created with the ambient, experimental guitarist in mind. The controls' names may sound foreign at first, but are not that overworldly: Level:…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground

New Pedals: Kuro Custom Audio 1942 Fuzz + Filter

Hailing from Italy, the Kuro Custom Audio 1942 is a fuzz + envelop filter combo that merges a classic guitar effect (the former) with a supremely synthy one (the latter). Since in this 10-knob pedal, the fuzz is represented by only two knobs (Fuzz and Volume), it's the filter the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Kuro Custom Audio 1942 Fuzz + Filter