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Wampler Tumnus V2 Overdrive

In the seemingly neverending competition to build the best Klon Centaur Klone, the Wampler Tumnus, with its mini format and tone remarkably faithful to the original, has been one of the most successful pretenders. There's also a Tumnus Deluxe version with extra sculpting options. Here are the demos of the…Click on the title for more

Wampler Tumnus V2 Overdrive

New Pedal: Marshall DriveMaster Reissue

The original Marshall DriveMaster was a Plexi-style pedal released in the early '90s and voiced after a JCM800 amp. It was intended to be the successor of the Guv'nor, the first amp-in-a-box inspired by the Marshall Plexi tone, but didn't reach the same popularity. To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Marshall…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Marshall DriveMaster Reissue

Vahlbruch Kaluna High Voltage Tube Overdrive

German pedal builder Vahlbruch has just unveiled their latest overdrive, the Kaluna overdrive, a high voltage original circuit operating at 250v, and featuring an ECC83/12AX7 tube under its hood. The tube actually requires a little 30 second warm-up, during which the status LED will flash for while the pedal remains in…Click on the title for more

Vahlbruch Kaluna High Voltage Tube Overdrive

Universal Audio UAFX Starlight Echo Station

The Universal Audio UAFX Starlight Echo Station belongs to the series of the first three guitar pedals ever released by the US company, a dominant force in the pro audio peripherals but also in the DSP-powered plugins market. That kind of expertise must have come in handy when working on…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Starlight Echo Station

Source Audio Spectrum Intelligent Filter

Since Source Audio recently released a synth pedal, it seems appropriate for them to follow it up with a filter one, since filters are an unmissable component in synthesizers... Enter Spectrum, which will make history also for being the first Source Audio pedal ever with non-descriptive graphics! Sporting the usual…Click on the title for more

Source Audio Spectrum Intelligent Filter

New Pedals: Marshall Black Box Series Reissues

The internet was abuzz with commentary about the videos posted by UK's builder Pedal Pawn's Chris King Robinson about Marshall's yet unannounced reissues of their four-pedal black box series, including the very influential Blues Breaker overdrive and the Guv'nor, which started the Plexi-style pedal frenzy, and which had a compact…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Marshall Black Box Series Reissues

Strymon Nightsky Time Warped Reverberator

Strymon surprised everyone on the evening of September 17 by leaking news of a new pedal to be released... a few hours later during a Facebook Live video! The device in question is the Nightsky Time Warped Reverberator, which looks like a major creative release for the Californian company that…Click on the title for more

Strymon Nightsky Time Warped Reverberator

Audiolithe Extinction Drive

Hailing from France, the Audiolithe Extinction Drive is a heavy yet uber-flexible dual overdrive that can produce a variety of tones, including Fuzz and Octave up sounds. The left channel, controlled by the three knobs and one toggle switch on the left half of the pedal, is a classic overdrive…Click on the title for more

Audiolithe Extinction Drive

New Pedal: NuX Damp Stereo Mini Reverb

With a $79 USD price tag, the NuX Damp is the first stereo reverb pedal hosted in a mini case - thanks to its two TRS jacks that accept both mono and stereo signals. It offers 3 modes (Plate, Spring, and Hall) inspired by specific circuits: the EMT 140 plate…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: NuX Damp Stereo Mini Reverb

New Pedal: Rainger FX Flanger X

The Rainger FX Flanger X is the third pedal in a series of creative mini digital pedals released by London's eccentric builder David Rainger. The previous two were the Echo X and the Reverb X. As with its predecessors, the Flanger X was designed with the goal of expanding the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Rainger FX Flanger X

Boost Blurry RAT-Style Filter Distortion

The Blurry is a limited edition pedal with a particular story that was highlighted by the JHS Show in their "Best of 2022" episode. It now sells for around $500 used on Reverb.com. Commissioned by Berlin-based cult electronic artist RIP Swirl to a product design studio called Boost (which has…Click on the title for more

Boost Blurry RAT-Style Filter Distortion

Pigtronix Constellator Mini Analog Delay

The Pigtronix Constellator is one of three new mini-pedals released by the NYC-based company at (virtual) NAMM 2021. Based on a MN3005 bucket brigade device chip, this is an analog delay with modulation that can get rather spacey. It provides tape-like saturation and it's prone to self-oscillation at maximum feedback…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Constellator Mini Analog Delay