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Berry Pedals Double Doom Fuzz

Notwithstanding its innocuous appearance, the Berry Pedals Double Doom Fuzz is, in a word, evil. Hailing from Australia, this baby feeds a fuzz into another fuzz, with demonic results, in particular if you stack the two pedals together. It's a dual-channel version of the company's Doom Fuzz, which is already…Click on the title for more

Berry Pedals Double Doom Fuzz

Flamma FC21 Analog Comp

The Flamma FC21 Analog Comp is a repackaged but cheaper (and better looking) version of the Mooer Yellow Comp, an optical mini-compressor with controls for Compression, Volume and EQ. Optical compressors are based on a technology that produces slightly different compression from regular designs (normally VCA or FET). They can…Click on the title for more

Flamma FC21 Analog Comp

Fender Pinwheel Rotary Emulation

For Fender, NAMM 2019 was the year of modulation pedals: they unveiled three of them, all sharing a few features with each other. The Pinwheel is a stereo in/out, rotary speaker emulator that works seamlessly with guitars and keyboards thanks to a voicing switch on the back panel (see image…Click on the title for more

Fender Pinwheel Rotary Emulation

New Pedal: Davey Design Electronics 1979/1990

Hand-made in Australia, the Davey Design Electronics 1979/1990 is a high quality, cool-looking, uber-tweakable double overdrive blending a TS-style circuit with a Klon-style one. The two circuits have their own footswitch so that they can be activated separately or stacked on top of each other. The order of the drives…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Davey Design Electronics 1979/1990

Coffee Shop Pedals Affogato Programmable Fuzz

The Coffee Shop Pedals Affogato Fuzz is the second release by this emerging company from Saskatchewan, a Canadian province located right in the middle of the country. Unlike 99.9% of fuzz pedals out there, the Affogato has the handy feature of allowing players to save up to 3 presets (you…Click on the title for more

Coffee Shop Pedals Affogato Programmable Fuzz

UAFX Dream ’65 Reverb Ovedrive

Part of a three amp-in-a-box pedal addition to the Universal Audio pedal line, the UAFX Dream '65 Reverb is an authentic emulation of a Fender Deluxe Reverb, with several added features. Like the previous three pedals in the series, this is a multi-mode, studio-grade, stereo stompbox with presets and deep…Click on the title for more

UAFX Dream ’65 Reverb Ovedrive

Strymon Compadre Dual Voice Compressor and Boost

We just got this from Strymon: Compadre is something that we’ve been working on for a couple years, and we’re excited to tell you about it. We were actually ready to start shipping Compadre pedals back in early March, but we decided to hold off because of Covid-19. It's clear…Click on the title for more

Strymon Compadre Dual Voice Compressor and Boost

Flamma FC14 Analog Chorus

The Flamma FC14 Analog Chorus is a $40 analog chorus (read, with a BBD chip in it) from a young Chinese builder that has quickly found its place on the pedalverse with a mix of streamlined compact stereo pedals and mini effects like this one. Sporting the three typical controls…Click on the title for more

Flamma FC14 Analog Chorus

New Pedal: Browne Amplification Fixer Double Boost+Buffer

The Browne Amplification Fixer is a very simple but also very useful utility pedal/boost that aims at helping the pedal-obsessed fix a few common issues that arise when more than one electric guitar is used during a live performance. Part buffer and part (double channel) clean booster, the Fixer allows…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Browne Amplification Fixer Double Boost+Buffer

New Pedal: Free The Tone Cosmic Wave CW-1Y Filtering Delay

The Free The Tone Cosmic Wave is the latest pedal by a Japanese builder that's probably one of the best-kept secrets of the pedalverse. A company that's really good at making delays, and that with this new pedal officially enters the more creative niche of time-based effects within the compact case…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Free The Tone Cosmic Wave CW-1Y Filtering Delay

New Pedals: One Control Tornado Drive

The One Control Tornado Drive is a new collaboration between pedal designer Björn Juhl with Japanese celebrity guitarist TK (Tory Kitajima), part of a new line of pedals called TORNADO Fx. There are two versions of this original, non-clone, high-gain overdrive circuit: Aluminum and Brass, with the latter featuring a…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: One Control Tornado Drive

Alexander Pedals Fever Pitch Stereo Pitch Shifting Multi-FX

The Alexander Pedals Fever Pitch might be one of the first digital/DSP-based pedal releases of 2022 (a year marred by a continued chip shortage) but it's a device bound to keep players busy as if they bought half a dozen new pedals. At its core, this is a creative pedal…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Fever Pitch Stereo Pitch Shifting Multi-FX