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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: Tubesteader Magnezium Dual Tube Preamp

Voiced after the legendary Magnatone Super 59 M80 amp, the Tubesteader Magnezium is the latest dirt box by a Montreal-based small builder who specializes in gain pedals with real tubes in them. Equipped with a pair of 12X7 tubes operating at full 250VDC, this pedal offers two separate gain channels:…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tubesteader Magnezium Dual Tube Preamp

Old Blood Noise Float Dual Filter

A dual filter pedal packed with creative features, the Old Blood Noise Float is a breath of fresh air in an effect niche that too often only caters to funk guitarists - while historically filters are at the basis of electronic music. OBNE's first digitally controlled analog pedal, Float is…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Float Dual Filter

Sonicake Sonic Ambience Delay + Reverb

The Sonicake Sonic Ambience is an affordable mini delay+reverb pedal with tap tempo and four modes per effect offering repeats up to 2 seconds. The Reverb modes are Room, Hall, Cathedral and Plate, but there's no size knob to change the length, only a Mix knob. The Delay has more…Click on the title for more

Sonicake Sonic Ambience Delay + Reverb

New Pedal: Flamma FC17 Analog Delay

The Flamma FC17 Analog Delay fills a space that had remained empty in the pedal roster of this young Chinese builder: the one of a BBD based analog delay. Super-competitively priced at around $50, the FC17 is a mini-delay that offers classic analog repeats ranging from 25ms to 600ms, adjustable…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Flamma FC17 Analog Delay

Beetronics Swarm Fuzz Harmonizer

Brazil via Los Angeles pedal builder Beetronics surely had a buzzworthy NAMM 2019 show. The company introduced a new device called Swarm - described as a "fuzz harmonizer" - which seems to have ended up on every stompbox geek's shortlist (hey it came in at #1 on our Best of NAMM 2019…Click on the title for more

Beetronics Swarm Fuzz Harmonizer

MXR Deep Phase M279

Any pedal connoisseur will instantly link an orange MXR pedal with the company's renown Phase 90, the pedal that pretty much defined the sound of phaser since its release in 1974. The company's new phaser, the MXR Deep Phase, is also orange, but represents another take on phaser, in all…Click on the title for more

MXR Deep Phase M279

Beetronics Vezzpa Octave Stinger Fuzz

Buzzworthy Brazil via L.A. Beetronics has been rather quiet during the pandemic period, so seeing one of their colorful bug-inspired pedals appear in this 2021 "spring of reopening," in a way, accentuates the feeling of a return to life. Their new fuzz out of their custom shop is named Vezzpa,…Click on the title for more

Beetronics Vezzpa Octave Stinger Fuzz

Source Audio Atlas Multi-Mode Compressor

The Source Audio Atlas Compressor is a pedal that, with its modes replicating various types of classic compressors, will satisfy the studio gear connoisseurs while doing the job just right for anyone who just needs some help with their performance's dynamics - whether they play guitar or bass. This little…Click on the title for more

Source Audio Atlas Multi-Mode Compressor

Rainger FX Echo X v2

The Rainger FX Echo X v2 is David Rainger's take on the mini-echo format, and those familiar with this London-based pedal designer know there are sonic surprises to be expected inside this little device. In this effect offering up to 540ms of delay time, you get the "normal" controls found…Click on the title for more

Rainger FX Echo X v2

JHS PackRat Distortion

We were wondering if the novel YouTube star Joshua Scott of JHS Pedals was still actively working on new stompbox designs, considering how important (and presumably, time-consuming) the video channel appears to have become for him and his team. The release of the PackRat multi-mode distortion answers that wonderment with…Click on the title for more

JHS PackRat Distortion

Bleak District Electric Miraj

The Bleak District Electric Miraj is a dual-mode, tap-tempo enabled, analog modulation pedal hand-made in the UK that can recreate the sound of two classic vintage effects: The Uni-Vibe and the Phase 90, with the great added benefit of letting you chose out of eight LFO wave shapes. The knob…Click on the title for more

Bleak District Electric Miraj