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New Pedal: Empty Head Effects Seafarer Reverb

Empty Head Effects , run by Nic out of Mainz, Germany, has been building a reputation for thoughtful, textural pedal designs. We got familiar with the company at our 2026 edition of the London Synth & Pedal Expo, where they attracted a lot of interest. Their upcoming Seafarer is a modulated…... Click for more

New Pedal: Empty Head Effects Seafarer Reverb

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II continues on the mission of the Texan company to bring guitar players authentic and affordabole clones of legendary discontinued pedals - in this case, the Mu-Tron Phasor II, now selling for over $500 on the used market. Built with premium components that faithfully match the…... Click for more

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II

Walrus Audio Lüm Granular Reverb

Walrus Audio took three of their most interesting pedals — the Slö, Lore, and Fable — threw them in a blender, and came out with something that's earned its own permanent spot on the roster. The Walrus Audio Lüm is a granular reverb that doesn't just wash your signal in…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Lüm Granular Reverb

Milkman Sound Benson The Amp

For years, players have coveted the rich, responsive tones of Benson amplifiers. Now, in a landmark collaboration with Milkman Sound, that coveted sound is available in its most versatile form yet: Milkman Sound Benson The Amp. This hand-built unit places the exact signature preamp from Chris Benson's legendary Chimera and…... Click for more

Milkman Sound Benson The Amp

Cornerstone Centurio Professional Drive

Cornerstone Centurio. Two Klon-style channels in one box, made in Italy. Sounds simple. It's not. The Klon circuit is sacred ground for a certain kind of player - that amp-pushing, clarity-preserving thing that makes everything just better. Centurio takes that DNA and gives you two independent gain and volume stages,…... Click for more

Cornerstone Centurio Professional Drive

Crazy Tube Circuits Triptychon

Crazy Tube Circuits, a Greek company that apparently learned electronics by staring at the sun and listening to Blue Cheer records, built this three-panel monster. It's not a pedal. It's a manifesto in a metal box. Enter the Crazy Tube Circuits Triptychon. Four fuzz voices in the center panel: ff is…... Click for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Triptychon

MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine

Most pedals take what you play and hand it back to you more or less intact. The MXR Textures does the opposite. It takes your signal, pulls it apart into tiny pieces called grains, and lets you rearrange them into something that barely resembles where you started. Inside the box…... Click for more

MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine

New Pedal: Hungry Robot The Stargazer Dual Ambient Reverb

Hungry Robot has been quietly rebuilding its lineup this year. First came the Moby Dick tape delay. Now comes the new Stargazer, a dual-channel ambient reverb that takes the bones of the 2014 original and gives it a serious update. The original Stargazer was a simple dual-preset reverb. Two channels,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Hungry Robot The Stargazer Dual Ambient Reverb

DOD Badder Monkey Overdrive

Following a surge of interest spurred by a viral demonstration video, the long-discontinued DOD Bad Monkey overdrive has been resurrected in a significantly expanded form by its original creators at DOD. The Badder Monkey is far more than a simple reissue; it’s a comprehensive reimagining that retains the core green-voiced…... Click for more

DOD Badder Monkey Overdrive

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 for more

GFI System Solis Ventus Delay/Reverb

Strymon El Capistan V2 Tape Delay

The Strymon El Capistan is a lush stereo emulation of a vintage Tape Echo device, in a cleverly simple box. It offers three Tape modes emulating different reading head configurations (Fixed, Multi and Single) and three ways to slightly tweak each one of them. Separate controls for Tape Age and…... Click for more

Strymon El Capistan V2 Tape Delay

Updated Pedal: JHS NOTADÜMBLË V2 Pedal Kit

The original JHS NOTADÜMBLË was a beautiful disaster. JHS accidentally loaded the John Mayer BBC-1 preamp into the clean side instead of the intended "Box It Later" buffer. Josh Scott called it the biggest mistake of his career. Discontinued the pedal. Offered refunds. The whole thing sold out anyway because…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: JHS NOTADÜMBLË V2 Pedal Kit