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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

Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B. M+

Carrying around an amp, a cabinet, or a combo unit is one of the daily pains of any gigging guitarist who does not yet have the luxury of the roadies's helping hand. French pedal builder Two Notes has been among the most proactive in trying to provide guitarists with portable…Click on the title for more

Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B. M+

Templo Devices Splyce Pedalboard Mixer

Hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, the Templo Devices Splyce is a small (3.2" x 2.7"), two-channel mixer in stompbox format that can be very useful to most guitarists, in more than one way. The pedal's left side features a Combo XLR/1/4" input jack for either a mic or an instrument, followed…Click on the title for more

Templo Devices Splyce Pedalboard Mixer

Airis Electric Dragon Distortion

The Airis Electric Dragon is a distortion pedal by a Canadian builder laser-focused on releasing hand-made stompboxes for metal players. It's actually two effects in one, combining a tubescreamer-based overdrive (right side) and a circuit inspired by the TC Integrated Preamp (left side), each with their own footswitches and volume…Click on the title for more

Airis Electric Dragon Distortion

Effects Bakery Muffin Reverb

The Effects Bakery Muffin is a mini reverb made in Japan by a company recently distributed in the US but that doesn't share much info (their "About Us" page has nothing about them...). The pedal has just two knobs for Reverb and Decay and a toggle switch delivering Hall, Spring…Click on the title for more

Effects Bakery Muffin Reverb

Valco KGB DIST Distortion

Valco, is arguably one of the most interesting pedal companies to emerge in the second decade of the new millennium, and the new Valco KGB DIST Distortion looks and sound like another device worthy of attention. The second release in what we can now assume is a "KGB" pedal series…Click on the title for more

Valco KGB DIST Distortion

Surfy Industries SurfyTrem Deluxe

Surfy Industries, which is mainly known for their analog spring reverb units, has updated their SurfyTrem pedal to a deluxe version in a slightly bigger casing. The Surfy Industries SurfyTrem Deluxe features the same analog amplitude and harmonic tremolo circuits (black panel fender and brown panel Fender modes) with some…Click on the title for more

Surfy Industries SurfyTrem Deluxe