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IK Multimedia X-Time Multi-Mode Stereo Delay

IK Multimedia, a multifaceted builder of tools for musicians, unveiled four new, multi-mode pedals powered by the algorithms of their popular audio plugin Amplitube. This post will take a closer look at the delay pedal in this line, called X-Time. This is a multi-mode, do-it-all kind of delay reminiscent of…Click on the title for more

IK Multimedia X-Time Multi-Mode Stereo Delay

Empress Effects Reverb

The Empress Effects Reverb is a multi-mode pedal stacked with tweakable features including some standard ones AND bizarre ones like “beer”, “sparkle”, and “ghost”. The combinations are nearly endless as there are four settings for the standard plate, room, hall, and spring reverb and then another 8 less conventional settings. The…Click on the title for more

Empress Effects Reverb

Wampler Plexi Drive Mini

Wampler has been a dominant force in the Plexi-style overdrive niche for a while with its Plexi Drive series (the original version was so popular that the builder released a Deluxe version in 2015). Wampler recently announced the release of the little brother in the series, the Plexi Drive Mini,…Click on the title for more

Wampler Plexi Drive Mini

Teisco Distortion

Teisco unveiled this Classic British distortion pedal paired with a colored boost - it's simply called "Distortion." It offers plenty of tonal shaping possibilities, plus an optional extra gain stage to really ramp things up - all in a very stylish textured purple zinc case. The boost and distortion circuits…Click on the title for more

Teisco Distortion

Tonality Effects The Drive

The Tonality Effects The Drive is a real tube overdrive with adjustable voltage manufactured by an emerging Berlin-based pedal builder. This stylish stompbox has an ECC83 / 12ZX7 tube embedded in the center-top of the case, protected by an elegant 3-ring metal element. Volume, Drive and Tone controls are joined…Click on the title for more

Tonality Effects The Drive

Flatsons Time Effects Reverb + Delay

Flatsons is one of those Chinese pedal builders whose mini-stompboxes sell like candy on eBay, AliBaba and Walmart (!!!), but don't seem to have their own website. Time Effects is their $59 digital reverb+delay and it frankly looks remarkable, if anything for the fact that it includes an LCD screen,…Click on the title for more

Flatsons Time Effects Reverb + Delay

Flamma FS02 Stereo Reverb

We stumbled upon this reverb pedal by the new Chinese company Flamma on Amazon just a couple of days ago, and videos of it started popping up on YouTube a few days later. The FS02 sells for an unbelievable $65.99, which is a lot of bang for your bucks for…Click on the title for more

Flamma FS02 Stereo Reverb

Third Man Coppersound Triplegraph Octaver

Mr. Jack White of The White Stripes' fame is known for loving noisy and sometimes quirky pedals, so much so that, in the last few years, he's been commissioning selected builders to create custom-tweaked stompboxes to sell exclusively through his label Third Man Records - previous examples include pedals by…Click on the title for more

Third Man Coppersound Triplegraph Octaver

Donner Ultimate Comp Mini Compressor

The Donner Ultimate Comp is a surprisingly subtle, great-sounding mini compressor. Best for a spanky sound, not so much for sustain. Works well for country, blues, funk, and jazz rhythm tones. Also sold under the Rowing and VSN brands. We added this pedal to our article about the best mini…Click on the title for more

Donner Ultimate Comp Mini Compressor

Black Mass Electronics 1312 V3 Multi-Voice Distortion

Released in May of 2020, the Black Mass Electronics 1312 was something very close to the JHS Packrat, one of the most hyped pedals of the winter of 2022: a multi-mode RAT distortion pedal. Now in its 3rd version, the 1312 has the same identical layout as its illustrious descendant,…Click on the title for more

Black Mass Electronics 1312 V3 Multi-Voice Distortion

New Pedal: Tampco All-Bender Fuzz

Hailing out of Palaiseau, France, the Tampco All-Bender is a multi-voiced Tone Bender-style fuzz made by a company set to reinstate the reputation of solid-state circuitry. The circuit of this effect is organized in a rather peculiar way, with a rotary knob on the bottom right selecting between four voicings…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tampco All-Bender Fuzz

Blackstar Dept. 10 Boost

Part of the Dept 10 series, the Blackstar Boost is a high voltage boost circuit that, when plugged in your pedal chain, is like adding two extra hot valve stages to your amp. It also features a 2-way passive James-Baxandall EQ for Low and High frequencies and a Built-in Buffer…Click on the title for more

Blackstar Dept. 10 Boost