gear giveaway

Special Features

Dreadbox Darkness Stereo Granular Reverb

Greek manufacturer Dreadbox is one of the pioneers of what one day may be remembered as some sort of "Greek Pedal Invasion" of the early 21st century, and even though its most celebrated releases lately have been synths, three new stereo stompboxes have surfaced in 2021. The Dreadbox Darkness, a…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Darkness Stereo Granular Reverb

Colombo Utopia Overdrive

The Colombo Utopia is a 3-voice, hand-made, analog overdrive hailing from Italy. The 3-knob configuration gives access to the classic Volume, Tone and Gain (Overdrive) parameter, but it's the central toggle switch that opens up some interesting options: The Vintage mode delivers a tone in the style of a TS808,…Click on the title for more

Colombo Utopia Overdrive

Sonicake VolWah Wah + Volume Pedal

The Sonicake VolWah is an affordable, Chinese mini wah/volume that does the job and that’s very popular on Amazon or eBay. Its active circuit prevents Impedance incompatibility issues with other finicky pedals like fuzzes. The case is made of plastic but doesn't feel flimsy. For such an affordable pedal, it's…Click on the title for more

Sonicake VolWah Wah + Volume Pedal

TWA Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer

New Jersey's TWA (an acronym for Totally Wicked Audio) unveiled the Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer, a midrange booster with adjustable gain based on the vintage Systech Harmonic Energizer used by the likes of Frank Zappa, Greg Lake, Joe Walsh and other 70’s icons. Acting as a cocked wah pedal with…Click on the title for more

TWA Triskelion Mk III Harmonic Energizer

Pigtronix Gamma Drive

In the pedal world, overdrives are a niche that is for the most part based on technology that's not particularly innovative, but the folks at Pigtronix have gotten us used to devices the push the technological envelope: their Gamma Drive does just that, through a circuit that features a unique…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Gamma Drive

New Pedal: Zander Circuitry Cafetiere V4 Distrofuzz

UK's Zander Circuitry is one of the few truly boutique builders who is churning out pedals that can compete in advanced functionality with the more established builders like JHS or Walrus Audio, and the Cafetiere Distrofuzz V4 is here to prove it: it's an 8 mode, analog fuzz/distortion pedal with…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Zander Circuitry Cafetiere V4 Distrofuzz

New Pedal: Intensive Care Audio Recovery Phase/Tremolo

The Intensive Care Audio Recovery Phase is a new dual phaser/tremolo pedal by one of the coolest new British boutique pedal builder, weaned by what's one of the quirkiest and out of the box stompbox manufacturers to date, Rainger FX. Boasting a set of 8 different waveforms per channel, selectable…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Intensive Care Audio Recovery Phase/Tremolo

Eventide H9 Multi-Effects Pedal

Few manufacturers can claim Eventide's record in delivering top-notch and lush sounding studio and pedal gear. The Eventide H9 looks and feels like a clear departure from their line of stompboxes: whereas those black pedals immediately conveyed an intimidating feeling of depth of features (which can scare some musicians away),…Click on the title for more

Eventide H9 Multi-Effects Pedal

Crazy Tube Circuits Killer V Vibrato + Drive

Magnatone amps have gained some sort of legendary aura for their vibrato effect, which consisted in a very subtle modulation affecting the tone's pitch, rather its volume - the latter effect being later named "tremolo," while, in case you are wondering, the "uni-vibe" (aka vibe) was something else entirely. But,…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Killer V Vibrato + Drive

Rainger FX Bleep Fuzz

In all likelihood, you are familiar with Rainger FX's Dr. Freakenstein Fuzz and its little Igor pressure controller; even a quick look at it tends to generate a lasting impression. The London based builder recently unveiled a new fuzz called Bleep that uses that pedal's same "full-on" fuzz circuit but fits…Click on the title for more

Rainger FX Bleep Fuzz

NativeAudio Rising Sun Optical Tremolo V2

The NativeAudio Rising Sun is an analog optical but digitally controlled optical tremolo with four waveforms and tap tempo voiced after vintage units. It has four subdivisions and ramping, which allows acceleration from the slow to the fast tempo. A central toggle switch lets the player choose between Tap mode,…Click on the title for more

NativeAudio Rising Sun Optical Tremolo V2

SHONESWOOD Fuzz + Drive

The JHS Show highlighted this pedal by Canadian builder SHONESWOOD in their March 16 2022 episode and we thought pedal lovers who are still unaware of it may want to check it out, although it looks like it's a unique custom unit. Nonetheless, there are other cool products that can…Click on the title for more

SHONESWOOD Fuzz + Drive