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EarthQuaker Devices Towers Reverberant Filter

EarthQuaker Devices has spent twenty years convincing us that reverb doesn't have to sit politely in the background. Afterneath sent drips cavern-dwelling. Astral Destiny went cosmic. Transmisser just… floated off somewhere. Now comes the Towers, labeled as a Stereo Reverberant Filter. Jamie Stillman is very clear: this isn't an evolution of…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Towers Reverberant Filter

New Pedal: OPFXS Parallel Dimension Chorus/Vibrato

Another BBD chorus. Great. Just what the world needs. But wait. There's an Aliasing knob! Most analog modulation pedals spend their lives trying to hide the fact that bucket-brigade chips are fundamentally imperfect. They filter out the clock noise, smooth the edges, present a clean, polite face to the world.…... Click for more

New Pedal: OPFXS Parallel Dimension Chorus/Vibrato

Old Blood Noise Parting Delay/Reverb (Emily Hopkins Collab)

The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Parting, created in collaboration with harpist influencer Emily Hopkins, is a sophisticated and experimental modulation/glitch delay/reverb hybrid designed for generative, evolving soundscapes. It masterfully blurs the lines between glitchy rhythmic delay, atmospheric reverb, and dynamic modulation. The pedal is organized into three core sections: Modulation: Offers…... Click for more

Old Blood Noise Parting Delay/Reverb (Emily Hopkins Collab)

Klowra Everlast Delay

The Klowra Everlast Delay is a feature-rich stereo delay pedal offering 9 distinct delay types, ranging from analog-style echoes to pristine digital repeats and experimental textures like Granular, Reverse, and the more mysterious Crystal and Sweeper algorithms. Built around a powerful digital engine, it provides comprehensive parameter control alongside dynamic…... Click for more

Klowra Everlast Delay

Tone King Royalist Preamp

Following the success of last year's Imperial preamp, Tone King has unveiled the Royalist: a high-voltage tube preamp pedal that distills the sound of their Royalist MKIII amplifier into a compact, pedalboard-friendly format. Where the Imperial covered American cleans, the Royalist is a full-throated tribute to the golden age of…... Click for more

Tone King Royalist Preamp

Fish Circuits Astronomie Reverb

One of the most intriguing new pedal releases at NAMM 2025 came from a fellow Montrealese brand: the Fish Circuit Astronomie. It's a spring-style reverb/compressor circuit (in that order) with the company's signature chunky vintage look and very unusual controls. Notwithstanding the large footprint, the Astronomie doesn't have real springs…... Click for more

Fish Circuits Astronomie Reverb

Kinotone Ghost Chordal Resonator

Kinotone has quickly established itself as one of the most imaginative new makers in boutique effects, specializing in devices that recontextualize the guitar signal into something entirely new. Their flagship, the Ghosts, is the ultimate expression of this vision. Far more than a pedal, it’s a 6-voice physical modeling synthesizer and…... Click for more

Kinotone Ghost Chordal Resonator

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal

Integrating a drum machine into a guitar pedal isn’t a new concept, but the Polyend Step elevates it to a whole new level, drawing on the Polish company’s expertise in synthesis rather than traditional guitar effects. The Step is a stereo, sample-based drum machine in pedal form, controlled via Tap…... Click for more

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal

Alexander Pedals Error XP Multi-FX Pedal

Alexander Pedals took their glitch-centric Syntax Error, shrunk it down, and added more ways to break your signal. The Syntax Error XP is the Leap Series version - smaller enclosure, same digital chaos, now with stereo ins and outs because destroying one channel of audio apparently wasn't enough. Eight modes…... Click for more

Alexander Pedals Error XP Multi-FX Pedal

New Pedal: Umbrella Company Hume

The Japan-made Umbrella Company HUME is a spatial effects pedal designed to occupy the elusive territory between delay and reverb. It emerges from a simple concept: what happens when echoes stop being distinct repeats and start dissolving into atmosphere? The answer lives in the F&V sliders—the pedal's defining control. This…... Click for more

New Pedal: Umbrella Company Hume

Caroline Wave Cannon Zero Fuzzstortion

A revisitation of one of the South Carolina-based company's early unreleased prototypes, the Caroline Wave Cannon v2 is a bold distortion pedal that delivers everything from subtle crackles to heavy, chaotic, and even self-oscillating tones. Unlike pedals focused on subtle dynamics, the Wave Cannon v2 features intense gain and volume…... Click for more

Caroline Wave Cannon Zero Fuzzstortion

New Pedal: Wampler Golden Jubilee Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Brian Wampler looked at the 1980s and saw two kinds of fire-breathing monsters. California boutique amps—smooth, articulate, punchy, the kind of gain that lets you bend a note and hear every microtonal ghost in between. British high-gain stacks—saturated, muscular, that cranked-Plexi crunch that made the decade sound the way it…... Click for more

New Pedal: Wampler Golden Jubilee Dual Overdrive/Distortion