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Pedal Update: Industrialectric Incinerator Deluxe

Now, some pedals have better names than others, but... "Incinerator"? We are tempted to say that's the best name ever given to a stompbox. That's how this beast by Canadian manufacturer Industrialectric is called. Built by hand in Toronto, the incinerator is a dual-channel Silicon fuzz integrated by two oscillators…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Industrialectric Incinerator Deluxe

Audiostorm Quad Screamer Overdrive

The Audiostorm Quad Screamer is a fascinating Tube Screamer variant made in the UK. It gives you four push buttons that allow you to mix and match LED, MOSFET, Silicon and Germanium diodes, and then alter the resulting overdrive through 5 controls, including two unusual "Bright" and "Dirty" switches placed…Click on the title for more

Audiostorm Quad Screamer Overdrive

Sonicake Sonic IR Cab Simulator

At just around $60 (USD) the Sonicake Sonic IR might be the cheapest effect pedal out there with an XLR output and a USB input, and in all likelihood also the most affordable cab simulator pedal. This mini stompbox comes pre-loaded with 11 Cab Models (9 for guitar and 2…Click on the title for more

Sonicake Sonic IR Cab Simulator

Gecko Geckoplex EP-5 V2 Delay/Reverb

The Echoplex tape delay machine has inspired a lot of echo pedals - as a matter of fact, most of the ones included in our guide to the best tape-style delays on the market. The Geckoplex EP-5 by Eugene, OR's Gecko Pedals, is a high-end reinterpretation of that circuit, with…Click on the title for more

Gecko Geckoplex EP-5 V2 Delay/Reverb

Champion Leccy The Woozy Lo-Fi Modulation

The Champion Leccy the Woozy is a lo-fi modulation device, and the moniker seems appropriate, considering the range of dizzying and unstable-sounding effects it can produce. In its essence, the Woozy is a tap tempo modulation pedal with a built-in echo. The modulation side of it can produce a lot…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Woozy Lo-Fi Modulation

1981 Inventions DRV Drive/Distortion

Born as a mod of the RAT distortion circuit, the DRV by Nashville based 1981 Inventions slowly "found" its own sound during the three years it took to finalize it. The first batch of the pedal sold out pretty fast, but a second one, with a case slightly different in color,…Click on the title for more

1981 Inventions DRV Drive/Distortion

Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight V2 Overdrive

The Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight V2 includes several improvements to the circuit of this overdrive + boost pedal developed in collaboration with LA-based post-hardcore band Touche Amore, including noise reduction and refined bypass switching functionality. The goal here was to create an op-amp overdrive that could deliver both chimey and…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight V2 Overdrive

Tsakalis AudioWorks Room #40 Marshall-in-a-Box

Evidently, among electric guitarists, the sonic thirst for Plexi-style overdrives is hard to quelch. Athens' Tsakalis AudioWorks is the latest stompbox builder to release a Marshall-in-a-box pedal inspired by the tones of that company's legendary tube amps that defined the sound or rock'n'roll. Using jfet technology, the Room #40 can…Click on the title for more

Tsakalis AudioWorks Room #40 Marshall-in-a-Box

New Pedal: Baroni AFK150 Tube Power Amp Pedal

Modern technology is allowing gear manufacturers to relocate guitar amps from the floor to the pedalboard, and the Baroni AFK150 is a hybrid, Class D tube amp in a pedal format that does just that, providing 150w of power for your cabinet, and two channels (Clean and Drive). Routing allows…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Baroni AFK150 Tube Power Amp Pedal

Kourbis Plexivibe Preamp/Overdrive

Marshall-inspired pedals are still among the all-time favorite of rock guitarist, and the Kourbis Plexivibe, hailing from Greece, is a solid, hand-built take on the format, featuring two 12AX7 tubes inside the case, and vintage NOS materials as a true Marshall amp. The PlexiVibe has three modes, accessible through a…Click on the title for more

Kourbis Plexivibe Preamp/Overdrive

Rainger FX Drone Rainger Delay

Featuring one full second of delay time, the Rainger FX Drone Rainger Digital Delay gives you a boatload of options from one of the craziest minds in the game: the UK's David Rainger. Two individual drone voices can be spliced into the signal at intervals you select, with plenty of…Click on the title for more

Rainger FX Drone Rainger Delay

Colortone Spring Reverb II

Hailing from Australia, the Colortone Spring Reverb II is a three-mode digital reverb voiced after classic vintage units and combined with two independent modulation filters: Vibrato and RotoTrem. The three modes, selectable through the E S T toggle are the following: Echovberb, based on the '90s Princeton PT2399 Echo, some…Click on the title for more

Colortone Spring Reverb II