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Old Blood Noise Procession V2 Modulated Reverb

Old Blood Noise is one of the new guitar pedal manufacturers that emerged in the second decade of the new millennium with some really interesting design ideas. Their take on creative reverb, aptly titled the ‘Procession’ offers some sounds that come straight out of outer space. This is not your…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Procession V2 Modulated Reverb

Joyo King Of Kings

The Analogman King of Tone is a pedal that was a game-changer when it was released back in 2005, and it has inspired not only hordes of guitarists but also a small army of pedal builders. Original units are so in demand that orders have a waiting list of about…Click on the title for more

Joyo King Of Kings

Electrofoods Ultd. + Dirge Electronics RBMK

For those born too late to know or remember, RBMK was the name of the (lovely) model of nuclear reactor that melted in Chernobyl that day in 1986. If you wanted to find just a word to described it, probably "unstable" would be it. Electrofoods Ultd.'s RBMK is a boost/overdrive/distortion…Click on the title for more

Electrofoods Ultd. + Dirge Electronics RBMK

VS Audio Alchemy MkII Stereo Analog Chorus

The VS Audio Alchemy MkII is a gorgeous-looking, mono in/stereo out BBD analog chorus based on the re-issued version of the MN3207 delay chip. It offers six different presets and a delay control that sets the center delay time for the modulation. Each knob is controlled by a small microprocessor…Click on the title for more

VS Audio Alchemy MkII Stereo Analog Chorus

Hagerman Reactivator Tube Overdrive

Hagerman is a small American boutique pedal builder dedicated to manufacturing amps and pedals, and the Reactivator belongs to a series of stompboxes featuring an actual tube in the circuit - in this case, a 12AU7. A two-transistor / two-triode overdrive, the Reactivator is a development of the company's Valve…Click on the title for more

Hagerman Reactivator Tube Overdrive

Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

The Canadian folks at Tubesteader don't mess around with the build of their pedals, maybe also because they like to fit them with rather fragile tubes to deliver the best possible tone. The Sunkeeper, a dual-channel preamp/overdrive recreating the sound of the Orange amps, is the third stompbox in the…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

New Pedal: Pigtronix Emanator Analog Delay

Sometimes the resurfacing of a specific chip previously unavailable inspires pedal builders to release new stompboxes. In the case of the Pigtronix Emanator, it's an analog delay based on legendary high-voltage MN3005 BBD chips that were out of production since the mid-'80s. The high voltage allows this mini, limited edition analog…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Pigtronix Emanator Analog Delay

Flattley Nirvana Analog Delay

The Flattley Nirvana Analog Delay is a pedal built by hand by a family-run business based in Gloucestershire, England, with all processes and manufacturing assembly done within a 30-mile radius in Gloucestershire, with the aim to keep our carbon footprint as small as possible. Featuring top-notch components and, needless to…Click on the title for more

Flattley Nirvana Analog Delay

Pedal Update: Mattoverse Warble Swell Echo MkII

An original design, the Mattoverse Warble Swell Echo MkII is an unusual take on the lo-fi, modulated echo by a manufacturer who has demonstrated a special and consistent interest in creative and quirky circuits. It's a vintage-voiced echo/delay with a dynamic foot-controllable Swell feature and gooey tape-like modulation. It provides…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Mattoverse Warble Swell Echo MkII

New Pedal: Land + Vongon Onset Auto Volume Swell

More often than not, simple ideas are the best ones. The Onset, a collaboration between Vongon and Land Devices is a streamlined device with just two faders that does automatically what guitarists normally do using a volume pedal: the volume swell effect. Easy peasy: the Attack control dials in the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Land + Vongon Onset Auto Volume Swell

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV is a version of the company's D-Style flagship pedal inspired by the "Slight Return Version" of the Dumble amps, which sports a tweaked circuit featuring modified Bright/Deep and Jazz/Rock switches. Based on model #001 of those legendary amps, it delivers an even glassier and warmer…Click on the title for more

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV

VS Audio Pandora Fuzz

The Arbiter Fuzz Face is one of the most cloned and referenced fuzz circuits (no wonder we have an article about all the pedals it inspired). Pandora is the name of the first woman in Greek mythology, who dared to open a forbidden box that contained all the evils of…Click on the title for more

VS Audio Pandora Fuzz