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Veri-Tone Azzurro Tube Preamp

Fans of Eric Clapton's tone with the Blues Breakers (a band from the '60s headed by John Mayall), might be familiar with the term "Beano Tone," a warm yet edgy sound that became the signature of those records. If you are wondering what amp Clapton used with that band, you…Click on the title for more

Veri-Tone Azzurro Tube Preamp

Flower Pedals Poppy Dual Boost

Sometimes simple yet innovative ideas are the best ones we come up with, and Flower Pedals' Poppy seems to belong to that category: it's a dual boost with separate in/outs for each channel, so that you can insert the two circuits anywhere you want in your pedal chain. If you…Click on the title for more

Flower Pedals Poppy Dual Boost

Idiotbox Effects Mad Doctor Deluxe Tremolo

The Idiotbox Effects Mad Doctor Deluxe is a tremolo pedal with 8 LFO modes, including some "out there" ones that borderline on glitchy/stutter: ramp up, ramp down, square pulse, triangle, sine, sweep, random levels and random slope. This pedal can create some interesting textures, and it's Tap-Tempo enabled. Check out…Click on the title for more

Idiotbox Effects Mad Doctor Deluxe Tremolo

Pecan Audio Edera Stereo Distortion

Stereo is slowly but surely becoming the standard in the stompbox realm, and even though, for obvious reason, this trend began with time-based and modulation effects, it's now expanding to dirt boxes - coincidentally, we blogged earlier this week about the first stereo pedal guitar amp. One of the big…Click on the title for more

Pecan Audio Edera Stereo Distortion

New Pedals: Anarchy Audio Aftermath Modulation Obliterator

While reverb and delay pedals have been the favorite effects of creative guitarists since the psychedelic '60s, the trend of creative modulation pedals is rather new. Australian pedal builder Anarchy Audio just released their take on this effect niche, and - as one may expect from their name - it's…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Anarchy Audio Aftermath Modulation Obliterator

Joyo Aquarius Multi-Mode Delay

The Joyo Aquarius is a very affordable Mono digital delay with 8 modes including classic and creative modes and a separate Looper with 5 minutes of recording time. Tap Tempo enabled, unlike other similar devices it allows Looper and Delay to be used simultaneously. Here's the full list of modes:…Click on the title for more

Joyo Aquarius Multi-Mode Delay

CKK Infinite Reverb Stereo

While compiling this list of the Best Stereo Reverb Pedals, we've been researching that pedal niche in depth, and totally missed this stompbox by CKK Electronics (we added it now!) - the Infinite Reverb. CKK is a Chinese company whose pedals have been slowly getting more and more attention, in…Click on the title for more

CKK Infinite Reverb Stereo

New Pedals: Mr. Black Analog Chorus/Vibrato Deluxe

The Mr. Black Analog Chorus/Vibrato Deluxe is an expansion of their limited edition, three-knob Analog Chrorus/Vibrato featuring Tap Tempo and extra controls Shine and Lag, for a wide variety of tonal possibilities. The effect's incredible clarity might make you think it's digital, but, as its name underlines, it's not. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mr. Black Analog Chorus/Vibrato Deluxe

BOSS RC-5 Loop Station

BOSS just unveiled a new version of their compact Loop Station pedal: the RC-5. A single track looper, the BOSS RC-5 boasts 32-bit AD/DA and 32-bit floating-point processing, 57 onboard rhythms, phrase memories for storing loops, backlit displays, and 13 hours of stereo recording, plus advanced external control support via…Click on the title for more

BOSS RC-5 Loop Station

Alexander Pedals Sky 5000 Delay/Reverb

The Sky-Fi digital delay/reverb was one of the first Alexander Pedals to put the company on the industry's map, becoming a favorite of shoegazer-type guitarists looking for a portable version of the rack units of the '90s that were so crucial in creating the wall of sound that defines that…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Sky 5000 Delay/Reverb

MXR M305 Tremolo

The MXR M305 is a brand new, rather simple multi-mode stereo tremolo with six algorithms and three knobs for Speed, Gain and Depth. As usual with the Dunlop-owned pedal subsidiary, God is in the (tone) details of these six recreation of the various takes on tremolo, delivered in stereo through…Click on the title for more

MXR M305 Tremolo

BOSS EQ-200 Graphic Equalizer

In this popular article (one of the most popular in our blog) we explained how having a graphic EQ pedal in your effect chain can open up a lot of tonal options, in particular when it interacts with your gain stompboxes and amp. The EQ pedal used as an example…Click on the title for more

BOSS EQ-200 Graphic Equalizer