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Old Blood Noise RÊVER delay/reverb

Emerging dream-pop Brooklyn based band Datachoir has recently unveiled a collaborative pedal called RÊVER, a reverse delay + reverb circuit built by the folks at Old Blood Noise Endevors. The collaboration springs from a long time friendship born in Oklahoma, home to both entities, and the resulting stompbox is as dreamy and ambienty as…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise RÊVER delay/reverb

Electronic Audio Experiments & Mask Audio Electronics Eldritch Blast Octave Fuzz

If your arsenal of fuzz pedals is out of control, the Electronic Audio Experiments & Mask Audio Electronics | Eldritch Blast should be a good excuse for you to make it slightly MORE so. How could you possibly resist the temptation to get something that, according to the manufacturer, "sound…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments & Mask Audio Electronics Eldritch Blast Octave Fuzz

Crazy Tubes Circuits Black Magic MKII Distortion

The Crazy Tubes Circuits | Black Magic MKII is a very versatile distortion pedal that utilizes JFET cascaded gain stages to emulate the response of a high gain tube amp. The pedal also features a separate Boost footswitch to take things to the next level – the boost amount can be controlled through…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tubes Circuits Black Magic MKII Distortion

Animals Pedal Diamond Peak Hybrid Overdrive

The Animals Pedal Diamond Peak Hybrid Overdrive is the latest release by this playful Japanese manufacturer, but this pedal circuit already existed in a less refined version inside Nevada's Skreddy Pedals' Major Overdrive. The companies two teams worked together on an updated design with less gain and more headroom. The…Click on the title for more

Animals Pedal Diamond Peak Hybrid Overdrive

Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon Delay & Looper

Following a trend we discussed a few months ago in this article, Electro-Harmonix, once known for the simplicity of their delays, seems to be developing some more complex devices on the heels of the success of companies like Strymon. To spot the trend, all you need to do is count…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon Delay & Looper

BOSS MT-2 and SD-1 Anniversary Editions

BOSS announced the release of limited-edition anniversary versions of the MT-2 Metal Zone and the SD-1 Super Overdrive, two of the longest-running and most popular models in the company’s leading lineup of compact effect pedals. The SD-1-4A celebrates 40 years of continuous production, while the MT-2-3A celebrates 30 years. Each…Click on the title for more

BOSS MT-2 and SD-1 Anniversary Editions

Tomkat Day Dreamer and Super Day Dreamer Echo-Reverb

Brooklyn one-man builder Tomkat Pedals unveiled the expanded version of his popular Day Dreamer Echo-Reverb, which adds Modulation and Subdivision buttons. The Super version delivers up to one second of delay time (the old one stopped at 600ms) and both have a separate control for spring-style reverb. In the Super version,…Click on the title for more

Tomkat Day Dreamer and Super Day Dreamer Echo-Reverb

Matthews Effects Futurist MIDI Controller / Preset Bank

The new Matthews FX Futurist is an all-in-one MIDI control center with four footswitches for your pedalboard in a compact enclosure. It can send patch, tempo, expression messages and any other Midi message to up to 16 devices, allowing the creation of over 200 Midi presets via dedicated app with…Click on the title for more

Matthews Effects Futurist MIDI Controller / Preset Bank

Shift Line Prism II Stereo Filter Pad

First of all, let us say that this new stereo version of the Prism by Russian builder Shift Line looks rad, and gorgeous-looking devices brighten our day. But that brightness fades in comparison to the blinding beam of creativity it might inspire in the adventurous/unconventional guitarist. The Prism is a…Click on the title for more

Shift Line Prism II Stereo Filter Pad

Wampler Gearbox Andy Wood Signature Overdrive/Distortion

The Wampler Gearbox Andy Wood Signature Overdrive is the result of the marriage of two existing and very popular gain pedals - the Tumnus overdrive and the Pinnacle distortion - and the tweaking Brian Wampler made to the resulting circuit to suit it to the ear of the multifaceted Knoxville-based…Click on the title for more

Wampler Gearbox Andy Wood Signature Overdrive/Distortion

Jackson Audio Asabi Mateus Asato Signature Modular Distortion/Overdrive

In the traditionally "analog obsessed" niche of dirt box builders, Texas' Jackson Audio is one of the few pedal companies out there that's been pushing that format's envelope in a direction that incorporates digital innovation. The company's latest pedal, called Asabi, is a Mateus Asato signature pedal that features two…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio Asabi Mateus Asato Signature Modular Distortion/Overdrive

Mastro Valvola LEM Ambient Delay/Reverb

Italian stompbox maestro Mastro Valvola unveiled the company's edgier device so far: the LEM (an acronym for Lysergic Emotion Module), a tap-tempo and preset enabled ambiance machine with 8 delay and reverb modes. Here's a graph that shows you all the modes, accessible through the Mode knob: As you can see…Click on the title for more

Mastro Valvola LEM Ambient Delay/Reverb