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Interchange Noise Works On Air

Based out of Nashville, TN, Interchange Noise Works (previously known as Runaway Audio) is a boutique pedal builder currently run by students. Their flagship pedal, the On Air, is a tweakable fuzz with an added, switchable boost. The fuzz is an evolution of the bazz fuss style circuit, a gnarly…... Click for more

Interchange Noise Works On Air

Nordvang Gravity Drive V2

Nordvang is a Danish pedal company that launched in 2020 and quickly turned ears with a series of dual-channel pedals featuring two different flavors of overdrive each. The Gravity Drive (whose name is inspired by John Mayer's namesake song) offers a Tube Screamer-style circuit on side A (left side) and…... Click for more

Nordvang Gravity Drive V2

Rift Amplification EL34 Plexi Overdrive + Boost

The Rift Amplification EL34, an overdrive that made our list of the Best New Pedals of 2021, is a 3-knob Plexi-style overdrive with an extra boost built by a British amp company based in Northamptonshire. It's their first pedal, and it's named after the EL34 tube (or valve, as they…... Click for more

Rift Amplification EL34 Plexi Overdrive + Boost

LTD Edition: Dunlop GCB65 Cry Baby

The Dunlop GCB65 Cry Baby is a limited edition dual-inductor Wah that brings together the throaty, vocal-like texture of the Halo inductor, and the lush, modern-sounding tone produced by a red Fasel inductor. You can toggle between the two voices via a sidekick switch, and dial in each voice's toe-down…... Click for more

LTD Edition: Dunlop GCB65 Cry Baby

LTD Pedal: ZVex Fuzz Factory Full of Hell Signature Pedal

For the Zvex Fuzz Factory lovers with a metalhead, there's now a new limited edition version of this classic fuzz pedal with a custom illustration that screams "metal," curated by famed Maryland Death Metal group Full of Hell. The pedal will be exclusively available from the band's website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7x26925M-g... Click for more

LTD Pedal: ZVex Fuzz Factory Full of Hell Signature Pedal

Walrus Audio Eras Multi-Mode High-Gain Distortion

Are you buying this pedal, now? You can support our blog at no expense to you by using our affiliate links with Sweetwater or Perfect Circuit! Dirt box lovers have the inclination to collect dozens of pedals that do the same thing in slightly different ways, whether it's distortion, overdrive,…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Eras Multi-Mode High-Gain Distortion

Blue Colander GT420 – Pre/Power Amp Distortion

Blue Colander Stompboxes is a Poland-based builder of guitar pedals. Their GT420 is presented as an "emulation of some desirable vintage amp that’s actually never existed," which is somewhat refreshing. It features a Rangemaster-style boost (left side) followed by a two gain stages distortion circuit: the first one is a…... Click for more

Blue Colander GT420 – Pre/Power Amp Distortion

Missing Link Audio Peacock Dual Drive

Classic rockers who are after the southern blues guitar sound of bands of the '70s should check out the Peacock by Georgia-based Missing Link Audio, which also comes with an extra footswitchable boost in the Dual Drive version (pictured). Based on a classic opamp circuit with premium mosfet clipping, this…... Click for more

Missing Link Audio Peacock Dual Drive

Crazy Tube Circuit Golden Ratio Phi V2 Multi-Mode Compressor

Crazy Tube Circuit's Golden Ration Phi V2 updates the Greek company's flagship compressor by shrinking it into a compact case and adding an extra compression mode, for a total of three: FET, Opto and OTA. Here's what each mode does to your signal: FET uses a FET transistor for gain…... Click for more

Crazy Tube Circuit Golden Ratio Phi V2 Multi-Mode Compressor

Pigtronix Moon Pool Tremvelope Phaser

The Pigtronix Moon Pool Tremvelope Phaser (or how about TremveloPhaser?) was announced during NAMM's Believe in Music 2021 together with two other rather spacey looking mini pedals, but it was the only one lacking a video, which is now available. As you know, a pedal (or any other musical device)…... Click for more

Pigtronix Moon Pool Tremvelope Phaser

New Pedal: Rainger FX DFST-1 Stealth Distortion/Fuzz

Among all pedal builders out there, London's Rainger FX stands out as a true experimenter: you won't find a "normal" effect in the company's roster, and, in most cases, the "abnormality" of its devices is immediately evident from the shape of the cases that host them, like for the new,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Rainger FX DFST-1 Stealth Distortion/Fuzz

Kingsley Jester Overdrive

The Kingsley Jester is a hand-wired, tube-powered "amp-in-a-box" style overdrive that runs off of 2 12ax7 vacuum tubes. It fetches on the used market for over $700. There is a 3 band EQ for the overdrive side, as well as gain and volume controls. A 3-way voicing switch changes the…... Click for more

Kingsley Jester Overdrive