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Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

Videographer extraordinaire Knobs just posted this video of an upcoming pedal by Canadian builder Empress Effects, which looks like something entirely new and exciting - so exciting we are giving it the freshly made up tag "Game Changer Alert"! The name of the device is Zoia, and it could be…Click on the title for more

Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

Amptweaker announces CurveballTM Jr EQ

It looks like Cumming, GA pedal builder Amptweaker will have a busy NAMM show this year. The company just announced the release of the CurveballTM Jr EQ, a three way EQ with boost featuring three options for Mid (US, UK and Trash) and also the company's popular boost circuit from their Tight…Click on the title for more

Amptweaker announces CurveballTM Jr EQ

New Monster Looper by EHX: the 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory

Going against all trends, that see looping pedals getting smaller and smaller and with fewer footswitches, Electro-Harmonix has just unveiled a monster looper called 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory. It's a 6-track looping station which functions almost as mini on-the-fly studio. Each track features an individual volume slider and panning knob for…Click on the title for more

New Monster Looper by EHX: the 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory

Meris Pedals: An Inspired Approach to Stompboxes

The world of pedal manufacturing is ripe for trailblazers. You can count Meris among them. The company makes a small but versatile range of pro-audio-quality stompboxes that offer a fresh and invigorating rethinking of what can be done with reverb, delay and circuits derived from synthesizers. That sort of approach…Click on the title for more

Meris Pedals: An Inspired Approach to Stompboxes

RedShift Effects – Mirage

The RedShift Effects Mirage is a prototype of a delay pedal. Redshift Effects is gathering funds to make this design happen: "A high-quality, hand-built tap tempo delay pedal with modulated filtering, plenty of delay time, and a handful of tricks up its sleeve." Check out this demo by A Bunch…Click on the title for more

RedShift Effects – Mirage

Orion Effekte + Twangtone – Dakota Red II OD + Boost

German pedal manufacturers seem to be all the rage these days! Orion Effekte is a one-man boutique operation whose pedals are loved by noteworthy artists like Noveller among others. Sofa Jams just posted this demo of the Dakota Red II, a low gain overdrive and FET-clean boost they designed in collaboration with another…Click on the title for more

Orion Effekte + Twangtone – Dakota Red II OD + Boost

Servus! Pedale – GLAM Programmable Distortion + Boost

Servus! Pedale is another emerging German manufacturer - lately we stumbled upon a bunch of them! GLAM Programmable Distortion. Dennis Kayzer just posted this video of their GLAM Programmable Distortion, a dual stages gain pedal with analog path and digital controls which offers... ...a classic 70's-early 80's British amp-like distortion.…Click on the title for more

Servus! Pedale – GLAM Programmable Distortion + Boost

Cusack Music Tap-A-Delay Deluxe

Here's a video by the Pedal Zone about the fully loaded 750ms delay from Cusack Music, released early this year 2017. It's name is Tap-A-Delay! The Tap-A-Delay is a 750mS digital delay that mixes the original analog signal with the delayed signal. It is gritty, a bit noisy, and very…Click on the title for more

Cusack Music Tap-A-Delay Deluxe

Way Huge WH302 Drive

This limited edition pedal by Way Huge just came out, here's what the manufacturer's got to say about it. Video by Shnobel below. The Way Huge Drive is simply named with a simple three-knob control setup. But on the inside of this pedal is a custom circuit that creates potent,…Click on the title for more

Way Huge WH302 Drive

Subdecay Vector – Analog Preamp

Portland's Subdecay got us used to some pretty edgy effects with a "synthy" angle, so we weren't expecting their new release: a pedal dubbed as an "analog premp" called Vector. Scratching beyond the name's surface, you'll find that this digital pedal is actually a lot more than just a preamp, providing eleven…Click on the title for more

Subdecay Vector – Analog Preamp

Atomic Ampli-Firebox Amp Emulator Stompbox

Those familiar with our Stompbox Exhibits surely know Atomic Amps/Studio Devil's Amplifire, the (rather large) red amp emulator powering most of the boards participating in those events. This year the dual company came out with a more compact version of that unit and appropriately called it the Ampli-Firebox, - we feel…Click on the title for more

Atomic Ampli-Firebox Amp Emulator Stompbox

6 Degrees FX unveils the Amplitude Eleven Overdrive at the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit

We blogged about Canadian pedal manufacturers 6 Degrees FX a few months ago and were thoroughly impressed with the 3rd generation of their four pedal line, comprised exclusively of gain stompboxes. We are proud to announce that the company will unveil a new overdrive this coming weekend at our Los…Click on the title for more

6 Degrees FX unveils the Amplitude Eleven Overdrive at the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit