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Stereo Pedals

Kinotone Sparks Overdrive/Wavefolder/Filter/Synth

Kinotone is a relatively new boutique US pedal brand that is grabbing attention for designing unusual and creative compact stompboxes that work well with guitar, synths or any instrument with an output. The Sparks, mostly a filter + distortion pedal, is their second product after the very well-received Ribbons. The…... Click for more

Kinotone Sparks Overdrive/Wavefolder/Filter/Synth

Updated Pedal: IK Multimedia TONEX ONE+

The original TONEX ONE (blurb below) was already a marvel: AI Machine Modeling, hyper-realistic amp captures, and a full rig's worth of tones in a box barely larger than a matchbook. But it had one glaring limitation. To edit presets, load new Tone Models, or organize your sounds, you needed…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: IK Multimedia TONEX ONE+

Vongon Polyphrase Stereo Echo

We were very proud to host the launch of the new Vongon Polyphrase at our 10th Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit (yeah, after all what happened since our 2019 edition we kind of forgot that this was the event's ten year anniversary!). The Polyphrase is a stereo echo with an infinite feedback loop,…... Click for more

Vongon Polyphrase Stereo Echo

New Pedal: Beetronics Seabee Lite Chorus

Beetronics took their gloriously overcomplicated Seabee and stripped it down to the good parts. The Seabee Lite is still a fully analog BBD chorus, but now you don't need a PhD to operate it. Three modes, six knobs, two toggles, and a pair of footswitches that do more than just…... Click for more

New Pedal: Beetronics Seabee Lite Chorus

Source Audio Pathways Multi Stereo Tremolo + Reverb

The Source Audio Pathways is a tremolo and reverb pedal that understands its lineage. Spring reverb and tube tremolo have lived together since the days when amps came with both built in—because motion and dimension just work together. Pathways takes that classic pairing and expands it without overcomplicating it. Seven…... Click for more

Source Audio Pathways Multi Stereo Tremolo + Reverb

New Pedal: Old Blood Noise Setback Reverse Delay

OBNE killed the BL-44. Good. It deserved a proper successor. The Old Blood Noise Setback is that successor: a reverse delay that ditches the "textural" hedging of its ancestors (Rever, Minim, Parting) for something more surgical. It can drift off on its own or lock tight to MIDI clock. It can…... Click for more

New Pedal: Old Blood Noise Setback Reverse Delay

Polyend Mess Multi-FX with Sequencer

Polyend saw the pedal world and decided it needed more chaos. The Mess is their answer: a multi-effects pedal with four independent tracks, over 120 stereo effects, and a 16-step sequencer that turns static processing into something alive. It's a box that can treat your tone with surgical precision one…... Click for more

Polyend Mess Multi-FX with Sequencer

EarthQuaker Devices Towers Reverberant Filter

EarthQuaker Devices has spent twenty years convincing us that reverb doesn't have to sit politely in the background. Afterneath sent drips cavern-dwelling. Astral Destiny went cosmic. Transmisser just… floated off somewhere. Now comes the Towers, labeled as a Stereo Reverberant Filter. Jamie Stillman is very clear: this isn't an evolution of…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Towers Reverberant Filter

Klowra Everlast Delay

The Klowra Everlast Delay is a feature-rich stereo delay pedal offering 9 distinct delay types, ranging from analog-style echoes to pristine digital repeats and experimental textures like Granular, Reverse, and the more mysterious Crystal and Sweeper algorithms. Built around a powerful digital engine, it provides comprehensive parameter control alongside dynamic…... Click for more

Klowra Everlast Delay

Tone King Royalist Preamp

Following the success of last year's Imperial preamp, Tone King has unveiled the Royalist: a high-voltage tube preamp pedal that distills the sound of their Royalist MKIII amplifier into a compact, pedalboard-friendly format. Where the Imperial covered American cleans, the Royalist is a full-throated tribute to the golden age of…... Click for more

Tone King Royalist Preamp

Kinotone Ghost Chordal Resonator

Kinotone has quickly established itself as one of the most imaginative new makers in boutique effects, specializing in devices that recontextualize the guitar signal into something entirely new. Their flagship, the Ghosts, is the ultimate expression of this vision. Far more than a pedal, it’s a 6-voice physical modeling synthesizer and…... Click for more

Kinotone Ghost Chordal Resonator

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal

Integrating a drum machine into a guitar pedal isn’t a new concept, but the Polyend Step elevates it to a whole new level, drawing on the Polish company’s expertise in synthesis rather than traditional guitar effects. The Step is a stereo, sample-based drum machine in pedal form, controlled via Tap…... Click for more

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal