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New Pedal: Ibanez Layer Delayer Delay

The Ibanez Layer Delayer LD-303 is a sophisticated, multi-engine stereo delay designed to be a comprehensive workstation for crafting complex, rhythmic echoes. Its core strength is granular control over the timing and texture of repeats, moving far beyond standard delay parameters into near-sequencer-like territory. Let's take a look at the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Ibanez Layer Delayer Delay

Intrepid Audio Crossflow Stereo Tremolo

The Intrepid Audio Crossflow redefines what a tremolo pedal can be. It’s a studio-grade modulation hub that combines an analog signal path with deep digital control, offering everything from classic amp-like pulses to complex, sequenced movement, all while acting as a master clock for your entire pedalboard. At its core…Click on the title for more

Intrepid Audio Crossflow Stereo Tremolo

Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion

The Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion is one of the three pedals released at NAMM 2023 by the pro audio company turned stompbox builder. It's a dual delay + reverb pedal with a separate footswitch and three modes for each effect. The delay, which has a separate control for…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX DelVerb Ambience Companion

Surreal Audio Echo Sphere Analog Delay

The pursuit of analog authenticity often demands a sacrifice of modernity, a trade of recallable precision for the mercurial soul of voltage and carbon. The Surreal Audio Echo Sphere dismantles this binary. It is not a digital emulation cloaked in nostalgia, but a genuine analog delay powered by a quartet…Click on the title for more

Surreal Audio Echo Sphere Analog Delay

Catalinbread Belle Epoch Plus Tape Echo

Catalinbread has officially elevated its iconic tape echo emulation with the Belle Epoch+, a feature-packed compact delay that finally integrates full tap tempo. This isn't just a minor update; it's a comprehensive refinement designed to be the most versatile and user-friendly version of their flagship circuit. Musicians can easily sync…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Belle Epoch Plus Tape Echo

JHS Flight Delay

With the new Flight modulated delay, the folks at JHS make a little step closer to complexity, perhaps pointing to a future less dominated by their extremely successful "less is more" approach to stompboxes. Its digital and reverse mode also indicate an attempt to expand the brand's appeal to a…Click on the title for more

JHS Flight Delay

New Pedal: Mentha Works Monk Echo

Alright, gearheads, strap in. For those who live and breathe inventive circuit design, the name Gamechanger Audio should immediately set your spidey-senses tingling. They're the mad scientists who brought us the Plasma Pedal and the Motor Synth. Well, that same wellspring of Latvian innovation has spawned a new venture. Founded by former…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mentha Works Monk Echo

New Pedal: Shotmaker The Heartbeat Preamp + Tremolo

Based in the Polish city of Zielona Góra, Shotmaker Instruments is a small workshop dedicated to the art of vintage-toned gear. They channel a passion for music into handcrafted tube amplifiers, speakers, and effects, all built with an old-school ethos and a focus on custom, personalized equipment. Their latest release,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Shotmaker The Heartbeat Preamp + Tremolo

Old Blood Noise Sunlight Stereo

Old Blood Noise Endeavors has expanded the sonic palette of its beloved Sunlight (mono) reverb with the Sunlight Stereo, a full stereo evolution of the original. This isn't just an addition of a second output; it's a reimagining that places you inside a living, breathing soundscape. If you think of…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Sunlight Stereo

Custom Design Ethos 60’s Harmonic Bias Trem

Designed by Vermont-based CustomTone LLC, the line of Ethos pedals is renowned for its high-end amp-in-a-box designs, particularly their ultra-authentic Dumble-style overdrive and clean tones, some of which currently sell for close to $1000 in the used market. Now, the company is set to release its latest creation: the Ethos…Click on the title for more

Custom Design Ethos 60’s Harmonic Bias Trem

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 on the title for more

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal

Updated Pedal: Diamond Memory Lane V2 Delay

The original - and now vintage - Diamond Memory Lane Delay went down in history as the first (analog) delay with tap tempo, but the unit received plenty of great feedback for its sound too. It was a big pedal and based on a chip that went out of production,…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Diamond Memory Lane V2 Delay