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BOSS DD-8 Digital Delay

BOSS has been at the forefront of digital delays since the early days, and even now that the field is crowded with many excellent competitors, the Japanese company doesn't miss a beat with updates and new, powerful designs (see the recent DD-200). If the DD-200 was a brand new, fully-featured…Click on the title for more

BOSS DD-8 Digital Delay

Intensive Care Fideleater V1 Lo-Fi Chorus/Vibrato/Delay

London's Intensive Care Audio is one of the most interesting emerging boutique makers of the new decade, and the Fideleater, just released in a more compact version, is their take on the lo-fi modulation chorus/delay. This is primarily a chorus with selectable LFO (you can pick from 8 waveforms) and…Click on the title for more

Intensive Care Fideleater V1 Lo-Fi Chorus/Vibrato/Delay

JAM Delay Llama Xtreme

Presented at NAMM 2020, Delay Llama Xtreme is the latest addition to JAM's popular series. It emulates tape machine wildness but also paves new ground. Three 3205 BBD chips deliver up to 800ms of classic delay tone, adjustable through an intuitive layout of three knobs (Time, Release and Level), three…Click on the title for more

JAM Delay Llama Xtreme

Sonicake Levitate Delay + Reverb

The Sonicake Levitate launches a new format for Chinese builder of (mostly) mini pedals Sonicake, which could be described as an insanely affordable, non-mini, dual-effect pedal series. The two effects, in this case, are a classic combo, beloved by guitarists with ambient leanings: (digital) delay and (plate) reverb, in that…Click on the title for more

Sonicake Levitate Delay + Reverb

MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe

The MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe is an expanded version of the classic Carbon copy with more delay time (1200ms), programmable presets, tap tempo, and subdivisions. It also sports a bright switch for a more vibrant tone and two external controls for the modulation's speed and width (internal trim pots in…Click on the title for more

MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe

Diamond Pedals Tremolo

Of all the new effects released by the new (SolidGoldFx-driven) team behind the venerable Candian pedal brand, the Diamond Pedal Tremolo is probably the most intriguing - with the exclusion, of course, of the legendary Memory Lane delay. This compact version of a pedal that already received rave reviews in…Click on the title for more

Diamond Pedals Tremolo

Mooer Ocean Machine

Mooer got us used to tiiiiiny pedals, so the large stompbox called Ocean Machine stands out, to say the least, as an unexpected device from the Chinese manufacturer. The product is a collaborative effort with Canadian producer/guitarist Devin Townsend, and it has gathered a lot of fans since its launch…Click on the title for more

Mooer Ocean Machine

Diamond Pedals Memory Lane Delay

The original - and now vintage - Diamond Pedals 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…Click on the title for more

Diamond Pedals Memory Lane Delay

AC Noises Respira Shimmer Reverb + Multi-Mode Tremolo

The Trem+Verb combination is quite literally the oldest of effect combos for electric guitar, but the Italian folks at AC Noise gave it a fresh new look in their new pedal Respira (Italian for "breath"), developed in collaboration with Luca Romanelli from Mastro Valvola. There's nothing traditional about this pedal,…Click on the title for more

AC Noises Respira Shimmer Reverb + Multi-Mode Tremolo

Way Huge Supa-Puss Analog Delay

The Way Huge Supa-Puss is a fully featured modulated analog delay with Tap Tempo, subdivisions, and several fine-tuning options, including Tone and Mix knobs and EXP In. The “out there” Chase mode gets your repeats to cycle through each of the subdivision values. Holding the Tap Tempo button enables…Click on the title for more

Way Huge Supa-Puss Analog Delay

Jackson Audio New Wave Stereo Chorus

A multi-mode, fully Midi integrated analog chorus based on a MN3007 BBD chip, the Jackson Audio New Wave is the first non-gain pedal by a Houston-based builder that is widely considered one of the most interesting (and successful) new boutique pedal companies to emerge in the '2020s. While the market…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio New Wave Stereo Chorus

Dreadbox Treminator Tremolo

Greek synth innovators Dreadbox have been expanding their pedal line, and one of their latest release is a dynamic tremolo. Like most of their pedals, the Dreadbox Treminator features CV in and out and VCA control to interface with other pedals and modular synths. Rather than using the classic tremolo…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Treminator Tremolo