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New Pedals: Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

The Canadian folks at Tubesteader don't mess around with the build of their pedals, maybe also because they like to fit them with rather fragile tubes to deliver the best possible tone. The Sunkeeper, a dual-channel preamp/overdrive recreating the sound of the Orange amps, is the third stompbox in the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

Crazy Tube Circuits Space Charged V2 Tube Ovredrive

Notwithstanding the company's name, the Space Charged was Crazy Tube Circuits' first real tube overdrive. It runs with an internal voltage of 40v and comes with a 12AY7 preamp tube inside the pedal, but that can be switched with other tuber models (12AX7, 12AT7, 12AU7, 5751 ) for varied color…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Space Charged V2 Tube Ovredrive

Hagerman Reactivator Tube Overdrive

Hagerman is a small American boutique pedal builder dedicated to manufacturing amps and pedals, and the Reactivator belongs to a series of stompboxes featuring an actual tube in the circuit - in this case, a 12AU7. A two-transistor / two-triode overdrive, the Reactivator is a development of the company's Valve…Click on the title for more

Hagerman Reactivator Tube Overdrive

Hagerman Overdrive 12AX7 Tube Pedal

Whether you call them "tubes" or "valves," these components still carry a semi-legendary status among some guitarists seeking a "warm" and "smooth" tone. While tube in amps are the norm, they are a lot more difficult to be found in pedals. The Hagerman Overdrive is a boutique, hand-built, all-analog vacuum…Click on the title for more

Hagerman Overdrive 12AX7 Tube Pedal

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

Those in need of a helluva portable, two-channel tube preamp for heavy tones might have found what they were looking for in the Victory Amplification The Kraken V4, a device developed in collaboration with UK's one and only Rabea Massaad and created with heavy, progressive and extended-range overdrive tones in…Click on the title for more

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

Effectrode Delta-Trem Tube Stereo Tremolo

UK manufacturer Effectrode specializes in guitar pedals featuring vacuum tubes in them, and their Delta-Trem tremolo has two 12AU7 peaking out of the right side of its case, protected by to metal bars. The company's preference for tube-centered circuits reflects its effort to perfect and modernize the technology that gave…Click on the title for more

Effectrode Delta-Trem Tube Stereo Tremolo

Vahlbruch Kaluna High Voltage Tube Overdrive

German pedal builder Vahlbruch has just unveiled their latest overdrive, the Kaluna overdrive, a high voltage original circuit operating at 250v, and featuring an ECC83/12AX7 tube under its hood. The tube actually requires a little 30 second warm-up, during which the status LED will flash for while the pedal remains in…Click on the title for more

Vahlbruch Kaluna High Voltage Tube Overdrive

Veri-Tone Azzurro Tube Preamp

Fans of Eric Clapton's tone with the Blues Breakers (a band from the '60s headed by John Mayall), might be familiar with the term "Beano Tone," a warm yet edgy sound that became the signature of those records. If you are wondering what amp Clapton used with that band, you…Click on the title for more

Veri-Tone Azzurro Tube Preamp

Fender MTG Tube Tremolo

Vintage Fender tube amp were the first ones to feature a tremolo effect embedded in them, so the guitar giant thought it would be a good idea to recreate that circuit (NOS 6205 preamp tube included) in a pedal format. The Fender MTG Tube Tremolo gives you a lot more…Click on the title for more

Fender MTG Tube Tremolo

Fender MTG Tube Distortion

Designed with amp guru Bruce Egnater, the Fender MTG delivers true tube saturation and distortion from a US-made NOS 6205 preamplifier tube. Complete with a 3-band EQ and a Tight control to focus your tone, the MTG is basically a tube preamp pedal — you can run it into the…Click on the title for more

Fender MTG Tube Distortion

Mozztronics TD-1 Tube Driver

The guys at the SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show are a big fans of the TD-1 Tube Driver, a stompbox featuring a real 12AX7 tube (used in the gain stages of the circuit) manufactured by Australian builder Mozztronics. The controls are pretty self explanatory, a 3 position CONTOUR switch to select between mild /…Click on the title for more

Mozztronics TD-1 Tube Driver

New at NAMM: Lightning Boy Audio NuVision Overdrive

Taking part in our very own Stompbox Booth, upstate New York builder Lightning Boy Audio will take the opportunity of the NAMM 2018 show to debut a new overdrive pedal called NuVision. Lightning Boy specializes in tube powered designs, and this stompbox is no exception, since it's built around a circuit…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM: Lightning Boy Audio NuVision Overdrive