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BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

Pedal companies in the last couple of years have been frantically competing to make synth guitar pedals more compact and feature-heavy. BOSS, by all measures the leading manufacturer in this niche, just came out with a new, polyphonic synth pedal (the SY-1000) that looks and sounds like a bold statement:…Click on the title for more

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

Alexander Pedals Colour Theory Spectrum Sequencer

In the last couple of years Alexander Pedals has been churning out some truly exciting stompboxes. We were already rather stocked by their Quadrant delay, which was released only two weeks ago, but we are now utterly intrigued by their new pedal we just saw on Instagram: the Colour Theory Spectrum…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Colour Theory Spectrum Sequencer

Cooper FX Moment Machine

Pitch shifting is one of those effects that, when used in non-subtle ways, can open up a wide palette of creative possibilities, which seems to be the precise mission behind the effect circuits of stompbox maker Cooper FX. The company new pedal "Moment Machine" was recently unveiled through a video by…Click on the title for more

Cooper FX Moment Machine

With its cosmic approach to feature-rich stompboxes, Wisconsin based Mattoverse builds self-described "handmade tools for new sonic adventures." Since we are fond of adventures - and adventurous art - we couldn't help but dig a little deeper, after noticing these intriguing boxes at the latest Summer NAMM. TIME BASED EFFECTS The pedals from…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile: Mattoverse Electronics

Guitar Pedal News: Electro-Harmonix RTG and 8 Step Program

A couple of new boxes from Electro-Harmonix that aren't very traditional-but cool nonetheless-are the RTG and 8 Step Program. The RTG or Random Tone Generator is actually a recreation of the device box of the same name produced in 1980. It creates randomly pitch changing tones over a four-plus octave…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal News: Electro-Harmonix RTG and 8 Step Program