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Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer – Granular Repeater

The Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer was one of the newly released pedals visitors of the 2nd L.A. Stompbox Exhibit had the chance to check out this past weekend at the Sunset Blvd. Sam Ash store. Hosted in an attractively chunky, orange "brick-style" enclosure, this stompbox belongs to the rather trendy category…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer – Granular Repeater

Escape Pedals Launch Code

Hosted in our Stompbox Booth, at NAMM 2018 Escape Plan Pedals unveiled a new synth pedal called the Launch Code. The pedal transforms any incoming signal into a series of square waves, perfectly tracking your guitar's pitch. It features two voicings, one with more treble and one with a sub-octave note blended in…Click on the title for more

Escape Pedals Launch Code

Intriguing Devices: Landscape’s Stereo Field

The Stereo Field, by Brooklyn's one-man builder Landscape, is no ordinary musical device. It’s three instruments in one. And as you can undoubtedly tell from its inviting geometric faceplate, there’s a lot of intriguing stuff going on here. Used as an audio processor, Stereo Field is a hands-on way to create a range…Click on the title for more

Intriguing Devices: Landscape’s Stereo Field

Electro-Harmonix Superego+ Synth Engine + Multi-Effect

Here's a pedal by Electro-Harmonix that can keep you happy for weeks! The Superego+ is a Synth Engine + Multi-Effect that can do an awful lot. This is the demo John from EHX shot with us at our Stompbox Booth at NAMM 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiqof2pBvpk&t=12s And here's the Reverb.com / Tone…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Superego+ Synth Engine + Multi-Effect

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Blasar Freeze-verb

MAK Crazy Sound Technology is a new manufacturer that specializes in original designs and creative features. Their new pedal Blasar is a "Freeze-Verb" (that's how they call it), that "captures and retains the sound of notes and chords, creating sound layers with a long sustain." Check out the videos by A…Click on the title for more

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Blasar Freeze-verb

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

Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

Videographer extraordinaire Knobs just posted this video of an upcoming pedal by Canadian builder Empress Effects, which looks like something entirely new and exciting - so exciting we are giving it the freshly made up tag "Game Changer Alert"! The name of the device is Zoia, and it could be…Click on the title for more

Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

Hologram Infinite Jets Review

The Infinite Jets is a second YUGE hit for Nashville's Hologram Electronic, after the undeniable success of their first pedal, the Dream Sequence. It actually seems like this new device was even better received than the previous one, appearing in several "Best of 2017" pedal list. Our friends at digital…Click on the title for more

Hologram Infinite Jets Review

New Creative Pedals: Nunomo Grain

One of the coolest new pedals we were able to try at the latest L.A. Stompbox Exhibit was the Grain, a creation of California based manufacturer Nunomo, run by Japanese designer Ryosuke Kojima. This stompbox is an intriguing take on granular tremolo with added overdrive and pitch shifting circuits -…Click on the title for more

New Creative Pedals: Nunomo Grain

Electro Faustus – Guitardämmerung

You'll be hard-pressed to find a pedal manufacturer whose products are crazier than the ones conceived by New York's Electro Faustus'. The two friends behind this company are actually coming from the synth world, as you can tell from their latest stompbox, the EF111 Guitardämmerung. The product doesn't seem to have…Click on the title for more

Electro Faustus – Guitardämmerung

VFE Klein Bottle Preview – multipath + multiband looper/mixer

VFE Pedals has been a little quiet as of late, maybe because they were working on something truly special and kinda complicated... And as a matter of fact, the company recently unveiled an ambitious project called the Klein Bottle. The pedal can be preordered, but it won't ship until the…Click on the title for more

VFE Klein Bottle Preview – multipath + multiband looper/mixer

Synth Stompboxes at the Brooklyn Synth Expo 2017

At this year's Brooklyn Synth Expo we had something for guitarists too - the synth pedal mixed board! It received a lot of attention. Here's the interactive gallery featuring videos of all the stompboxes featured in it:Click on the title for more

Synth Stompboxes at the Brooklyn Synth Expo 2017