Updated Feb. 13, 2018 | by Paolo De Gregorio

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Eric Merrow is the brave videographer who shot 91 pedal demos at NAMM 2018 inside our Stompbox Booth – we named this endeavor “the NAMM Pedal Demo Marathon,” you can see 71 videos here and the other 20 here.

Because of this massive undertaking, he is without the shade of a doubt in an ideal position to tell us what his favorite NAMM pedals were.

He put out two videos: one with his “Best of NAMM” and another one with the “Must Ear Pedals from NAMM 2018” – we embedded them below and created interactive galleries for each pedal, linking back to his full videos.

ERIC MERROW’S TOP 6 PEDALS AT NAMM 2018

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Epigaze Audio - Ascension Reverb
A unique stompbox with three different modes (Hall, Shimmer and Trem+Reverb) featuring also an intriguing drone generator, whose volume is controlled by the side knob. The latter plays organ sounding notes in any of the 12 (western) keys, creating a tasteful, "ambienty" sonic carpet under the player's performance. The drone's key can be changed using the central footswitch.
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Daredevil Almighty Bass Fuzz
An original design, not a variation of some other pedal. The gain is biting and thick, with enough tonal options to cover a lot of ground. Great for blending with your d.i. signal or stacking with your normal amp gain. There is a lot of volume and gain on tap, and it has a big low end. TONE Control – contours between a scooped mids EQ turned CCW, and full range with boosted upper mids turned CW.
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Fuzzrocious - Octave Jawn
A digital octave up/down mod that will be applied on request to all Fuzzrocious existing models.
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Alexander Pedals Colour Theory
$199 - It combines a versatile eight-step sequencer with a powerful effects processor that gives you from tremolo and pitch shifting to synthy octave and oscillation, creating rhythmic combinations seldom heard outside of a rack of synths. Each step in its sequence is a new pathway to adventure.
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Escape Plan Pedals - Launch Code Synth
Transforms any incoming signal into a series of square waves, perfectly tracking your guitar's pitch. Two voicings, one with more treble and one with a sub-octave note blended in. The Bonus knob mixes dry and wet signals, while the Rez knob is a high-pass filter that allows you to control the cutoff frequency of the signal going into the oscillators.
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Mooer Preamp Live
Preamp Live lets you load up to 12 of the company’s acclaimed Micro Preamps for total tonal versatility. It has three banks, each with four channels that are selectable with the footswitches on the unit. Set and save Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble, Gain and Boost (Pre or Post), and use the master controls to adjust Volume, Presence, FX Blend (with the built-in effect loop) and Cabinet Simulation.
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ERIC MERROW’S “MUST HEAR” PEDALS FROM NAMM 2018

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Beetronics FX Royal Jelly Fuzz-OD Blender
Brazilian manufacturer Beetronics unveiled the Royal Jelly pedal at NAMM 2018. The company portrays this pedal as a "Fuzz/OD blender."
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
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Chase Bliss Audio Thermae
It digitally manipulates an analog signal path created by 4 re-issued versions of the bucket-brigade delay chips. This creates the ability to change delay time in interesting intervals which allows for innumerable harmonizing options. Intervals can be sequenced through automatically, or triggered manually. It can also be used as a more standard analog delay with modulation.
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Red Panda Tensor
Red Panda Tensor
$299 - The Red Panda Tensor gives you live reverse and tape stop effects, pitch shifting, time stretching and hold functions you can combine in creative ways. Slow down, speed up and rewind in real time. Stretch or compress time with no pitch change. Loop, overdub, and randomly slice phrases up to 4.8 seconds.
Perf. Circuit | Reverb | Amazon
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Rainger FX Reverb-X
$193 - Subverting a pedal routing commonplace, the Reverb X places an overdrive and a gate AFTER a reverb, rather than before. Both effects only affect the reverb sound, not the clean signal. The results are very intriguing, in particular when operated with the Igor expression controller to momentarily trigger the gate open. There are two reverb modes (bright and dark).
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Electro-Faustus Super Disruptor
The Super Disruptor, an Overdrive/Octave/Oscillation Pedal for bass
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Southampton Pedals Utility Knife Modulator
$350 - Provides four high-quality effects that are designed to sound good in all control settings in a true bypass setup with top mounted jacks. Featuring flange, chorus, tremolo, and a 6-stage phaser, this could be the only modulation pedal you need.
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Nunomo - Artificial Reflection Delay
A digital time shifting and analog feedback circuit with a unique resonance circuit.
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Subdecay - Quasar Phase Modulator
Multi-mode phase pedal that upgrades Subdecay's Quasar line.
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Pure Salem Desperation Fuzz
A fuzz from a manufacturer that specialized in vintage inspired designs with an acid rock twist.
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WMD Geiger Conter Pro
Seminal glitch pedal from the late aughts gets a "Pro" treatment - after 7 years of development.
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