Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2021

For a more comprehensive take on delays, see our Best Delay Pedals article. For the guitarists who live and breathe delay and enjoy tweaking and experiment with this effect’s many variables, the modern multi-mode, digital, stereo delay pedal is the ultimate gift from heaven (and not necessarily an expensive one). …Click on the title for more

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2021

New Pedal Kit: Aion FX Quantum Mosfet Distortion

Based in Des Moines, Iowa, Aion FX is a company that's taking the pedal kit format to the next level through cool, PCB-based circuits and a pedal line with a sober yet stylish look. The Quantum Mosfet Distortion is probably the crown jewel of the new line of kits they…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Kit: Aion FX Quantum Mosfet Distortion

The 10 Best Mini Wah Pedals in 2021 – Compare Features and Prices

Updated on 05.26.2020 - See also our Best Wah Pedals article for all regular size wahs. A Guide to the Best Mini Wah Pedals on the Market After over 50 years from its birth, the Wah Wah is still an effect many guitarists choose to include in their pedalboard. But…Click on the title for more

The 10 Best Mini Wah Pedals in 2021 – Compare Features and Prices

New Pedal: Intensive Care Audio Death Drive

Born in full pandemic crisis (June 2020) from a rib of what can be called the equivalent to Frankenstein in pedal form (Rainger FX) Intensive Care Audio is a new London-based company with a name for the ages. They already have three cool-looking black pedals in their roster bearing names…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Intensive Care Audio Death Drive

2021 Best Plexi Pedals & Marshall-Style Distortions: a Buyer’s Guide

(Almost) everyone who is familiar with the electric guitar loves the sound of a cranked Marshall amp. From Eric Clapton and Angus Young to Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, Plexi amp and their later, higher gain reincarnations from the JCM series have been used by many guitar players over…Click on the title for more

2021 Best Plexi Pedals & Marshall-Style Distortions: a Buyer’s Guide

New Pedal: JD Analog Tone of the Gods

Since boost pedals are supposed to do a very simple job, we have grown to assume that they don't need to be very big. New Zealand builder JD Analog begs to disagree. With its 4-in-1 concept, their Tone Of the Gods is a four-footswitched, twelve-knobbed beast that aims at being…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: JD Analog Tone of the Gods

Tubesteader Beekeeper Overdrive

The Beekeper is the first pedal by Canadian company Tubesteader, a boutique shop that prides itself with building its devices to order - and in embedding real vacuum tubes in them! The circuit is a dual-channel overdrive inspired by the legendary Dumble Special Overdrive amp, famous for delivering a sparkling…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Beekeeper Overdrive

Best New Pedals of 2021 | May Edition

It's time for our monthly look at the best pedal releases of the previous month (in this case, May 2021), organized in gain and non-gain lists. Previous editions can be found here. It was overall a rather exciting month, with all sorts of new pedals. We organized them according to…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2021 | May Edition

Now Shipping: Fulltone CS-PlimSoul mkII Overdrive/Distortion

Yes, we have a big problem with Michael Fuller's rhetoric and proneness to insults (we experienced the man's "un-gentlemanliness" first-hand, some time ago) but we think that a blog that's all about guitar pedals should not avoid covering any manufacturer based on what is arguably a freedom of speech and…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Fulltone CS-PlimSoul mkII Overdrive/Distortion

Electronic Audio Experiments & Mask Audio Electronics Eldritch Blast Octave Fuzz

If your arsenal of fuzz pedals is out of control, the Electronic Audio Experiments & Mask Audio Electronics | Eldritch Blast should be a good excuse for you to make it slightly MORE so. How could you possibly resist the temptation to get something that, according to the manufacturer, "sound…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments & Mask Audio Electronics Eldritch Blast Octave Fuzz

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Expression Ramper

On paper, utility pedals may not seem as inspiring as full-fledged effect pedals, but the thing is, they have the potential to give ALL your old pedals a creative lift. The Old Blood Noise Endeavors | Expression Ramper encapsulates that very potential within its mini case (and "mini price"). The…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Expression Ramper

Dolamo D4 Distortion

Dolamo is a sans-website company probably based in China whose pedals are incredibly affordable (like $25-affordable!). They can be found, among other places, at Walmart. Their D4 Distortion replicates the classic rock tones of the '70s and '80s, check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_BNoHJQIwc Reproducing the high gain distortion of the 70's and…Click on the title for more

Dolamo D4 Distortion