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Pedal Update: Poison Noises The Crook V4 Overdrive

Highlighted by the JHS show as one of the best new guitar pedals of 2021, the Poison Noises The Crook is a $99 (v3) and now $119 (v4) Mosfet overdrive made by a prolific upstate NY company that's rapidly gaining momentum. The device was updated to V3 in late 2021…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Poison Noises The Crook V4 Overdrive

The 6 Best Power Amp Pedals in 2023 | A Buyer’s Guide

Lists updated on May 9th, 2022. This article is about guitar amplifiers in a pedal format, not simple preamp-style pedals or amp/cab simulators. --- Most electric guitarists agree that having to carry an amplifier around to gigs and rehearsals sucks royally. This sentiment tends to grow stronger as the years…Click on the title for more

The 6 Best Power Amp Pedals in 2023 | A Buyer’s Guide

New Pedal: Readbeard Effects Hairy Squid

The Readbeard Effects Hairy Squid is a modern take on the rare but semi-obscure vintage Barnes and Mullins 70s Fuzz, currently selling used on Reverb.com for just under one grand USD. The original was made by Colorsound and based on the Jumbo Tonebender circuit which is similar to a Big…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Readbeard Effects Hairy Squid

New Pedal: PastFX New Division Chorus/Flange/Vibrato

Like all the other stompboxes by the Australian builder, the PastFX New Division is heavily inspired by a classic circuit (in this case two early version of the EHX Clone Theory, famously used by Joy Division's basssist Peter Hook) but updated with useful features not found in the original. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: PastFX New Division Chorus/Flange/Vibrato

New Pedal: Muir Audio Design Morphtone EQ

Hand-built in the UK, the Muir Audio Design Morphtone EQ is a peculiar and powerful take on the dual parametric equalizer pedal designed for guitar and bass players. The basic approach here is to have two very different parametric EQ stages that operate in parallel on a wide range of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Muir Audio Design Morphtone EQ

New Pedal: Dirty Haggard Koffein Distortion

You could say that the Dirty Haggard Koffein distortion, born out of a collaboration between the Portland-based builder and Oak & Crow Coffee, is a caffeinated pedal - or, at the very least, that it can keep anyone awake. A loud creature at heart, this pedal has a plenty of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Dirty Haggard Koffein Distortion

1st London Synth & Pedal Expo brings 1200+ Musicians to Hackney

Our first London Synth & Pedal Expo, hosted on Saturday, March 18 at Hackney's Motel Studios, was attended by more than 1,200 visitors. You can see pictures of the event here (pedal room) and here (synth room). We gathered feedback from the vendors here (it's pretty great!). Stefan Karlsson, whose…Click on the title for more

1st London Synth & Pedal Expo brings 1200+ Musicians to Hackney

New Pedal: Formula B EIGHTY Master

Hailing from Italy, the Formula B EIGHTY Master is a tweakable amp-in-a-box distortion with a couple of interesting tricks up its sleeve. The 3-band EQ section and knobs for Gain and Volume are the "expected" features you'll find in this circuit. On the other hand, a unique set of controls…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Formula B EIGHTY Master

The Best Envelope Filter Pedals, in 2023 | A Buyer’s Guide

Article updated on April 3rd, 2023. If you are looking for the best envelope filter pedals for your budget and needs, you've come to the right place. This guide explains what this type of effect does while listing most of the pedals of this kind on the market, providing prices…Click on the title for more

The Best Envelope Filter Pedals, in 2023 | A Buyer’s Guide

Pedal Reissue: DOD Envelope Filter 440

Now that DigiTech is not owned by Corean appliance and cellphone giant Samsung anymore, but by a guitar company that's actually passionate about pedals, we can expect this historic brand to resume some activity. The reissue of the DOD Envelope Filter 440 is the first sign of life in this…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reissue: DOD Envelope Filter 440

New Pedal: Beetronics Seabee Harmochorus

The Beetronics Seabee Harmochorus is a creative (and intensely deep!) take on the chorus effect designed and assembled in LA by those mad geniuses at Bettronics FX. The Seabee is presented as a multi-chorus delivering analog bucket brigade chorus tones that goes a few steps farther than your regular modulation…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Beetronics Seabee Harmochorus

Win a PWM Malevolent Synth (UK Only)

To celebrate properly our first London (UK) Synth & Pedal Expo we have one last smashingly wicked giveaway for a boutique modular synth! Thanks to our London show's sponsor Source Distribution, a lucky UK-based reader will soon be shipped to his or her home a PMW Malevolent! This is a fully…Click on the title for more

Win a PWM Malevolent Synth (UK Only)