The Best Spring Reverb Pedals in 2021 – Analog and Digital

Updated on 06.10.2021 This article features only spring reverb pedals. For a wider angle article on reverbs, read our Best Reverb Pedals organized by type. Reverb is arguably the most useful effect in music, allowing musicians and producers to create a sense of space for individual instruments and entire mixes.…Click on the title for more

The Best Spring Reverb Pedals in 2021 – Analog and Digital

New Pedals: Pettyjohn Electronics Edge Preamp & Low-Gain Overdrive

Tone coneusseurs, rejoice! A new Pettyjohn Electronics pedal is here, it's called Edge, and it's a doozy! It's a preamp pedal designed to deliver that magical blend of saturation, harmonic excitement, light compression you get from a tube amp at the edge of breakup. It can reach higher gain overdrive…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Pettyjohn Electronics Edge Preamp & Low-Gain Overdrive

New Pedals: Red Noise Germanium Stone Blender

For mysterious reasons, multi-mode fuzz pedals are somewhat rare. With its unassuming four-setting Diode rotary switch, the Red Noise Germanium Stone Blender is precisely such a thing - and a powerful one at that! Although the circuit is based on a Sola Sound Tone Bender, the four modes deliver tones…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Red Noise Germanium Stone Blender

Janis.lv Tre Tre Analog Tremolo

As some of you may gather from the ".lv" in its name, Janis.lv shares the country of origin with one of the most "out there" pedal companies of the decade: Latvian Gamechanger Audio. And that's pretty much the only thing the two companies have in common, since J?nis.lv makes incredibly…Click on the title for more

Janis.lv Tre Tre Analog Tremolo

Milkman The Amp 100 – 100w Pedal Power Amp

Milkman Sound, an amp company run by a San Francisco-based steel guitar player, has been building a solid reputation for their sturdy quality pedals, notwithstanding the fact that they don't exactly follow the established trend of ever-shrinking footprints - yes his babies are quite large, their components have room to…Click on the title for more

Milkman The Amp 100 – 100w Pedal Power Amp

18 of the Best Tone Bender Fuzz Pedals in 2021

Best Fuzz Face Pedal Evolutions (Extra Features) In the coveted niche of fuzz pedals, the Tone Bender is nothing short of royalty, being one of the most cloned fuzz circuits in history, together with a few other influential designs like the Muff and the Fuzz Face. How Does A Tone…Click on the title for more

18 of the Best Tone Bender Fuzz Pedals in 2021

New Pedals: Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

Portland (OR) based Blammo! Electronics just unveiled a new pedal inspired by the very popular (and very pricey) circuit of the Prescription Electronics COB - an acronym that stands for Clean Octave Blend. Enter the Slob, a hand-made $149 compact clone of the COB with a few updates like soft…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

Win an Eventide MicroPitch! [ended]

Hey, effective pedal gatherers! Our synth & pedal online expo Synthesthesia 2021 is a gift that keeps giving! (At least to the lucky ones, one may say!) We have yet another face-melting giveaway, this time for a brand new Eventide MicroPitch Delay, a wonderful stompbox that can do a lot…Click on the title for more

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Vertex Ultra-Phonix HRM Overdrive/Distortion

The Vertex Ultraphonix is an overdrive inspired by ultra-rare (and ultra-cloned) Dumble Overdrive Special amp. The HRM (Hot Rubber Monkey) version of this pedal emulates a particularly popular tube mod implemented on a limited number of those amps that resulted in a modification of the mid-range that brought it closer…Click on the title for more

Vertex Ultra-Phonix HRM Overdrive/Distortion

2021 UPDATE: Best Reverb Pedals, a Complete Guide by Type

Updated on 06.10.2021 Reverb pedals never seem to go out of fashion, maybe because reverb is something that's part of our daily lives and each one of us can relate to it. [lwptoc depth="4" numeration="decimalnested" title="TABLE OF CONTENT (click to jump to list)" toggle="1" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingText="A Guide to…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: Best Reverb Pedals, a Complete Guide by Type

Fowl Sounds Flannel Overdriver

Fowl Sounds is a company that has found a very specific niche: heavy pedals for down-tuned guitars. Inspired by classic distortion circuits, their new pedal Flannel Overdriver represents an effort to provide the heavy guitarist with a stompbox that can deliver a wide variety of dirt tones, from overdrive to…Click on the title for more

Fowl Sounds Flannel Overdriver

New Pedals: Bananana Effects TARARIRA Pitch Shift Sequencer V2

Unconventional, creative, hybrid pedals that borrow from synths have become a niche in itself in the pedal realm - by far the most exciting one. Bananana is a quirky Japanese builder that focuses on designing original effects that spark inspiration, and one may say that their products' supercool minimalistic graphics…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Bananana Effects TARARIRA Pitch Shift Sequencer V2