gear giveaway

Try the new Land Devices & Farm Pedals No Masters Fuzz at the BK SBE 2018

Here's a brand new pedal you might be able to try in person at our upcoming 8th Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit (we say "might" because these babies are selling fast!). The No Masters Fuzz is a take on the clear sounding Selmer Buzz Tone's 3 Germanium transistor circuit, and it's the product of a…Click on the title for more

Try the new Land Devices & Farm Pedals No Masters Fuzz at the BK SBE 2018

Win an Eventide Space through the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

Hey sonic space cadets! The Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit (coming up on June 9-10) always brings an abundance of pedal giveaways. The fine folks at Eventide are kindly putting up for grabs one unit of their luscious Space Reverb, a pedal that does all sorts of reverbery things, and more!…Click on the title for more

Win an Eventide Space through the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit

Drolo Moon Rabbit 6 Stage Phaser

These days, traditional guitar effects like flanger and phaser are being reinvented by brave new manufacturers, and the 6 Stage Phaser Moon Rabbit, by Belgian builder Drolo, firmly folllows this trend. With its envelop follower tool, CV input, pedal expression input option and 8 selectable waveforms, this pedal does a…Click on the title for more

Drolo Moon Rabbit 6 Stage Phaser

Dusky Mandorla gets Premier Gear Award + goes to BK Stompbox Exhibit

We are happy to report that our friends at Dusky Electronics just got rewarded with a Gear Award by Premier Guitar for their new, "non-clean" boost pedal called Mandorla - we blogged about it a few weeks ago here. Impressively, the pedal got 5 out of 5 ratings for "Tone"…Click on the title for more

Dusky Mandorla gets Premier Gear Award + goes to BK Stompbox Exhibit

Chase Bliss Audio Thermae gets the Knobs Treatment

We are huge fans of Knobs and we were actually eagerly waiting for this video of the Chase Bliss Audio Thermae, a bucket-brigade based delay/pitch shifter that promises to bring "a radically new approach to analog delay and harmonization." Joel from Chase Bliss shot a video preview of the Thermae…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Thermae gets the Knobs Treatment

Greenhouse Effects Deity Reverb

Greenhouse Effects has just launched Deity, a reverb pedal that delivers immersive ambience with a carefully selected palette of secondary effects. The artwork also deserves a mention - it truly looks delicious! The basis of Deity is a strong foundational reverb tone. The pedal has three modes that offer options such…Click on the title for more

Greenhouse Effects Deity Reverb

New at the BKLYN Stompbox Exhibit: Hotone Binary Series

Hotone Audio’s just released four new pedals under the Binary Series label, and visitors of the 8th Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit will be able to try them for the first time. These effects delivers pro-level amp, cabinet, delay and modulation tones in small but powerful stompboxes. Based on the same modeling/original effect library…Click on the title for more

New at the BKLYN Stompbox Exhibit: Hotone Binary Series

The ZVex Vibrophase is now portable (and safe)

Those who visited the ZVex Effects booth at Winter NAMM 2016 will certainly remember a radiant Zachary Vex introducing visitors to his brand new effect, the first one to be powered by... a candle! Called the Candela Vibrophase, the vibrato/phaser hybrid looked glorious, but rather impractical - at least for…Click on the title for more

The ZVex Vibrophase is now portable (and safe)

O Mer’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

Brooklyn by way of Tel Aviv artist O Mer employs DAW, synths and electric guitar to create minimalistic pop gems that are as catchy as they are arresting. Started as a one man band, the project has recently expanded to comprise a full band, which has brought the sound to…Click on the title for more

O Mer’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

Meris Pedals get the “Knobs Treatment” – see them at the BK SBE 2017!

We wrote about Meris in this manufacturer profile a few weeks ago. Knobs just posted a video featuring all their three pedals. The company will be participating in our upcoming (and free) Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit - more info here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8sl5IbIiN8Click on the title for more

Meris Pedals get the “Knobs Treatment” – see them at the BK SBE 2017!

One of the most prominent of the many stompbox manufacturers based in Portland, Oregon, Spaceman Effects has been making fine boutique effect pedals since 2009. The company builds its products by hand in small batches, resulting in occasional explosions of “Sold Out” markers on its website’s product listings. Supplies are…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer Profile: Spaceman Effects

Paul Barker from Malekko explains the Thicken’s delay modes

The guys at Malekko Heavy Industry have been working their ass(Master)s off in 2018, with two new pedal releases and also a synth! We blogged about the Downer just a few days ago, but the Portland manufacturer earlier this year also unveiled a new multi-tap delay with chorus named Thicken. The…Click on the title for more

Paul Barker from Malekko explains the Thicken’s delay modes