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Emerging Pedal Manufacturers: Mastro Valvola

A country filled with art and passion, Italy is known for producing many high-end goods, and Mastro Valvola (which translates to Valve Master) has taken the mentality of crafting premium products into the hand-made guitar pedal niche. The company was established in 2008 by founder and amplifier guru Luca Romanelli…Click on the title for more

Emerging Pedal Manufacturers: Mastro Valvola

JHS unveils the Tidewater Mini Tremolo

In a rather unexpected move, JHS Pedals this week unveiled two new mini-pedals, a format it only tackled once before with the Foot Fuzz. As a matter of fact, one of the new design is version 2 of that mini-fuzz, which we highlighted here. The second pedal is an entirely…Click on the title for more

JHS unveils the Tidewater Mini Tremolo

Friedman Golden Pearl Overdrive

The Friedman pedal line is probably the biggest success story of the last decade in the challenging and overcrowded field of gain pedals and dirt boxes. In our 2017 survey of the best selling overdrive pedals the LA builder managed to place two of its designs in the top ten, in…Click on the title for more

Friedman Golden Pearl Overdrive

Q&A with Nanolog Audio about Carbon Clipping

In recent years, a few companies have been working on new ways to create distortion (for musical purposes). Senior PhD researcher from the Canadian National Institute for Nanotechnology Adam Bergren has been on the forefront of this effort, collaborating in 2016 with Dr. Scientist to create the first guitar pedal…Click on the title for more

Q&A with Nanolog Audio about Carbon Clipping

Keeley unveils Verb O Trem and VoT Workstation

Fans of the surfy tremolo/reverb effect combo now have two more options to consider when shopping for a stompbox that offers both effects (the list has been growing quite a bit lately). Keeley just unveiled a pair of new Tremolo + Reverb pedals that are identical in color and share…Click on the title for more

Keeley unveils Verb O Trem and VoT Workstation

Neunaber Readies Overdrive Pedal for NAMM 2019

We are always intrigued when we see new pedals on the display boards participating in our Stompbox Exhibits, and this year we noticed this not entirely familiar device on the Neunaber Audio board. We asked company owner Brian Neunaber a few questions about it. We noticed this USO (Unidentified Stomping…Click on the title for more

Neunaber Readies Overdrive Pedal for NAMM 2019

EQD Black Ash Endangered Fuzz

EarthQuaker Devices just came out with a new fuzz pedal called Black Ash. Presented with an "endangered fuzz" tag, this stompbox is an evolution of the legendary, vintage, and extremely rare three knob Tone Bender, and built with high quality components hand selected by owner/designer Jamie-Stillman, which allow this design…Click on the title for more

EQD Black Ash Endangered Fuzz

NUX Solid Studio Impulse & Power Amp Simulation

Guitarists looking for a amp emulating stompbox should check out the Nux Solid Studio, which manages to pack a lot of features in a square box stompbox format. Loaded with 6 amp , 8 cab and 8 microphone emulations, this device also allows you to upload via USB your own impulse responses,…Click on the title for more

NUX Solid Studio Impulse & Power Amp Simulation

In an industry seemingly rife with stompbox clones and copies, British builder MWFX is creating some truly innovative guitar pedal designs. Some are based on familiar ideas, but most of their products are quite novel and allow you to access sounds that previously could only exist in your imagination. Established in…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile – MWFX

Pladask Elektrisk BAKVENDT Reverse Granular Pedal

Norwegian manufacturer Pladask Elektrisk is well known among pedal geeks for the FORM DYI project, organized in collaboration with Bandorg - FORM being a stompbox you can acquire only by participating in a "build-it-yourself" workshop in... Norway! They recently gave the guys at I Love Fuzz one of their new…Click on the title for more

Pladask Elektrisk BAKVENDT Reverse Granular Pedal

Side FX unveils the Bug Elektrik Tremolo/Ring Modulator

We covered Greek pedal manufacturers Side FX in 2017 with this little profile so we are very curious to see what they've been up to since then. It turns out they've been hard at work developing a new, all analog pedal that it's now out, called Bug Elektrik Tremolo/Ring Modulator,…Click on the title for more

Side FX unveils the Bug Elektrik Tremolo/Ring Modulator

The 10 Best Budget Overdrive Pedals (under $100), according to Mr. JHS (New & Used)

A Guide to the Best Budget Overdrive Pedals Recently the guys at JHS Pedals have been stepping up their YouTube channel with videos not necessarily just focused on the company's product, but also on vintage stompboxes and generic advice about pedals. We stumbled upon this video with company founder Joshua Heath…Click on the title for more

The 10 Best Budget Overdrive Pedals (under $100), according to Mr. JHS (New & Used)