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Rainger FX Reverb X

One thing you can surely say about London's Rainger FX is that it's a company that specializes in thinking outside the (stomp)box. Their Reverb X is extra proof of it: it subverts an effect routing commonplace, placing an overdrive and a gate AFTER a reverb, rather than before, and that drive…Click on the title for more

Rainger FX Reverb X

R Weaver FX Violet Vibe

There isn't much info out there about the R Weaver FX Violet Vibe (the builder doesn't seem to have a website nor a social media page). Still, this baby sounds great on Mike Herman's video and goes for over $250 used on Reverb.com, so that's a testament to the unit's…Click on the title for more

R Weaver FX Violet Vibe

Lichtlaerm Audio Kassandra Phaser

The Lichtlaerm Audio Kassandra is a 4-stage VCA analog phaser made by a Berlin-based boutique company boasting an intriguing roster of stylish looking stompboxes in strictly black and gold attire. Featuring a (rather sensual) image of the Greek mythological clairvoyant no one believed, the Kassandra is a very flexible phaser…Click on the title for more

Lichtlaerm Audio Kassandra Phaser

The 3 Best Fuzz Pedals Per Type, in 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMW0uLn0ckc&t=172s This is a video about fuzz pedals we shot in 2022. It illustrates the tonal differences between 6 classic non-octave-up fuzz types. This article features our selection of the best fuzz pedals of all time organized by circuit type. It's a recap of all the comprehensive fuzz guides you…Click on the title for more

The 3 Best Fuzz Pedals Per Type, in 2023

Electronic Audio Experiments Model feT V3

The Electronic Audio Experiments Model feT V3 is a transistor-based preamplifier designed around the Sunn Model T amplifier. While it excels at heavy tones when pushed, it is far more than just an amp for stoner rock and doom metal. On its own, it is a rather clean amplifier with…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Model feT V3

Wonderful Audio Nivicola Fuzz (Muff-style)

The Wonderful Audio Nivicola is a Muff-style fuzz voiced after the Black Russian Big Muff. It uses Russian KT3102IM transistors and some KD521A diodes. Company owner and effect designer Ralf Gottschalk delayed the scheduled March release because of the Russian assault on Ukraine, but, faced with a longer than expected…Click on the title for more

Wonderful Audio Nivicola Fuzz (Muff-style)

One Control Honey Bee OD 4K Mini Standard

The Honey Bee OD 4K Mini Standard is the latest interaction - the first one in mini version - of this popular low-gain overdrive circuit by designer Bjorn Juhl (of Mad Professor fame), celebrating its twentieth anniversary. This is, in its essence, an amp-in-a-box recreating the warm and syrupy tone…Click on the title for more

One Control Honey Bee OD 4K Mini Standard

Electro-Harmonix J Mascis Signature Ram’s Head Big Muff

The Electro-Harmonix J Mascis Signature Ram's Head Big Muff is a limited edition Big Muff Pi based on the 1973 Electro-Harmonix V2 Violet Ram’s Head Big Muff Pi, the version used by the legendary (and uber-influential) guitarist of 90's alt-rock band Dinosaur Jr. As you can see in the video…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix J Mascis Signature Ram’s Head Big Muff

Catalinbread Germanium Fuzzrite

Together with a handful of other circuits, the Mosrite Fuzzrite is one of the "second" most popular historical fuzzes, after the holy fuzz trinity comprised by Tone Bender, Fuzz Face and Big Muff. The Catalinbread Germanium Fuzzrite is a variation on what's already the most popular Fuzzrite clone, also built…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Germanium Fuzzrite

Volta 1987 V2 Dual Plexi Overdrive

The 1987 v2 is a two-channel overdrive designed to sound like a Plexi hot-rod pushed to the max. Hand-made in Italy by a company that recently changed its name from Nabla to Volta Custom, this is, in essence, an overdrive with a foot-switchable boost appropriately called "11," whose gain can…Click on the title for more

Volta 1987 V2 Dual Plexi Overdrive

Acorn Amps Solid State

Peavey's solid-state amps have been subject to many sarcastic jokes by tube amps snobs, little matters that they were the sonic centerpiece of the groundbreaking power rock sound of bands like Pixies and Queens of the Stone Age. Acorn Amps Solid State is here to fix this with a pedal…Click on the title for more

Acorn Amps Solid State

29 Pedals OAMP Output Amp / Boost

29 Pedals makes utility stompboxes that help guitarists preserve and condition their tone. The EUNA was their first "hit," a unity amplifier with an input driver that replaces a conventional buffer and that solves problems related to extra long cables or incompatibility between your wah and fuzz pedals (through an…Click on the title for more

29 Pedals OAMP Output Amp / Boost