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Hungry Robot El Castillo Arpeggiating Reverb

Hungry Robot never ceases to surprise us with their lush, imaginative designs. They just unveiled a new "Arpeggiating Reverb" called El Castillo. For those looking to get experimental with their time-based effects, the Hungry Robot El Castillo combines delay, reverb, and pitch-shifting into one fairly compact unit. The pedal is…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot El Castillo Arpeggiating Reverb

Mooer Audio Introduces Three New Micro Preamp Guitar Pedals

Mooer Audio has added another three classic preamp tones to its growing line of micro preamp pedals. These latest additions include the Cali-Dual (011), the Fried Mien (012) and the Matchbox (013). The Cali-Dual is based on a Mesa Dual Rectifier, the Fried Mien recreates the preamp of a Friedman…Click on the title for more

Mooer Audio Introduces Three New Micro Preamp Guitar Pedals

Inside Seymour Duncan’s “Dynamic Expression” pedals; the Silver Lake Reverb

Seymour Duncan brought a new dimension to delay in 2017 with the Andromeda delay, a fully programmable digital workhorse packed with eight types of delay, echo and repeats. What made the Andromeda unique was its use of Dynamic Expression, Seymour Duncan’s proprietary feature that allows the pedal to respond to…Click on the title for more

Inside Seymour Duncan’s “Dynamic Expression” pedals; the Silver Lake Reverb

Fender Santa Ana Overdrive

Here comes the first video of the Fender Santa Ana Overdrive, part of a line of six pedals Fender introduced at NAMM 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF7I9OlhMPU Armed with FET technology, this pedal lets you dial in sounds varying from “just a little hairy” all the way to thick, fully saturated overdrive. The…Click on the title for more

Fender Santa Ana Overdrive

Caroline Rose’s Pedals & Synths

New York City-based songwriter/producer Caroline Rose has reinvented her sound on her sophomore LP Loner. Dawning an ironically sporty aesthetic, Rose delivers poignant tales of loneliness and disillusionment with a cigarette in hand. Contrasting the Americana sensibilities of 2014’s I Will Not Be Afraid, Loner combines elements of 70s punk…Click on the title for more

Caroline Rose’s Pedals & Synths

The Wah Pedal Inductor: The Secret to Your Favorite Wah Tone

Interested in wah pedals? Check out our comprehensive Best Wah Pedals guide. --- The wah pedal has been with us since 1967, and like most effects, it’s undergone changes during its long run. Some of the most tonally significant revisions have involved the wah inductor. Of all the components in…Click on the title for more

The Wah Pedal Inductor: The Secret to Your Favorite Wah Tone

Johnny Wator started Daredevil Pedals in 2012 as a matter of necessity. Wators’ latest creation is the Almighty Bass Fuzz, which made its debut at Winter NAMM 2018. Based on his original design circuit, the Almighty Bass Fuzz delivers biting and thick gain and has tonal options to cover a…Click on the title for more

Boutique Manufacturers Profile: Daredevil Pedals

Casper Skulls’ Guitar Pedals

Casper Skulls latest LP “Mercy Works” showcases a softer sound than their abrasive post-punk influenced beginnings. The record’s overall vibe is reminiscent of the post grunge alt-rock of the ‘90s, with Neil Bednis’ charismatic spoken word providing an original, edgy signature, and Melanie Gail St-Pierre’s soft vocals triggering the tracks’…Click on the title for more

Casper Skulls’ Guitar Pedals

Five Easy Guitar Pedal Hacks You Need to Know

PHOTO: ArtBrom | Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Anyone who owns guitar pedals has dealt with power-supply issues and faulty connections. If you have even a handful of stompboxes and use a pedalboard, locating the source of these problems can be frustrating and time-consuming. Fortunately, there are a few so-called pedal hacks you…Click on the title for more

Five Easy Guitar Pedal Hacks You Need to Know

Lollygagger FX Canaglia Multi-Stage Overdrive

Lollygagger FX is a Michigan-based pedal manufacturer that, at least for now, is entirely committed to one hand-made overdrive design called Canaglia (Italian for "scoundrel"), which they deliver in many differently colored wooden enclosures. All variations look truly beautiful and, according to many, so they sound - here's an in-depth review…Click on the title for more

Lollygagger FX Canaglia Multi-Stage Overdrive

Toronto's noise rock band FRIGS have been rocking our world for the past few weeks. So much so that we decided to put them on the cover of our SXSW 2018 issue of our sister mag The Deli, linked to the recent Austin Stompbox Exhibit. You can read the cover…Click on the title for more

FRIGS’ Pedals

All the boards of the Austin Stompbox Exhibit 2018

Here's a gallery of all the boards that took part in the Austin Stompbox Exhibit 2018! We organized them according to entirely subjective categories. You can see more pictures of this event in our Facebook profile, here. CLASSIC BOARDS Click on the title for more

All the boards of the Austin Stompbox Exhibit 2018