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Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

Videographer extraordinaire Knobs just posted this video of an upcoming pedal by Canadian builder Empress Effects, which looks like something entirely new and exciting - so exciting we are giving it the freshly made up tag "Game Changer Alert"! The name of the device is Zoia, and it could be…Click on the title for more

Game Changer Alert! Empress Effects’ Zoia Synth-Style Multi_Effect

Pigtronix Ringmaster Ring Modulator

After driving the incredibly successful revival of the Supro amps, it looks like the guys at Pigtronix are refocusing their attention on their first love: guitar pedals. In advance of NAMM they announced the Pigtronix Ringmaster Analog Multiplier, an "intelligent" ring modulator effect that can sync to your notes frequencies to avoid the…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Ringmaster Ring Modulator

Amptweaker announces CurveballTM Jr EQ

It looks like Cumming, GA pedal builder Amptweaker will have a busy NAMM show this year. The company just announced the release of the CurveballTM Jr EQ, a three way EQ with boost featuring three options for Mid (US, UK and Trash) and also the company's popular boost circuit from their Tight…Click on the title for more

Amptweaker announces CurveballTM Jr EQ

New Monster Looper by EHX: the 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory

Going against all trends, that see looping pedals getting smaller and smaller and with fewer footswitches, Electro-Harmonix has just unveiled a monster looper called 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory. It's a 6-track looping station which functions almost as mini on-the-fly studio. Each track features an individual volume slider and panning knob for…Click on the title for more

New Monster Looper by EHX: the 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory

Best “Non-Clone” Overdrive/Distortion Pedals of 2017 according to In The Blues

After compiling and publishing the list of the Best Selling Overdrives of 2017, which features almost exclusively units built by established companies, we were looking for an online "Best Of Lists" featuring mostly smaller manufacturers. This video by Australian videographers In The Blues not only fit our criteria, but it exceeded it:…Click on the title for more

Best “Non-Clone” Overdrive/Distortion Pedals of 2017 according to In The Blues

Meris Pedals: An Inspired Approach to Stompboxes

The world of pedal manufacturing is ripe for trailblazers. You can count Meris among them. The company makes a small but versatile range of pro-audio-quality stompboxes that offer a fresh and invigorating rethinking of what can be done with reverb, delay and circuits derived from synthesizers. That sort of approach…Click on the title for more

Meris Pedals: An Inspired Approach to Stompboxes

Stuyedeyed talk about Guitar Pedals

Stuyedeyed is an alternative worldview presented through noisy and loud psych-rock, led by Nelson Antonio Espinal's exuberant blues-inflected vocals. Their music is grounded in the punk DIY scene and the NYC garage tradition, and their personal revolt against the disingenuous and the gentrified shines through with each howl of rage. With fuzzy layers…Click on the title for more

Stuyedeyed talk about Guitar Pedals

EHX Big Muff: Op-Amp vs. Original Transistor Muffs

The Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi pedals from the 1977–78 period can command big bucks. Compared to other models of the fuzz box, they weren’t made for a long time, so there are comparatively fewer units around. What makes them different from their sibling Big Muffs is the method by which they…Click on the title for more

EHX Big Muff: Op-Amp vs. Original Transistor Muffs

Hologram Infinite Jets Review

The Infinite Jets is a second YUGE hit for Nashville's Hologram Electronic, after the undeniable success of their first pedal, the Dream Sequence. It actually seems like this new device was even better received than the previous one, appearing in several "Best of 2017" pedal list. Our friends at digital…Click on the title for more

Hologram Infinite Jets Review

RAT Launches “RAT Tail” FX Cable at Winter NAMM 2018

The prototype “RAT-in-a-Jack” cable that blew everyone’s mind at Summer NAMM 2017 is becoming a reality. Dubbed RAT Tail, the cable features built-in distortion circuitry that employs the same clipping diodes used in vintage RAT distortion pedals. It offers two flavors—distortion overdrive with unity gain, and distortion overdrive with 3dB…Click on the title for more

RAT Launches “RAT Tail” FX Cable at Winter NAMM 2018

Gingerlys’ favorite guitar pedals

Describing themselves as "pure ear candy," Gingerlys provide catchy and hazy dream pop tunes. The female-fronted, five-piece indie pop band began when guitarist Matt Richards started sharing acoustic demos of his pop songs with his fellow bandmates in his Valley Stream, New York basement. We asked the band's lead guitarist…Click on the title for more

Gingerlys’ favorite guitar pedals

Does the Type of Battery You Use Affect Your Pedal’s Sound?

Blame it on Eric Johnson, the multigenre American guitarist known for being OCD when it comes to his tone. Years ago, Johnson inadvertently gave rise to the suggestion that the type of battery used to power a pedal can make a difference in its sound. To be clear, what he…Click on the title for more

Does the Type of Battery You Use Affect Your Pedal’s Sound?