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New Pedals: Seymour Duncan Vise Grip

The latest offering from Santa Barbara, CA pickup and pedal manufacturer Seymour Duncan is a highly versatile compression pedal designed to allow players to take an active role in sculpting their compressed tone. Its name is Vise Grip. This pedal comes with all the basic functionality you would expect in…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Seymour Duncan Vise Grip

New Pedals: EQD’s Fuzz Master General

EarthQuaker Devices unveiled four new pedals at NAMM 2015, two of which are re-issues of classics now in a smaller format (which is definitely a trend appreciated by musicians when pedal board real estate is a necessity). The first of these re-packaged re-issues, the Hummingbird tremolo, is one to desire…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: EQD’s Fuzz Master General

New Pedals: JHS Twin Twelve

The Slivertone "Twin Twelve" 1484 is a classic sleeper amp. Manufactured by Sears in the 60s, the amp packs a ton of sound in a somewhat rickety plywood cabinet. Because of the poor build quality, and a tinny and temperamental reverb circuit, the amp has classically never been as popular…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: JHS Twin Twelve

Wampler Plexi Drive Deluxe

Another pedal that caught our attention at NAMM 2015 was Wampler's new Plexi Drive Deluxe, which will be released on February 27, 2014. We at Delicious Audio are huge fans of the Plexi era of Marshall amps, but the truth is, they're massive and hard to find - and hard…Click on the title for more

Wampler Plexi Drive Deluxe

NAMM pedal news: Empress Stereo Buffer+

This year's NAMM has brought us some new gadgets we want to get our paws on. Here's one that stood out from the crowd- the Empress Effects' Stereo Buffer Plus. As the name implies, it's a double buffer unit in one box, set up for stereo, and probably the ultimate…Click on the title for more

NAMM pedal news: Empress Stereo Buffer+

NAMM news: Walrus Audio’s Luminary, Vanguard and Bellwether

Edgy engineering and thinking outside the (stomp) box are two of the qualities that allowed Walrus Audio to become one of the most buzz-worthy (and best selling) emerging manufacturers of the 10's (by the way, why does it sound so weird to say that, "the 10's"?). At NAMM 2015 these…Click on the title for more

NAMM news: Walrus Audio’s Luminary, Vanguard and Bellwether

NAMM pedal news: ZVex BOMB POP, Woolly Mammoth, Midi Light Show

We saw many, many, many, waaay too many interesting things at NAMM this year, but what really fired our imagination was ZVex's midi triggered light show system - which also includes stompboxes of course - although we haven't yet figured out yet what those pedals do exactly... what's for sure,…Click on the title for more

NAMM pedal news: ZVex BOMB POP, Woolly Mammoth, Midi Light Show

New Pedals: Visual Sound V3 Route 66 American Overdrive + Compressor

Almost every guitarist is familiar with Tennessee pedal manufacturer Visual Sound's popular pedal power line, the OneSpot, but the company is first and foremost an effects shop with an emphasis on reliability. Before we get to the company's latest offering, the V3 Route 66 American Overdrive, it bears mentioning that…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Visual Sound V3 Route 66 American Overdrive + Compressor

A look at Red Panda Lab’s Bitmap – a bitcrusher pedal

Remember when all recording engineers and pro audio magazines were saying that digital recordings sound awful? Well, we guess that was so long ago that people are starting to actually miss that sound... In fact, while many musicians strive for tone perfection, in the last few years a new, "contrarian,"…Click on the title for more

A look at Red Panda Lab’s Bitmap – a bitcrusher pedal

Pedal Tricks: The Shimmer Effect

"Shimmer" is a word that has become somewhat trendy in the stompbox realm, with many new stompboxes claiming to be able to reproduce the "shimmering effect." This effect, made famous by U2's The Edge, creates an ethereal string-like reverb under your guitar's regular signal and it's actually something that can…Click on the title for more

Pedal Tricks: The Shimmer Effect

New Pedals: Keeley GC-2 Limiting Amplifier

Keeley's compression pedals have an incredible reputation, so the release of a new "Limiting Amplifier" (called GC-2) is certainly an event that should get many guitarists interested. This hand built stompbox sports a black case with elegantly minimal white and red signs, and delivers studio quality compression - which basically is…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Keeley GC-2 Limiting Amplifier

Pedal Reviews: Amzel Electronics’ Cheshire Cat Tone Evaporator

Now here’s a clever pedal that was a blast to demo. Frankly, the Amzel Cheshire Cat Tone Evaporator is just a great idea in terms of a new way to think about distortion. To visualize how this pedal works, start off by imagining a traditional sound wave as a starting…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: Amzel Electronics’ Cheshire Cat Tone Evaporator