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The 9 Best Uni-Vibe Pedals in 2024: a Guide to UniVibe Clones

Welcome to our user's guide to the best Uni-Vibe pedal clones and evolutions. For more realistic Leslie speaker simulations you may also want to take a look at our article about rotary/Leslie pedals, or the one about phaser pedals, an effect derived from the Uni-Vibe. --- --- [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="1"…Click on the title for more

The 9 Best Uni-Vibe Pedals in 2024: a Guide to UniVibe Clones

New Pedal: Farm Pedals The Altar Fuzz

The Farm Pedals The Altar is a limited edition overdrive/fuzz based on a dual-stage hybrid Germanium/Mosfet circuit. There are currently only 50 units available. The peculiar thing about this simple device is that its two knobs have a double function: they both control the circuit's two gain stages, but they…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Farm Pedals The Altar Fuzz

22 of the Best Tone Bender Fuzz Pedals in 2024

Don't miss our super comprehensive guide to the best fuzz pedals of all kinds. --- Best Tone Bender Pedal Evolutions (Extra Features) In the coveted niche of fuzz pedals, the Tone Bender is nothing short of royalty, being one of the most cloned fuzz circuits in history, together with a…Click on the title for more

22 of the Best Tone Bender Fuzz Pedals in 2024

2024 UPDATE: Best Ring Modulator Pedals – Compare Prices + Features

Last Updated: June 14, 2022 Of all the effects for guitar out there, the ring modulator might as well rank among the least popular. Why on earth would you want your guitar to sound like this? The answer, in most cases, is: "because I'm an experimental kind of guy." A…Click on the title for more

2024 UPDATE: Best Ring Modulator Pedals – Compare Prices + Features

New Pedal: Free The Tone Overdriveland

There's a new kid in the block where the Dumbe-style amp-in-a-box pedals live, and you should take it seriously because it's coming from a Japanese builder that has proven its worth over and over: enter the Free The Tone Overdriveland. Designed by veteran engineer Yuki Hayashi, one of the most…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Free The Tone Overdriveland

New Pedal: CGI Brutalist Distortion

God City Instruments is the brainchild of Kurt Ballou, guitarist of yesteryear's metalcore band Converge and producer and owner of a studio in Massachusetts under the same GCI namesake. While the GCI Brutalist is not his debut pedal, it proudly stands as the first creation that has undergone over a decade…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: CGI Brutalist Distortion

Weehbo Genks Modulated Time Device

A modulated delay built by a company best known for their Plexi-style overdrive, the Weehbo Genks Modulated Time Device is a modern, analolg-voiced digital delay with tap tempo, modulation and several other desirable features. Utilizing the ubiquitous PT2399 chip, the Genks can deliver repeats as long as 600 ms, whose…Click on the title for more

Weehbo Genks Modulated Time Device

New Pedal: BLAMMO! Skronk Machine

Portland, Oregon's pedal builder Blammo! enriches its offering of pedals inspired by vintage classics with the Skronk Machine, a modernized version of the Zonk Machine fuzz, known for producing a thick and saturated fuzz tone. Updated with hand-tuned NOS Russian NPN germanium transistors, this pedal sports a no-click footswitch than…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: BLAMMO! Skronk Machine

New at NAMM: Third Man Hardware Donner Triple Threat

Third Man Hardware and Donner have collaborated to make The Triple Threat, an analog multi-effects pedal that features three different effects: distortion, phaser, and echo. It is designed for beginner guitar players who want to experiment with various sounds and styles. The pedal was inspired by Donner’s Alpha series pedals,…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM: Third Man Hardware Donner Triple Threat

New Pedal Releases at NAMM 2024

Here's a recap of all the new pedals released at NAMM 2024, linking mostly to videos we shot at our own video booth, right at the Anaheim convention! A mouseover or first tap on each image will show the name of the pedal; clicking or a second tap will open…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Releases at NAMM 2024

New Pedal: BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground

The (rather wordily named) BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground is a reverb pedal with a wide palette of tones ranging from lush to brash, created with the ambient, experimental guitarist in mind. The controls' names may sound foreign at first, but are not that overworldly: Level:…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: BSRI Soft Rains and the Smell Of The Ground

New Pedals: Kuro Custom Audio 1942 Fuzz + Filter

Hailing from Italy, the Kuro Custom Audio 1942 is a fuzz + envelop filter combo that merges a classic guitar effect (the former) with a supremely synthy one (the latter). Since in this 10-knob pedal, the fuzz is represented by only two knobs (Fuzz and Volume), it's the filter the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Kuro Custom Audio 1942 Fuzz + Filter