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New Pedal: Cunningham Amps Zonk MKI Pedalboard Edition

Hailing from New Zealand, the Cunningham Amplification Zonk MK1 is a high quality stompbox paying homage to two legendary fuzzes from the mid-60s: the ultra-rare Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine and the Sola Sound MK1 Tone Bender. This pedalboard edition is hosted in a much smaller case than the original trapezoid…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Cunningham Amps Zonk MKI Pedalboard Edition

How to Set Up Guitar Pedals with Synths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoTikttL5do This article and its corresponding YouTube video (shot by Liam Killen) are the first of a 10-episode series focused on the best pedals for synths. In this inaugural segment, we decided to provide comprehensive guidance on the optimal and most effective method for integrating FX pedals with your synth…Click on the title for more

How to Set Up Guitar Pedals with Synths

The 3 Best Delay Pedals per Type, in 2023

This page provides in-depth advice to musicians who are researching the best delay pedals for their needs, through an approach a little more involved than a top 10 list. "Why not a simple top 10?" - you may ask. Because delays are not all created equal. There are hundreds, if…Click on the title for more

The 3 Best Delay Pedals per Type, in 2023

MTL KnobSession 2024: Jeu concours | Giveaway! (Canada Residents Only)

Pour célébrer le prochain Knob Session (c'est gratuit, RSVP ici !), le nouveau salon de pédales, synthés et instruments modulaires de Montréal, nous nous sommes associés au distributeur canadien SFM pour offrir aux amateurs de pédales d'effets des cadeaux d'une valeur de plus de 1 200 $ ! Liste des…Click on the title for more

MTL KnobSession 2024: Jeu concours | Giveaway! (Canada Residents Only)

Land Devices HP-2 Harmonic Percolator

Here's a pedal clone for Steve Albini fans! It's the Land Devices HP-2 Harmonic Percolator, a fuzz powered by Germanium diode clipping and hand-built in Oakland, CA. The left knob controls harmonics, the right one controls the output, and the switch on the right lets you choose between the stock…Click on the title for more

Land Devices HP-2 Harmonic Percolator

Old Blood Noise Excess V2 Distortion + Modulation

The Old Blood Noise Excess V2 updates the '80s-flavored (pink) modulated distortion pedal by the Oklahoma company with a case that's 1/2 the size of the original unit and updated features, including a selectable harmonized fifth mode (which was there but "hidden" in V1) in the modulation channel. This is a…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Excess V2 Distortion + Modulation

The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type in 2023

Welcome to the most comprehensive article you'll find online about the best overdrive pedals on the market! Since "overdrive" is an umbrella term that includes several types of circuits with their own sonic character, we thought it would be best way to organize this guide by type - because comparing…Click on the title for more

The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type in 2023

Best New Pedals 2023 | April Edition

April 2023 was a rather exciting month for pedal releases, if anything due to the unusual timing of the NAMM show, which still triggers a noteworthy amount of product announcements. Speaking of NAMM, we had our usual, huge shared pedal booth at this year's show, and our YouTuber friend Devon…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals 2023 | April Edition

Defects FX Dirty Filter

The Defects FX Dirty Filter is a very tweakable, limited edition resonant fuzz + filter (in that order) hailing from Prague, where it's lovingly hand-built. Each effect has its separate footswitch, but the filter gets the lion's share of the controls, with knobs for Frequency, Filter Type (bypass, low-pass and…Click on the title for more

Defects FX Dirty Filter

Benson Germanium Boost

Out-of-the-box thinking can lead to more than one ideas or discoveries. Chris at Benson Amps stumbled upon the circuit for the new Germanium Boost while working on his temperature-controlled Face Fuzz clone, also Germanium-based. Both pedals deliver uniquely consistent performance thanks to different ways to address the same issue: the…Click on the title for more

Benson Germanium Boost

The 3 Best Reverb Pedals, By Type in 2023

If you are looking for a thorough guide to the best reverb pedals, you've come to the right place. We organized this article in a way that should help you figure out what kind of reverb pedal you need, guiding you through the variety of stompboxes on offer and their…Click on the title for more

The 3 Best Reverb Pedals, By Type in 2023

Win a Bunch of Pedals with the London Stompbox Exhibit! [ENDED]

To celebrate the launch of the (free!) London Synth & Pedal Expo, this week we have a ROYAL pedal giveaway reserved to our UK readers! This is just the first one of two bundled giveaways involving some of the companies participating in our upcoming event. Here's the list of goods…Click on the title for more

Win a Bunch of Pedals with the London Stompbox Exhibit! [ENDED]