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Orion Effekte Kafka Reverb

Cool new reverb pedal with a cool new name by German manufacturer Orion Effekte. It's the Kafka, a reverb designed to generate dark premonition and "unfathomable feelings" - we are in! One cool feature about this effect is an effects loop that allows you to access the reverb signal only, so…Click on the title for more

Orion Effekte Kafka Reverb

Vertex Effects Dynamic Distortion

Here's a video by German Dude about the new Vertex Effects Dynamic Distortion. The Dynamic Distortion is a sonic hybrid of the two most iconic distortion pedals in Rock 'n Roll history, the Germanium Fuzz of the 60's and the TS Overdrive of the '80s. This combo provides unmatched touch…Click on the title for more

Vertex Effects Dynamic Distortion

BLAMMO! Electronics Tomb Sender Ge Fuzz

A modern take of the venerable Tone Bender MkIII, the BLAMMO! Electronics Tomb Sender is a Germanium fuzz with an extra gain stage for more output and a beefed-up EQ section. The toggle switch in the middle of the pedal operates a simple noise gate that removes the background noise/muck between…Click on the title for more

BLAMMO! Electronics Tomb Sender Ge Fuzz

Idiotbox Effects Mad Doctor Deluxe Tremolo

The Idiotbox Effects Mad Doctor Deluxe is a tremolo pedal with 8 LFO modes, including some "out there" ones that borderline on glitchy/stutter: ramp up, ramp down, square pulse, triangle, sine, sweep, random levels and random slope. This pedal can create some interesting textures, and it's Tap-Tempo enabled. Check out…Click on the title for more

Idiotbox Effects Mad Doctor Deluxe Tremolo

New Pedals: One Control Butter Yellow Auto Quack

Autowah pedals are deceivingly simple devices: a lot of care is required not only in the design of the filter (it's all in the tone!) but also in the way the envelope interacts with the player's dynamics. Japanese pedal builder One Control has developed a very solid reputation through their…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: One Control Butter Yellow Auto Quack

Pecan Audio Edera Stereo Distortion

Stereo is slowly but surely becoming the standard in the stompbox realm, and even though, for obvious reason, this trend began with time-based and modulation effects, it's now expanding to dirt boxes - coincidentally, we blogged earlier this week about the first stereo pedal guitar amp. One of the big…Click on the title for more

Pecan Audio Edera Stereo Distortion

Greenchild Amplification Klazo Drive

Greenchild Amplification's most recent design is the Klazo Drive, an overdrive featuring a unique design based on "current driven transconductance amplifier topology with floating diodes" that deliver musical clipping across the entire frequency spectrum. Check out the videos below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5kN46YUpH4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOt1NxeKJ9o Our Klazo Drive is a smooth sounding overdrive designed…Click on the title for more

Greenchild Amplification Klazo Drive

New Pedals: Anarchy Audio Aftermath Modulation Obliterator

While reverb and delay pedals have been the favorite effects of creative guitarists since the psychedelic '60s, the trend of creative modulation pedals is rather new. Australian pedal builder Anarchy Audio just released their take on this effect niche, and - as one may expect from their name - it's…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Anarchy Audio Aftermath Modulation Obliterator

Tsakalis Audioworks Molecular Boost / Preamp

The new Tsakalis Audioworks Molecular Boost is a highly configurable Boost and Buffer that can also act as a Volume pedal if connected to an Expression device. Four DIP switches on the side panel let you transform it into a frequency booster (depending on the configuration of the first two…Click on the title for more

Tsakalis Audioworks Molecular Boost / Preamp

Win a Walrus Audio Julianna + an awesome T-Shirt!

Hoards of guitarists fell in love with Julia, the remarkable chorus pedal released by Walrus Audio in 2016: so remarkable that it became one of the most sought-after choruses in the boutique pedal market. Earlier this year the company unveiled Julia's Stereo sister, Julianna, which also sports a secondary LFO…Click on the title for more

Win a Walrus Audio Julianna + an awesome T-Shirt!

McGregor Pedals Crunch Plus Overdrive

Vancouver's McGregor Pedals recently unveiled an "upscale" version of their Crunch Transparent Overdrive, the Crunch Plus. This circuit adds a third gain stage and a second clipping stage to the original circuit, giving you the transparent tones of its cousin a low gain but taking things to a new level…Click on the title for more

McGregor Pedals Crunch Plus Overdrive

Jetter Pedal X Overdrive

Based in Marietta, Georgia, Jetter Gear is a pedal manufacturer exclusively dedicated to dirt boxes - and increasingly focused on overdrives - that makes an effort to "keep as much of the build process in-house or closely under our direct control." Their circuit boards are designed and manufactured in the…Click on the title for more

Jetter Pedal X Overdrive