The Best Octavia Fuzz Pedals in 2021: Clones and Evolutions

Roger Mayer Octavia Rocket Just two knobs like the original (Fuzz and Volume), in a large spaceship-shaped case that will impress sci-fi fans. Roger Mayer Octavia Classic The sound is the same as its rocket sibling, but it features a more compact case, a Tone knob placed between the drive…Click on the title for more

The Best Octavia Fuzz Pedals in 2021: Clones and Evolutions

New Pedal: Frost Giant Electronics Architect of Reality

Texas' Frost Giant Electronics is an emerging pedal builder focused on creating heavy, highly tuneable gain stompboxes, and the Architect of Reality, a dual-channel preamp that allows to blend the two channels, might be their most intriguing release to date. The pedal is modeled after the preamp section of a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Frost Giant Electronics Architect of Reality

Expandora Squared Overdrive/Distortion/Fuzz

The original Expandora pedal was a round, sonically multifaceted dirt box released in the mid-'90s by Japanese builder Bixonic. It's now being reissued and relaunched by a New Jersey-based company that's also offering a "squared" version of it, hosted in a compact orange enclosure. Although the original wasn't particularly successful,…Click on the title for more

Expandora Squared Overdrive/Distortion/Fuzz

New Pedals: Fairfield Circuitry ~900 Fuzz

Canadian builder Fairfield Circuitry released a new 4-knob fuzz pedal that replaces in their roster the now discontinued Four Eyes Fuzz. Based, like its predecessor, on two JFET gain stages, this is an aggressive fuzz with a ton of gain and able to deliver a wide range of sounds through…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Fairfield Circuitry ~900 Fuzz

New Pedals: Walrus Audio Eras 5-Mode High-Gain Distortion

Are you buying this pedal, now? You can support our blog at no expense to you by using our affiliate links with Sweetwater or Perfect Circuit! Dirt box lovers have the inclination to collect dozens of pedals that do the same thing in slightly different ways, whether it's distortion, overdrive,…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Walrus Audio Eras 5-Mode High-Gain Distortion

Fromel Seraph Deluxe Stereo Chorus

You may have gathered by now that here at Delicious Audio we prefer creative pedals over all other pedals. Digging through some old YouTube content we found the Reverb.com video below and were happy to stumble upon the Fromel Seraph Deluxe, a stereo chorus that was missing from our article…Click on the title for more

Fromel Seraph Deluxe Stereo Chorus

Best New Pedal Releases | August 2021

August 2021 is (sadly) over, but it was an exciting month for pedal lovers, thanks to a series of exciting releases both in the gain and non-gain niches! As usual, we organized the new pedals dropped in August in two interactive galleries. Interested in checking out similar lists from previous…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | August 2021

New Pedals: Wrought Iron Effects H-1 Germanium Carrier Rocket Fuzz

Lovers of crazy fuzz pedals may want to pay attention to this classy-looking fuzz by Wrought Iron Effects, named H-1 Germanium Carrier Rocket and inspired by the soviet moon rocket that exploded 100 meters off the launch pad, "causing one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in human history." This,…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Wrought Iron Effects H-1 Germanium Carrier Rocket Fuzz

Win a Hotone Soul Press II!

Building on the strength of a super-popular version I, the Hotone Soul Press II is a multi-mode, tweakable Wah/Volume/Expression pedal featuring two wah modes (Warm and Classic) and a Q knob that adjusts the frequency width of the wah. Today we give the readers the chance to win one of…Click on the title for more

Win a Hotone Soul Press II!

Mod Devices Dwarf Multi-FX + Amp Modeling Workstation

Compact multi-effects pedals can be very useful in complementing any board, and the Mod Devices Dwarf is an interesting recent open-source entry in this niche. The most intriguing feature of this standalone plugin hardware box is that it lets you organize your effects (and routing) in an unlimited number of…Click on the title for more

Mod Devices Dwarf Multi-FX + Amp Modeling Workstation

2021 UPDATE: Best Synth Pedals (Monophonic & Polyphonic) | A Buyer’s Guide

This post was updated on September 16, 2021. See also our article about the Best Pedals for Synths with CV In/Out. Best Synth Pedals with Tracking Oscillators - A Buyer's Guide Synth pedals are among the most misunderstood devices in the stompbox universe. Maybe because they are toys for musicians…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: Best Synth Pedals (Monophonic & Polyphonic) | A Buyer’s Guide

The 7 Best Tube Screamer Clones and Reissues in 2021: a Buyer’s Guide

The Best Selling Overdrive of All Time A few years ago we tried to figure out which were the best selling overdrive pedals on the market by looking at several online music stores' listings organized by "most popular." The answer we got from the data was unequivocal: the Ibanez Tube…Click on the title for more

The 7 Best Tube Screamer Clones and Reissues in 2021: a Buyer’s Guide