New Pedals: Flamma FC02 Mini Reverb

Flamma is an up-and-coming builder from China that has released some interesting multi-mode pedals in 2020 and it's now focused on the mini-format market, with a new series of stompboxes as affordable as $39. The Flamma FC02 is their new Mini Reverb pedal, featuring three modes (Studio, Church and Plate)…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Flamma FC02 Mini Reverb

New Pedal: TC Electronic Magus Pro High Gain Distortion

After the acquisition by Behringer's Music Group, Danish pedal builder TC Electronic has been slowly changing its focus from high-end, highly creative stompboxes to super-affordable, bread and butter releases, for the despair of the company's old fans and the joy of a wider demographic of guitar players. The new Magus…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: TC Electronic Magus Pro High Gain Distortion

New Pedal: GFI Orca Stereo Delay

GFI System is an Indonesian builder that has been gaining momentum in the guitar pedal world thanks to innovative hybrid digital effects like the Synesthesia and the Specular Tempus. The Orba is a studio-quality, streamlined, multi-mode, stereo digital delay that replaces the Clockwork Delay in their line. It features four…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: GFI Orca Stereo Delay

New Pedal: GFI Skylar Stereo Reverb

GFI System is an Indonesian manufacturer that has been gaining traction in the pedalsphere thanks to forward-thinking hybrid digital effects like the Synesthesia and the Specular Tempus. The Skylar is a studio-quality, streamlined, multi-mode, stereo digital reverb that replaces the Specular Reverb in their line. It features four of its…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: GFI Skylar Stereo Reverb

New Pedal: Colombo Audio Eruption Plexi Overdrive/Distortion

The death of Eddie Van Halen in October of 2020 has spurred a series of guitar gear releases dedicated to the influential musician. Italian Colombo Audio Electronics' way to pay tribute to the legend was to design a Plexi-style pedal inspired by the guitar tone in the first six Van…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Colombo Audio Eruption Plexi Overdrive/Distortion

The Pedal Movie Exclusive: JHS Morning Glory Throwback (LTD Edition)

Reverb.com and JHS Pedals just announced a limited edition version of the Bluesbreaker-inspired JHS Morning Glory Overdrive (you can buy it here), a pedal so dear to Josh H. Scott that he dedicated an entire episode of the company's YouTube show to it (streaming below). The release is linked to…Click on the title for more

The Pedal Movie Exclusive: JHS Morning Glory Throwback (LTD Edition)

New Pedals: Atomic Ampli-Firebox Mark II Amp & Cab Simulator

With the Ampli-Firebox, the New Jersey-based folks at Atomic and Studio Devil were the first ones to release a high-end amp and cab modeler in stompbox format - followed suit by a series of bigger names in the pedal world. The new Mark II improves on the original device, which…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Atomic Ampli-Firebox Mark II Amp & Cab Simulator

2021 UPDATE: Best Delay+Reverb Pedal Combos – Stereo, Mono, Dual

Updated on 05/05/2021 Check out also our in-depth article about the Best Delay Pedals and the Best Reverb Pedals. A Guide to Delay+Reverb Pedal Combos Echo (aka delay) and Reverb are often grouped as part of the same family of sound effects, and for good reason: reverb is nothing more…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: Best Delay+Reverb Pedal Combos – Stereo, Mono, Dual

CeriaTone Horse Breaker Dual Overdrive

Ceriatone makes one of the best-regarded Klon Centaur clones (the Centura), and the Horse Breaker marries that same circuit with a Marshall Bluesbreaker clone, for a dual overdrive match made in heaven. The two circuits have their own footswitches and can be played separately or together (a toggle switch allows…Click on the title for more

CeriaTone Horse Breaker Dual Overdrive

Best New Pedals | April 2021 Edition

At the beginning of each month we look back at the best releases of the previous 30-day period with the publication of a "Best New Pedals" article - welcome to the April edition! You can see the March 2021 piece here. The fourth month of 2021 wasn't particularly prolific as…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals | April 2021 Edition

Coming Up: BOSS HM-2w Waza Craft Distortion

BOSS recently announced a Waza Craft version of their classic Heavy Metal HM-2, which has been discontinued in 1991. Metal guru Ola Englund received a prototype and made a demo of it. The new version has a better noise floor and +3db volume, and also adds a new mode (Custom…Click on the title for more

Coming Up: BOSS HM-2w Waza Craft Distortion

New Pedal: BLAMMO! Electronics Voltage Booster

Portland's Blammo! Electronics builds hand-made guitar pedals often inspired by classic vintage circuits. Their brand new Voltage Booster is their take on the Colorsound Power Boost, one of the first overdrive circuits ever made back in the late '60s. The Voltage Booster is built around the original BC184L transistors and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: BLAMMO! Electronics Voltage Booster