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Laney Black Country Custom Spiral Array Chorus

Few effects beat the sound of a gloriously lush chorus - in particular in stereo - and the Spiral Array, part of the Black Country Customs series of pedals manufactured by UK's builder Laney Amplification, promises exactly that, in three variations. A toggle switch in the center of the pedal…Click on the title for more

Laney Black Country Custom Spiral Array Chorus

Lastgasp Art Laboratories Transroom Stereo Modulated Reverb

The Lastgasp Art Laboratories Transroom is warm stereo reverb with modulation. While most analog reverbs have a spring in it, this one uses BBD devices for both the reverb and the modulation section, and can deliver a range of tones from rich multi-tap chorus to winding vibrato sounds. An Expression…Click on the title for more

Lastgasp Art Laboratories Transroom Stereo Modulated Reverb

Comodoro Pedals Sabon Shimmer/Tremolo Reverb

The Comodoro Pedals Sabon is a rather original take on ambient reverb offering two widely different lush-sounding modes, selectable via the central toggle switch: Shimmer and Tremolo. The reverb's algorithm changes depending on the selected mode, delivering long reverberations in Shimmer and a classic spring-style reverb in Tremolo. The Mist and Rate…Click on the title for more

Comodoro Pedals Sabon Shimmer/Tremolo Reverb

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Demon Pedals is a German manufacturer dedicated, at least for now, to gain pedals. Their popular pedal Ganesha is a versatile, dynamic overdrive that can cover everything from a soft-sounding drive to more aggressive distorted tones. It has a deep tone section that interacts beautifully with the volume pot of…Click on the title for more

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Engl Alpha Drive

The Engl Alpha Drive produces the vintage overdrive of a tube amp and has a rather unique feature: it can be operated with voltages from 6v to 18v, with results from the very to compressed to the incredibly dynamic. The two-way EQ section lets you add and cuts 7.5 dbs…Click on the title for more

Engl Alpha Drive

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb

At NAMM 2019 Dwarfcraft Devices announced two new pedals, unexpectedly hosted in compact cases (the company's latest pedals all defied the current minaturization trend of effects. The Treeverb is a 3-mode reverb that offers deep but intuitive controls. Hall is a traditional, long reverb, with controls for Tone, Pre-delay (Character),and Length.…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Treeverb

Siren Pedals Juneau Blues Breaker-Style Overdrive

Mythology is a recurring theme in boutique guitar pedals, whether referencing satanic figures in stompboxes targeting Metal players or the more benevolent religious characters from ancient Greece. In their pursuit of sonic goodness, Nashville's Siren Pedals has chosen the brighter, latter path, although the singing half women half fish were…Click on the title for more

Siren Pedals Juneau Blues Breaker-Style Overdrive

TC Electronic Ditto+Looper

The Ditto series was a noteworthy success for Danish pedal maker TC Electronic, which presented today a new evolution on the mini format of this looper pedal: Ditto+. The main new feature of this new generation Ditto consists in the Extended Loop Mode, which allows you to put longer overdubs…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Ditto+Looper

Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

The Hermida Audio Zendrive is one of the first Dumble-style pedals and it's still very well regarded. The compressed-but-not-too-squashed tone of a real Dumble is there, as well as the thick overdrive sounds. The company recently released a V2, which features high voltage FET technology that clones the Tung-Sol 12AX7…Click on the title for more

Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

Maxon Apex 808 Overdrive

Developed with Susumu Tamura, the original designer of the 808, the Maxon Apex 808 incorporates a particularly desirable op-amp, that was sourced for this pedal after listening to over 100 vintage units, to mimic the best of the many versions of this legendary stompbox. At low levels, the Apex808 generates…Click on the title for more

Maxon Apex 808 Overdrive

New Pedals: RandalePedale Blossom Filter

Small German builder RandalePedale lately has started churning out some interesting creative pedals with a rather unique angle. The Blossom Filter is a hybrid of autowah and tremolo, with tap tempo, a Peak knob that lets you set the wah's frequency, a Multi(plier) button for shorter LFO cycles and multiple…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: RandalePedale Blossom Filter

Catalinbread Giygas Fuzz

A three transistor fuzz with a mid boost from people who know distortion, the Catalinbread Giygas is super fuzzy and loud, but voiced to avoid muddiness, and engineered to give you options. Check out the videos of the Catalinbread Giygas below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgxtUbhiho4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QucChzB_g40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f0dJw7JwRc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq90VqisIDk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm2f1-6dlDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FseQcqSYe0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWV4gh7AVQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkgB_dRYnvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YkaljeM4TE…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Giygas Fuzz