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New at the Brooklyn SBE 2019: Adventure Audio Thaw Fuzz

Edgy upstate New York pedal builder Adventure Audio unveiled a new fuzz called Thaw at our 2019 Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, and it sounds monstrous. The Push knob is the fuzz's gain while the Shift toggle switch adds an interesting "octave-y" quality to the tone. We got the expo's official videographer collector//emitter…Click on the title for more

New at the Brooklyn SBE 2019: Adventure Audio Thaw Fuzz

Matthews Effects Cosmonaut V2 Reverb/Delay

Hailing from the frozen landscape of deep space, the Cosmonaut V2 returns to Earth with a revamped interface and retooled algorithms for your space exploration pleasure. Three different algorithms give you a diverse array of spatial effects, from a haunting modulated reverb to a room-filling tape echo with a handful…Click on the title for more

Matthews Effects Cosmonaut V2 Reverb/Delay

OBNE WhiteCap Tremolo

You may have caught the Old Blood Noise Endeavors WhiteCap Asynchronous Dual Tremolo at Summer NAMM 2017, and, if you were wondering if it was ever going to be released, now you got your answer. The effect consists of two tremolo circuits interacting with each other: a three-control analog tremolo…Click on the title for more

OBNE WhiteCap Tremolo

Fuzzrocious Knob Jawn

The Fuzzrocious folks filmed the first video of the Knob Jawn at our 2019 Winter NAMM Stompbox Booth (see bottom demo on this page) and we are happy to see surface the first "non-live" videos of it. According to the builder, the Knob is the only pedal on the market featuring…Click on the title for more

Fuzzrocious Knob Jawn

New Pedal: TWA Mini Morph, Dynamic Waveshaper

At our NAMM 2018 Stompbox Booth, the guys at Totally Wicked Audio (aka TWA), showed us the prototype of an then-upcoming pedal called Mini Morph - see video at the bottom of this post. Almost one year later, the pedal is finally ready for shipping. This is a stripped down…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: TWA Mini Morph, Dynamic Waveshaper

Subdecay Quasar Phase Modulator V.4

Oregon pedal manufacturer Subdecay has been toying around with multi-mode phase pedals for a while, and at NAMM 2018 they have unveiled a new take on it called Quasar, it's the 4th version of it - here are a few demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isFtZKlYHQ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIB26hH-mDw Here's the demo by Living Room Gear…Click on the title for more

Subdecay Quasar Phase Modulator V.4

Thorpy FX – The Fat General Parallel Compressor V2

UK's Thorpy FX is one of the few pedal builders able to instill new life into your "standard" effects, through rigorous circuit design, quality components and hand built assembly, but lately also through shrewd collaborations with legendary designers. Based on the classic OTC-201 optical design, The Fat General Parallel Compressor…Click on the title for more

Thorpy FX – The Fat General Parallel Compressor V2

Matthews FX Architect V3 Foundational Overdrive

V3 of the Matthews FX Architect Foundational Overdrive adds an independent boost circuit to the company's classic circuit, with two diode flavor options: Silicon or Mosfet. These other features are inherited from the previous version: ACTIVE 3 BAND EQ The EQ in the Architect V3 gives you active control over…Click on the title for more

Matthews FX Architect V3 Foundational Overdrive

Mr. Black Mini Vintage Chorus

Mr. Black (aka Portland's circuit designer Jack Deville) has gained a solid reputation for creating no frills great sounding stompboxes. The company's latest release is the Mini Vintage Chorus, a simple three-knob mini-pedal inspired by the early bucket brigade-based choruses like the Boss CE-1, still considered by many among the…Click on the title for more

Mr. Black Mini Vintage Chorus

MXR Carbon Copy Mini Analog Delay

When it was released at the end of the aughts, the MXR Carbon Copy quickly became an industry standard within the Bucket Brigade-style analog delays, so its many fans will be thrilled to have the opportunity to get this classic delay on their board at a fraction of the footprint.…Click on the title for more

MXR Carbon Copy Mini Analog Delay

MidValley FX Secret Weapon

The MidValley FX Secret Weapon is an affordable, hand built in the US heavy gated fuzz capable of delivering tones ranging from heavy industrial fuzz to that dying battery lo-fi thing. Check out the videos below, more info about the pedal at the bottom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9YzvMvpn6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1roD6W9IKs MidValleyFx brand new Secret…Click on the title for more

MidValley FX Secret Weapon

Dr. Z Z-Drive (collaborative pedal with EarthQuaker Devices)

It seems like more and more amp manufacturers are falling into the temptation of building stompboxes, which invariably end up emulating their most popular amp models. Not all manufacturers though happen to have EarthQuaker Devices' Jamie Stillman as a neighborhood... The DR. Z Drive, a collaborative effort involving Stillman, features…Click on the title for more

Dr. Z Z-Drive (collaborative pedal with EarthQuaker Devices)