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How to Set Up Guitar Pedals with Synths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoTikttL5do This article and its corresponding YouTube video (shot by Liam Killen) are the first of a 10-episode series focused on the best pedals for synths. In this inaugural segment, we decided to provide comprehensive guidance on the optimal and most effective method for integrating FX pedals with your synth…Click on the title for more

How to Set Up Guitar Pedals with Synths

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Oceans 3-Verb

The smallest sibling of the Oceans family of multi-mode reverbs, the Electro-Harmonix Pico Oceans 3-Verb is a mini pedal offering the three most popular algorithms found on those pedal (Spring, Plate and Hall) at a low price point. Everything is pretty straighforward here, with controls for Blend, Time (i.e. decay),…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Oceans 3-Verb

Schu-Tone Luna Obscura Multi-FX

If you're seeking a convenient pedalboard solution or have an affinity for the iconic sounds of Dark Side of the Moon, you may want to consider the Schu-Tone Luna Obscura. This device consolidates a complete pedalboard into a single, 4-footswitch pedal inspired by David Gilmour's setup during the Dark Side…Click on the title for more

Schu-Tone Luna Obscura Multi-FX

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Triboro Bridge

These days it really feels like we write something along the lines of "a pedal that can deliver anything from overdrive to distortion to fuzz" on a daily basis. However, with the Electro-Harmonix Pico Triboro Bridge, we believe it's first time we write those words for a mini pedal. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Triboro Bridge

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth

The many punk-leaning guitarists among our readers might have found a stompbox that suits their nihilistic tendencies. Enter the Tone For Punk (name of the company) Trebled Youth (name of the pedal), a tweakable dirt box that can deliver anything from mildly dirty tones to the uncompromising fuzz that's at…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun Tape Delay

Part of the growing family of the Pico series, the Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun is a tape-style echo in mini format delivering delay from 8ms to 3s. It doesn't only emulate the warmth of the vintage tape delays of yesteryear, but also the saturation those units' preamp imparted to the tone,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Rerun Tape Delay

All-Pedal Microdose Phaser

Following on the success of their filter pedal Macrodose, the folks at All-Pedal just released a similar looking, equally deep, and rigorously hand-made phaser circuit called Microdose, designed in collaboration with Spaceman Effects. The approach here is to offer every possible phaser sound via its 3 stages modes (2, 4…Click on the title for more

All-Pedal Microdose Phaser

New Pedals: 7 Electro-Harmonix NYC DSP Pico Pedals

Today Electro-Harmonix in all likelihood broke their record for number of pedals released on the same day, unveiling seven new, DSP-powered stompboxes under the Pico Platform series of mini pedals, debuted earlier in 2023 with the Pico POG and the Pico Platform. With a price range varying between $119 and…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: 7 Electro-Harmonix NYC DSP Pico Pedals

29 Pedal JFET Boost

Boost pedals are a necessary, if not wildly exciting, necessity for pretty much any electric guitar player. The 29 Pedal JFET is presented as a reimagining of the most humble of stompboxes, by a company that has proven uber-competent in the realms of tone-preservation and enhancement. The JFET's circuit gives…Click on the title for more

29 Pedal JFET Boost

Win 3 Pedals via the BK Synth & Pedal Expo! [ENDED]

Well, yes gorgeous stomping creatures, we've got a (first) uber-radical pedal giveaway for y'all, linked to our upcoming Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo (it's free, yo! You just need to RSVP!) Up for grabs we have these noteworthy effect-producing devices: DryBell Module 4 Compressor Empress Effects ParaEq MKII Deluxe…Click on the title for more

Win 3 Pedals via the BK Synth & Pedal Expo! [ENDED]

New Pedal: Glowfly Pixel Dust 8-bit Looper/Stutter

Built in the UK by a company true to its name for the colorful nature of its products, the Glowfly Pixel Dust is an intriguingly creative device with the potential to inspire guitarists that aren't afraid to flirt with sonic weirdness. The Pixel Dust has two modes: (triple) Looper and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Glowfly Pixel Dust 8-bit Looper/Stutter

Updated Pedal: Summer School Electronics Gladys V2

The Summer School Electronics Gladys V2 is an enhanced iteration of the Syracuse, NY-based company's Gladys Low/Mid Gain Overdrive pedal. The new circuit offers increased headroom and a higher gain range, coupled with a 2-band active EQ and silent switching functionality, expanding its tonal palette and adaptability to a variety…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Summer School Electronics Gladys V2