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Best New Pedal Releases | July 2023

Times are ripe for our monthly recap of the new pedal releases! From the type of releases we had in July 2023, it seems like the chip shortage that affected the pedal realm during and after the COVID-19 pandemic may have finally subsided. After a prolonged time ripe with dirt…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | July 2023

New Pedal: Vaderin Pedals Radio Dirtman Fuzz/Drive

The Vaderin Pedals Radio Dirtman is a hybrid fuzz/drive pedal by a Philly-based company, and, although it's not mentioned in the name, this is a v2 of an existing circuit featuring an expanded Tone control that's more useable, wide-ranging, and sweet-sounding, in particular on the lower end of the frequency…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Vaderin Pedals Radio Dirtman Fuzz/Drive

2023 UPDATE! The Best Ambient-Shoegaze Reverb Pedals

Relevant pages for ambient/shoegazer guitarists are also the Best Reverse Pedals for Shoegaze article and the Modulated Reverb Category. For a more comprehensive article on all types of reverb see our Best Reverb Pedals piece. Updated on Sept. 22, 2023. Once upon a shoe-gazing time, guitarists had few choices when it…Click on the title for more

2023 UPDATE! The Best Ambient-Shoegaze Reverb Pedals

Apollo Approved Steam Roller Fuzz

The Apollo Approved Steam Roller is a two-knob Germanium fuzz pedal that can only be ordered by messaging the Indonesian company via their Instagram page. Sporting the rather expensive OC140 germanium transistor, this is a high-quality pedal with a tone appreciated by the few YouTubers that got to try one,…Click on the title for more

Apollo Approved Steam Roller Fuzz

Best Synth Pedals for Guitar in 2023 (Monophonic & Polyphonic)

In this article, you'll only find synth pedals for guitar that track your signal to trigger oscillators, not pitch-shifting effects or fuzz+filter pedals. You may also want to read our articles about the Best Pedals for Synths with CV In/Out and Best Pedals for Synths that accept Line In. [lwptoc…Click on the title for more

Best Synth Pedals for Guitar in 2023 (Monophonic & Polyphonic)

Mask Audio Electronics & Holy Island Audio STOP! Dual Fuzz

The folks behind Mask Audio Electronics obviously enjoy pedal collabs and STOP!, an octave-up fuzz with a couple of tricks up its sleeve, is the latest pedal-child conceived with UK's Holy Island Audio. The pedal combines two existing circuits, the HIA Abracadaver octave-up fuzz circuit (on the left side) and…Click on the title for more

Mask Audio Electronics & Holy Island Audio STOP! Dual Fuzz

New Pedal: Otis Audio Lifetones Filter + Echo

Hailing from Australia, the Otis Audio Lifetones is a pedal for guitarists with knob-tweaking inclinations seeking inspiration: it's a synth-style resonant filter followed by a modulated delay. The layout is very straightforward with all the knobs you'd expect for each effect: two controls on the top for the filter (Resonance…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Otis Audio Lifetones Filter + Echo

New Pedal: FFX Goldmember Dual Overdrive

The FFX Goldmember is a German-made dual overdrive designed to respect your playing dynamics and provide you with maximum tone flexibility. The company's second dual overdrive, the Gold Member features on the right-hand side a drive that can offer a wide range of tones, from clean boost to pushed drive,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: FFX Goldmember Dual Overdrive

New Pedal: Coppersound Kingpin Overdrive

The Coppersound Kingpin Overdrive is an affordable, one-knob, one-toggle mini overdrive utilizing Germanium diodes and delivering a warm yet bright saturation to your signal, with plenty of volume on tap to facilitate interaction with your amp's input stage. The 3-way Clip toggle offers three levels of clipping, allowing for a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Coppersound Kingpin Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Electronic Audio Experiments Sending V2 Analog Delay

Released in its first version in 2018, the Sending is Boston’s Electronic Audio Experiments' love letter to the Bucket Brigade Device, the chip that makes analog delay possible. Based, just like the original, on a pair of MN3005 reissues, this stompbox was completely redesigned with the goal of extending its…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Electronic Audio Experiments Sending V2 Analog Delay

New Pedal: Kingtone Minifuzz V2

Recently upgraded to V2, the Kingtone Minifuzz is a vintage tone machine that uses the highest quality components and comes with tons of tweakable options so that you can capture any classic fuzz sound you’re looking for. The huge volume control allows you to crank the pedal onstage with your…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Kingtone Minifuzz V2

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Tyrannochorus Fuzz + Chorus

If, at first sight, you thought that the Fuzzrocious Tyrannochorus was a traditional four-knob chorus pedal, welcome to the club. This device is actually a fuzz embedded in a chorus circuit, or, to use the words of the NJ-based builder, a "chorus with gated fuzz in wet loop." That means…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Tyrannochorus Fuzz + Chorus