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Bondi Effects 2026 Compressor Limiter

You may think that Bondi Effects is another Italian manufacturer (we covered a bunch of them as of late), but the name actually originates from an Australian aboriginal word meaning "the sound of waves crashing over rocks." Is that natural sound the precursor of fuzz? Founded in 2013 and run by husband…Click on the title for more

Bondi Effects 2026 Compressor Limiter

Electro-Harmonix SYNTH9 Synthesizer Machine

This press release just came in from Electro-Harmionix, it sounds intriguing... The SYNTH9 Synthesizer Machine transform your guitar sound into classic electronic synthesizers and features nine of the most distinctive vintage synth type sounds: OBX, PROFIT V, VIBE SYNTH, MINI MOOD, EHX MINI, SOLO SYNTH, MOOD BASS, STRING SYNTH and…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix SYNTH9 Synthesizer Machine

TC Electronics Mimiq and Keeley 30ms

Double tracking guitar parts has been a technique used in recording for decades (and also live actually, if there is more than one guitarist) to thicken things up. It can make guitars sound bigger, fuller, wider, and more textured. In the '60s Abbey Road Studio's engineer Ken Thousand came up…Click on the title for more

TC Electronics Mimiq and Keeley 30ms

New Pedals: Jellyfish Electronics Murder By Fuzz (demo)

Fuzz, as an effect, seems to inspire pretty gruesome names, and fuzz lovers, who play musical genres that tend to sublimate violence through heavy hitting music, love that. On the heel of names like Death by Audio and Fuzzrocious, New Hampshire based boutique manufacturer Jellifish Electronics - which offers religiously gain related, original…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Jellyfish Electronics Murder By Fuzz (demo)

Catalinbread Formula No. 55 Overdrive – Demo from Tone Report

Fresh video of the Catalinbread Formula 55 from Pro Guitar Shop, certainly one of the distortion pedals that made ear turns at the latest NAMM show. It's part of the Portland based manufacturer's Foundation Overdrive series emulating classic tube amp circuits. The 55 is presented as a "next-generation 5E3 Tweed Deluxe…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Formula No. 55 Overdrive – Demo from Tone Report

The EHX Blurst is the Best Looking Pedal of NAMM 2017

I had a friend in high school who would just buy some records (from the equivalent of the $1 bin) for their covers. Even though I've never done anything like that, this idea has been slowly growing on me: beautiful art makes things more desirable and therefore more valuable. In this regard,…Click on the title for more

The EHX Blurst is the Best Looking Pedal of NAMM 2017

Next Level Mini Pedals? One Control BJF Series

Since their introduction a few years ago, mini effect pedals have been the delight of the cheapo guitarists and the curse of boutique maniacs. But as it always happens, innovation's constant improvement allows to pack more and more quality in ever smaller packages, and it feels like we have reached…Click on the title for more

Next Level Mini Pedals? One Control BJF Series

Alexander Sky Fi Reverb/Delay

Some guitarists (the ones into shoegazer in particular) can be very attached to their digital reverb rack units from the '80s (Alesis ruled at the time), even though they have become obsolete and as ridiculed for their size as the primitive cellphones from that same decade. But sometimes you just need THAT sound,…Click on the title for more

Alexander Sky Fi Reverb/Delay

Doom Metal Band, King Woman, Talks about Guitar and Bass Pedals

If the ground were to one day crack open, and the sounds of Tartarus began to seep out of the earth, I'd like to imagine the hellish cacophony would sound a bit like King Woman. The San Francisco-based four-piece crafts the sort of doom metal that seems to herald the…Click on the title for more

Doom Metal Band, King Woman, Talks about Guitar and Bass Pedals

New Cab Simulator Pedals at NAMM 2017: Neunaber, Atomic Amp, DigiTech

Cab simulators in the shape of a stompbox aren't exactly among the most widespread products in the pedal effect realm, but at NAMM 2017 three different companies unveiled such units, adopting three completely different approaches, so we guess there must be a sudden need for them out there! Clicking on the images…Click on the title for more

New Cab Simulator Pedals at NAMM 2017: Neunaber, Atomic Amp, DigiTech

Best of NAMM 2017: Chase Bliss Audio’s Brothers Analog Gain Stage Pedal

With regular sized pedals featuring incredibly deep functionality (but still holding on to - as they like to say - an "analog heart"), in just a few years Chase Bliss Audio (established in 2013) has been able to create a new standard for the beloved stompbox format. At the NAMM 2017 show,…Click on the title for more

Best of NAMM 2017: Chase Bliss Audio’s Brothers Analog Gain Stage Pedal

Best of NAMM 2017: EQD Space Spiral Modulated Delay

The first videos of the new EQD Space Spiral modulated delay are trickling in, and we thought you wouldn't want to miss this one! Always a pleasure to look at the demo videos shot by the guys at Knobs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJB7A48A3-0Click on the title for more

Best of NAMM 2017: EQD Space Spiral Modulated Delay