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New Pedals: Joe Gore’s Cult Germanium Channel Boost

Accomplished guitarist and National Music Journalism Award winner Joe Gore has designed a line of pedals available via Vintage King, offering his take on a series of gain related circuits ranging from classic to quirky. A throwback to the vintage days of the 1960’s, the Cult Germanium Channel is a dynamic and exciting…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Joe Gore’s Cult Germanium Channel Boost

Digitech unveils the Whammy Ricochet

DigiTech today announced the Whammy Ricochet, a pedal that takes the popular Whammy pitch shifting effect and places it in a box with a small form factor. Instead of using a foot treadle to manipulate pitch bending rate, such as those found on traditional DigiTech Whammy pedals, the Whammy Ricochet bends…Click on the title for more

Digitech unveils the Whammy Ricochet

Featured pedals: Severe by Tone Freak Effects

Founded in 2007 by Los Angeles based engineer Dereck Tabata, Tone Freak Effects has built a reputation for stompboxes familiar in design, with a few special tweaks for added versatility. We were intrigued by one of their older models, called Severe, a meaty medium-to-severely-high gain pedal with tones reminiscent of some of the most notorious…Click on the title for more

Featured pedals: Severe by Tone Freak Effects

Cog Effects’ T-16 Analog Octave Pedal

UK manufacturer Cog Effects designs great analog pedals for guitarists and bassists, and one of their newest offerings is a take on the classic octave effect. While many newer octave pedals rely on digital processes to achieve their sound, the idea behind the T-16 goes back to the original intentions…Click on the title for more

Cog Effects’ T-16 Analog Octave Pedal

Featured pedal: Dirty Boy Shifty

The California based stompbox manufacturer Dirty Boy Pedals bring an interesting back story to the boutique pedal game. The company was founded by Alex Saraceno - the father of session ace and former Poison guitarist, Blues Saraceno. Dirty Boy aims to create only high end handmade pedals for the most…Click on the title for more

Featured pedal: Dirty Boy Shifty

New Pedals: Orange Amps Two Stroke

Highly regarded British amplifier manufacturer Orange Amplification has recently stepped into the guitar pedal arena, and they are bringing their trademark innovation to the stompbox world. One of their first offerings comes in the form of a clean boost/equalizer appropriately dubbed the Two Stroke, capable of up to 12dB of crystal…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Orange Amps Two Stroke

New Pedals: VHT Melo-Verb Tremolo + Reverb

Some of the most classic amplifiers in history featured on-board reverb and tremolo effects, which, due to their great design and build quality, sounded spectacular. VHT Amplification came out with a guitar pedal that takes these two classic vintage effects and brings them into the modern era. Dubbed the Melo-Verb, this new…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: VHT Melo-Verb Tremolo + Reverb

Wicked pedals seen at NAMM: Industrialectric 4046-M

Another company further pushing the limits of what guitar pedals are capable of is Industrialectric, out of Toronto. They have created a unit so bizarre that it must be checked out first hand in order to fully grasp everything that it is capable of. Appropriately titled, their latest pedal 4046-M is essentially…Click on the title for more

Wicked pedals seen at NAMM: Industrialectric 4046-M

Cool DIY Synth Pedal: Parasit Studio’s Into the Unknown

Swedish manufacturer Parasit Studios has created a stellar guitar synthesizer effect in a rather pedalboard-friendly size by the name of ‘Into the Unknown’. Sporting quite a few control parameters, the pedal can do everything from flanger-like modulation, theremin sounds, octave up and down, filter sweeps, and more. Featuring 11+ control…Click on the title for more

Cool DIY Synth Pedal: Parasit Studio’s Into the Unknown

Chase Bliss Audio Tonal Recall

For the uninitiated, Chase Bliss Audio is what our friends at The Deli Mag would call a manufacturer "with buzz." Started by Joel Korte in 2013, the company's first products were born from an intense period of inspiration, which allowed the pedal designer to quickly develop a name for himself, in particular thanks to truly insane…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio Tonal Recall

New Pedals at NAMM: Malekko Sneak Attack Compressor with Tap Tempo

Another very cool new pedal that was announced at NAMM ’16 is the Malekko Sneak Attack. A unique take on compression, at its core the Sneak Attack is a very warm-sounding VCA analog compressor that can be used in some inspiring ways, not just completely on or off. While it…Click on the title for more

New Pedals at NAMM: Malekko Sneak Attack Compressor with Tap Tempo

Neunaber IMMERSE Reverberator

Relative newcomers to the guitar pedal manufacturing world, Neunaber Audio Effects out of Santa Ana, CA has already built a reputation for innovative stompbox digital designs. At NAMM 2016 they have introduced a very interesting stereo reverb stompbox design called the Immerse Reverberator. This pedal features 8 reverb modes, with…Click on the title for more

Neunaber IMMERSE Reverberator