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Pedal Reviews: smallsound/bigsound’s Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine

The smallsound/bigsound's Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine has all the features of a classic germanium fuzz pedal, but includes a few interesting quirks that lift it a cut above other comparable stompboxes. The interface is easy to understand after a short amount of tinkering, with a dry channel controlled by volume and…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: smallsound/bigsound’s Team Awesome! Fuzz Machine

MOOER Spark Series

There is obviously a competition among stompbox manufacturers these days to see who can build the guitar pedals with the smallest footprint, and it seems like Chinese builder MOOER is comfortably in the lead. After releasing, in recent years, a ridicolous amount of tiny rectangular pedals for every taste (called…Click on the title for more

MOOER Spark Series

Jack White’s guitar pedal, the Bumble Buzz

Eccentrics sure know how to get noticed, which is an important first promotional step. Then - if they are talented - people will remember them, otherwise they won't. Jack White doesn't need introductions, but the announcement that his record label Third Man Records released a... guitar pedal is so surreal…Click on the title for more

Jack White’s guitar pedal, the Bumble Buzz

Pedal Demo: Selah Effects’ Scarlett Love Overdrive V2

Being based in Tasmania is definitely not an advantage for a pedal manufacturer. Oh, yeah, no... Tasmania (where Selah Effects is) is not in Africa, it's in Australia, right there. And the biggest market for guitar pedals is about half a world from there, right here. These two locations are…Click on the title for more

Pedal Demo: Selah Effects’ Scarlett Love Overdrive V2

Death By Audio announces Ghost Delay – a triple delay pedal

If you have "extreme" pretty much tattooed on your DNA, you are bound to come up with some pretty interesting ideas. Brooklynite Oliver Ackman doesn't conceal his interest for sonic excess, both with his break out band A Place to Bury Strangers and with his Death By Audio stompboxes. The…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio announces Ghost Delay – a triple delay pedal

Pedal Demo: Dutch Kazoo

I have to say, I've seen a lot of pedals, but not many made out of wood. The Dutch Kazoo was one of the prettiest (and biggest) pedals to participate in our Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit last month. Needless to say, it's not just about the looks, this is a very…Click on the title for more

Pedal Demo: Dutch Kazoo

Adventure Audio Siamese Growler Demo

The Siamese Growler - the first pedal by Adventure Audio - participated in our Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit last month, catching some attention in our huge Fuzz mixed board. The small Philly based boutique manufacturer just released a video demo of the pedal, which is a clone of an Ibanez Tube…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio Siamese Growler Demo

Pedal Reviews: MI Effects Super Crunch Box

Why mince words – either buy an expensive all-tube Marshall stack or the MI Audio Super Crunch Box. I am fortunate enough to have a fair number of pedals shipped to me to try, and the Super Crunch Box is the first one that found a permanent place in my…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: MI Effects Super Crunch Box

OD Glove: another new EHX distortion

Electro Harmonix has been quiet on the distortion front for a while until what will probably be remembered as... the summer 2014 DISTORTION EXPLOSION! We already blogged about the East River Drive and the reissue of the Hot Tubes just a few months (if not weeks) ago, and here we are…Click on the title for more

OD Glove: another new EHX distortion

Guitar Pedal News: Fairfield Circuitry-The Accountant JFET Compressor

Check out this petite beauty from Canada's Fairfield Circuitry. A talented pedal designer, Guillaume Fairfield, puts out a small footprint JFET compressor with lots of twists and turns. The use of 3 position switches for Pad and Ratio will make decision making pretty cut and dry. The big knob is…Click on the title for more

Guitar Pedal News: Fairfield Circuitry-The Accountant JFET Compressor

Try the SolidGoldFX Zeta at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

Québécoise stompbox builder SolidGoldFX's goal is to make (hand made) pedals that blend the warmth and feel of the best vintage effects with the clarity, response, and tone expected from modern day electronics. They also have a custom shop for some more wild and personalized creations. Their latest effect is…Click on the title for more

Try the SolidGoldFX Zeta at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2013

New Pedals: Keeley Electronics Seafoam Chorus

Oklahoma based manufacturer Keeley Electronics is an established name in the world of guitar pedals, offering both original effects and mods on classic Boss, RAT and Ibanez models. They claim a particular attention towards the process of "discovery" of the right component for each tonal idea they are trying to achieve,…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Keeley Electronics Seafoam Chorus