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Bardic Audio Devices & Dirty Haggard Audio The Thing

Collaborating with another pedal builder is always an opportunity for learning from a like-minded colleague, but also a creative and fun experience. The Bardic Audio Devices & Dirty Haggard Audio The Thing seems to be the product of a successful dual brainsplosion of that kind... In a few words, this…Click on the title for more

Bardic Audio Devices & Dirty Haggard Audio The Thing

The Best Guitar Pedals of 2022 | New Releases Only!

Welcome to our guide to the best guitar pedals of 2022! Each pedal in this article's interactive galleries links to a video review, while descriptions are embedded in the images at mouseover or first tap. . We first started compiling the lists in this article at the end of November…Click on the title for more

The Best Guitar Pedals of 2022 | New Releases Only!

Nux Edge Delay (Mini Stereo Echo)

Part of the Chinese company's Mini Core Series, the Nux Edge Delay is, as far as we know, the first stereo mini-delay pedal, also featuring three modes, tap-tempo, and subdivisions. A push button on the top of the pedal gives access to three delay modes: Phi Digital Mode is a…Click on the title for more

Nux Edge Delay (Mini Stereo Echo)

Tech 21 Screaming Blonde

Tech 21 is an NYC-based company that, after pioneering the amp-in-a-box-with-cab-simulation concept, more recently has been specializing in analog multi-FX "pedal bars" that provide a portable all-in-one solution for gigging guitarists (and bass players). The Tech 21 Screaming Blonde pedal is a device designed to provide a Fender-style amp-in-a-box tone…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 Screaming Blonde

Win a Jam Pedals Llama Xtreme Delay! [ENDED]

The Delay Llama Xtreme by Jam Pedals is one of the most creative analog delay pedals out there, and this week you can win – or rather – adopt one as your own sonic pet! Three 3205 BBD chips deliver up to 800ms of classic delay tone, controllable via tap tempo with subdivisions, hold function, kill-dry, trails (buffered) OR true bypass modes,…Click on the title for more

Win a Jam Pedals Llama Xtreme Delay! [ENDED]

Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive

The Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive is a tweakable Plexi-style circuit by a rather new company based out of the UK that's getting good reactions from a couple of fine-eared YouTubers like Brett Kingman and the inimitable Henning Pauly . It has a few more EQ controls than your average Plexi…Click on the title for more

Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive

New Pedal: Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp

The Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp is the latest release by a Chinese boutique company that might be the best-kept secret in the pedal realm - in particular for those guitarists who enjoy gain pedals that allow for a variety of tonal options. A Plexi variation to their popular N5+ drive,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp

A Guide to Pedal Modding: How to Mod(ify) Guitar Effects

Pedal modding can be a fun and rewarding way to customize your tone and create new sounds, and represents the first step on the path of becoming an actual pedal manufacturer! Pedal Modding = Learning For as long as there have been musical instruments, there have been modders—users who want…Click on the title for more

A Guide to Pedal Modding: How to Mod(ify) Guitar Effects

Win a Carl Martin Ampster! [ended]

The Carl Martin Ampster is the Danish company’s take on the tube amp + speaker simulator pedal, and we have a unit here in desperate search of a talented and possibly good-looking owner! Responsive to your performance and organic-sounding, this fully analog unit features a single tube-driven power amp and…Click on the title for more

Win a Carl Martin Ampster! [ended]

Upcoming pedal: Blind Panic Devices Super Nintendecho

Built by a small UK builder without a website (yet), the Blind Panic Devices Super Nintendecho is a delay to be released in 2023 based on the PT2399 chip with some quirky and original features obviously inspired by everyone's favorite vintage gaming console. Just like that console's controller, the Super…Click on the title for more

Upcoming pedal: Blind Panic Devices Super Nintendecho

SolidGoldFX buys Diamond Pedals

Well, that is some news! For the unaware, Diamond is a Canadian effect company that was known in particular for their high-quality delay line called Memory Lane, launched in the late aughts. The use of digital technology in Diamond pedals was a major factor in their popularity and success: it…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX buys Diamond Pedals

Rare Buzz Effects Octave Distortion

The Rare Buzz Effects Octave Distortion is a combo pedal that marries the company's 1970 Distortion and 1970 Octave pedals. The two effects feature separate controls and footswitches, which allow to play them separately or in series (Octave into Distortion). The three knobs for the Octave are: Gain: level fed…Click on the title for more

Rare Buzz Effects Octave Distortion