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The Best Octave Pedals in 2024 | A Buyer’s Guide

This article focuses on clean "octavers" - ie, pedals that pitch shift your tone by one or more octaves, NOT octave-up-style fuzzes. If you are looking for the latter, please check out our Octavia, Super Fuzz and Foxx Tone Machine guides and the list of all the new releases in the blog's Octave Up Fuzz…Click on the title for more

The Best Octave Pedals in 2024 | A Buyer’s Guide

Demiurge Instruments Dead Moon Echo

Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ones. The Demiurge Instruments Dead Moon Echo is a UK-handbuilt delay based on the PT2399 with an intriguing twist: a second footswitch that lets you activate a momentary setting with new Time and Feedback settings. A Tone control acts as a low pass…Click on the title for more

Demiurge Instruments Dead Moon Echo

Pedaltrain Nighlight Distortion

Known for their popular pedalboards, Pedaltrain just entered the actual pedal arena by releasing their two debut stompboxes: the Daylight Overdrive and the Nightlight Distortion. Both effects prioritize simplicity and tone, and went through a whole year of testing by renowned Nashville session players with various guitar/amp combinations. That's also…Click on the title for more

Pedaltrain Nighlight Distortion

New Pedal: Pedaltrain Daylight Overdrive

Known for their popular pedalboards, Pedaltrain just entered the actual pedal arena by releasing their two debut stompboxes: the Daylight Overdrive and the Nightlight Distortion. Both effects prioritize simplicity and tone, and went through a whole year of testing by renowned Nashville session players with various guitar/amp combinations. That's also…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Pedaltrain Daylight Overdrive

Jam Pedals Harmonious Monk Mk2 Tremolo

A trip to Athens in 2020 kick-started a pedal collaboration between the British YouTube channel That Pedal Show and Greek stompbox artisans Jam Pedals. A monstrously geeky meeting between the two parts developed into the idea of a collaboration on a harmonic tremolo with a very peculiar character - which…Click on the title for more

Jam Pedals Harmonious Monk Mk2 Tremolo

Weird Noise Pedals Fuzz It

The Weird Noise Pedals Fuzz It is a stompbox hand-made in Astoria, OR, for those who appreciate simplicity in a gnarly sauce. With its lone knob, this is a pedal that won't cause any paralysis due to an overload of options. However, it still provides two voicing through a toggle…Click on the title for more

Weird Noise Pedals Fuzz It

BLAMMO! Electronics Space Madness

The BLAMMO! Electronics Space Madness (a pedal without a webpage, for now) is a 0-1500 ms delay with modulation and noise generating switch. The circuit is based around the infamous but always-inspiring PT2399 chip. It's a creation of a small Portland builder that doesn't shy away from quirky designs that…Click on the title for more

BLAMMO! Electronics Space Madness

New Pedal: Way Huge Deep State Klon Clone

The family of Klon clones has just grown a new member: born from a rib of the Conspiracy Theory, the Way Huge Deep State is a limited edition overdrive pedal designed in collaboration with Joe Bonamassa. There are only 550 units, all sold through Reverb.com. As you may expect, there's…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Way Huge Deep State Klon Clone

Joyo Atmosphere Multi-Mode Reverb

Chinese builder Joyo has been making pedals for a very long time but their super-affordable devices were somewhat frowned upon by stompbox connoisseurs, until Mr. JHS posted, in May 2020, this video declaring their 2018 Revolution Series "the perfect budget pedals." Selling well under $100, the Atmosphere Reverb is -…Click on the title for more

Joyo Atmosphere Multi-Mode Reverb

Greer Southland Harmonic Overdrive

Another debutante at our upcoming Stompbox Exhibit will be Greer Amps, the pedal and amp boutique manufacturer founded in 1998 in Athens, GA. Greer will be showcasing - among others - their brand new Southland Harmonic Overdrive, which is built on the platform of its very successful older brother Lightspeed.…Click on the title for more

Greer Southland Harmonic Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Antique Classic Drive V3

Fans of blues legend John Mayer should lend their expert ears to this preview demo of the Cornerstone | Antique Classic Drive V3, a Tube Screamer evolution engineered to replicate the tone of the Connecticut-born guitarist, known for using both a Klon-style pedal and a TS together. In the early…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Antique Classic Drive V3

The Best Delay Pedals for Synths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZTkvbOkjg Yes, it's the only mono pedal in this list, and yes, it's also one of the oldest. But the Chase Bliss Thermae worked its charm on our YouTube collaborator Liam and he declared it its favorite in the bunch, saying: "I absolutely love the sound quality of pretty…Click on the title for more

The Best Delay Pedals for Synths