New Pedal: Bardic Audio Bootgazer Fuzz/Modulated Delay

If adding a longish delay to your fuzzed-out guitar tone triggers incommensurable pleasure, you owe it to yourself to check out this new pedal by Bardic Audio and Galvanize Designs: the Bootgazer. It offers the two effects in one box, with a routing order option one stomp away (center footswitch…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Bardic Audio Bootgazer Fuzz/Modulated Delay

New Pedal: Shift Line Prism II Stereo Filter Pad

First of all, let us say that this new stereo version of the Prism by Russian builder Shift Line looks rad, and gorgeous-looking devices brighten our day. But that brightness fades in comparison to the blinding beam of creativity it might inspire in the adventurous/unconventional guitarist. The Prism is a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Shift Line Prism II Stereo Filter Pad

New Pedal: Wampler Gearbox Andy Wood Signature Overdrive/Distortion

The Wampler Gearbox Andy Wood Signature Overdrive is the result of the marriage of two existing and very popular gain pedals - the Tumnus overdrive and the Pinnacle distortion - and the tweaking Brian Wampler made to the resulting circuit to suit it to the ear of the multifaceted Knoxville-based…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Wampler Gearbox Andy Wood Signature Overdrive/Distortion

2021 UPDATE: The 20 Best Dumble Pedals (or D-Style Overdrives)

Updated on June 08, 2021, check out also our guides to Klon Clones and Plexi-Style Pedals. Most of us will never get to play through an original Dumble amp, and in all likelihood, nobody reading this article will ever own one. Dumble tone has become legendary, and the fact that…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: The 20 Best Dumble Pedals (or D-Style Overdrives)

Tubesteader Lightkeeper D-Style Boost/Overdrive

Sometimes it feels like the world is giving birth to at least one drive pedal per day, but a quick glance at the new Tubesteader Lightkeeper was enough to understand that this is no regular overdrive. First of all, this hand-built baby is inspired by the legendary tone of the…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Lightkeeper D-Style Boost/Overdrive

Legendary Pedals: Analogman King of Tone Dual Overdrive

In a market (the pedal one) where more and more companies seem to focus exclusively on growth and margins while giving up craftmanship for industrial assembly and replacing real-life connection with YouTube videos, it's refreshing to know that there are still a helluva lot of guitarists who value what companies…Click on the title for more

Legendary Pedals: Analogman King of Tone Dual Overdrive

2021 UPDATE: Best Ring Modulator Pedals – Compare Prices + Features

Last Updated: May 10, 2021 Of all the effects for guitar out there, the ring modulator might as well rank among the least popular. Why on earth would you want your guitar to sound like this? The answer, in most cases, is: "because I'm an experimental kind of guy." A…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: Best Ring Modulator Pedals – Compare Prices + Features

Producing with Pedals: Sehat Effectors Moisture Fuzz and Masjidil Echo

Producing with Pedals is a series about using guitar pedals in creative applications when recording and mixing. Usually, I take a pedal and write a song with it, using the pedal on every instrument. In my most recent episode, I feature a builder from Indonesia who is making some of…Click on the title for more

Producing with Pedals: Sehat Effectors Moisture Fuzz and Masjidil Echo

Limited Edition: Heather Brown Blessed Mother: The Fuzz Assumption

Just in time for Mother's Day, Reverb.com and Heather Brown Electronicals are giving YOU an excuse to buy YOURSELF a new pedal! We are sure your mother will be stoked about this!!! Silly jokes aside, the Blessed Mother: The Fuzz Assumption is a joint limited edition of a fuzzed-up version…Click on the title for more

Limited Edition: Heather Brown Blessed Mother: The Fuzz Assumption

New Pedals: Flamma FC02 Mini Reverb

Flamma is an up-and-coming builder from China that has released some interesting multi-mode pedals in 2020 and it's now focused on the mini-format market, with a new series of stompboxes as affordable as $39. The Flamma FC02 is their new Mini Reverb pedal, featuring three modes (Studio, Church and Plate)…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Flamma FC02 Mini Reverb

New Pedal: TC Electronic Magus Pro High Gain Distortion

After the acquisition by Behringer's Music Group, Danish pedal builder TC Electronic has been slowly changing its focus from high-end, highly creative stompboxes to super-affordable, bread and butter releases, for the despair of the company's old fans and the joy of a wider demographic of guitar players. The new Magus…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: TC Electronic Magus Pro High Gain Distortion

Colombo Audio Eruption Plexi Overdrive/Distortion

The death of Eddie Van Halen in October of 2020 has spurred a series of guitar gear releases dedicated to the influential musician. Italian Colombo Audio Electronics' way to pay tribute to the legend was to design a Plexi-style pedal inspired by the guitar tone in the first six Van…Click on the title for more

Colombo Audio Eruption Plexi Overdrive/Distortion

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