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Pedal Update: Catalinbread Callisto Mkii

Catalinbread have released a new version of their Callisto, an analog BBD chorus with a feedback control that can blur the lines between chorus and flanger. In addition to the familiar chorus controls of rate and depth, the Callisto's mix knob can go to 100% wet, resulting in triangle wave…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Catalinbread Callisto Mkii

Coppersound Strategy v2 Preamp / Overdrive

Massachusetts builders Coppersound have updated their Strategy Preamp / Overdrive to a v2 edition. Featuring 30db of clean boost, powerful tone shaping, and a touch sensitive overdrive mode all with the help of a studio-grade Burr Brown Op-Amp. As part of their pickguard series, the Strategy v2 is available in…Click on the title for more

Coppersound Strategy v2 Preamp / Overdrive

New Pedal: Mythos SUSMARYOSEP! v2

Nashville-based Mythos has updated their SUSMARYOSEP! RJ Ronquillo signature 3-in-1 pedal, featuring a treble booster, Herculean overdrive, and slapback echo. The name comes from a Filipino saying, slang for "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!" The pedal includes RJ's "desert island" effects all in one pedal, making it a swiss army knife…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mythos SUSMARYOSEP! v2

Fjord Fuzz FREIA Preamp/Fuzz

In tandem with their new Uni-Vibe release, Norway's Fjord Fuzz has put out the new FREIA Fuzz. Created by simply tuning a resistor in the FREI Uni-Vibe, the FREIA can go from clean warm preamp tones to fully blown out fuzz. The controls are bias, volume, and gain. It is…Click on the title for more

Fjord Fuzz FREIA Preamp/Fuzz

October Audio Junk Lantern Octave Fuzz + Ring Modulator

The October Audio Junk Lantern is an octave-up fuzz with ring modulator that's hand-made in Richmond Virginia by two friends who followed a joint path from being band mates to pedal builders. Not your traditional fuzz, the Junk Lantern produces classic ringer-type octave-up tones and, exploiting its extra frequency boost…Click on the title for more

October Audio Junk Lantern Octave Fuzz + Ring Modulator

NRG Effects Mauler Fuzz

The NRG Effects Mauler is a high-end, vintage-voiced fuzz built by one-man pedal builder Neil R. Grimes from England's East Sussex, a man of many hats (live and studio musician, songwriter, trained luthier and musical instrument technician). The Mauler takes the classic, aggressive but somewhat thin tone of the vintage…Click on the title for more

NRG Effects Mauler Fuzz

New Pedal: MTL Assembly Too Positive Stereo Drive

The MTL Assembly Too Positive is a minor release from the Quebec-based creator of the Count to 5, but still a uniquely useful device for guitarists on a mission to build a full stereo rig. The concept is not complicated, but rather underexplored: a stereo overdrive with 2 independent drive…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: MTL Assembly Too Positive Stereo Drive

New Pedal: SNK Pedals Zodiacal Glow Dual Delay

The SNK Pedals Zodiacal Glow is a dual digital delay + filter + modulation pedal based on a semi-obsolete chip (the PT-2399) that seems to be an endless source of inspiration for creative pedal makers - so much so that, in this article about tape-style delay pedals, we have an…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: SNK Pedals Zodiacal Glow Dual Delay

Fulltone CS Supa-Wah

Michael Fuller, owner and founder of Fulltone and proven trouble seeker, has been able to stay out of controversy for over two years now (way to go, Michael!), so we feel a little less bad about reporting on the company's new pedal, which undoubtedly looks like a very cool device:…Click on the title for more

Fulltone CS Supa-Wah

Colombo Audio Pulse Driver BK Butler-Style Drive

Hailing from Italy, the Colombo Audio Pulse Driver is a fully customizable overdrive inspired by the sound of the 1983 BK Butler combo amp, famously used by David Gilmour, Eric Johnson, Billy Gibbons and Joe Satriani among others. The pedal recreates that 12AX7 tube design without an actual tube, recreating…Click on the title for more

Colombo Audio Pulse Driver BK Butler-Style Drive

Emmergy FX Unseen & Unspoken Fuzz+Reverb

Lovers of shoegazey walls of sounds and quirky effect pedals should check out the hand-made Emmergy FX Unseen & Unspoken, a dual fuzz + reverb pedal hailing from the UK with a sensitive big push pad in the middle for momentary effects. The controls are pretty standard with Volume and…Click on the title for more

Emmergy FX Unseen & Unspoken Fuzz+Reverb

Imperial Electrical Zeppelin

As you may have guessed from the name, the Imperial Electrical Zeppelin is an amp-in-a-box inspired by the immortal guitar sound of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, built by a new company hailing fron New Zealand founded by Ben Fulton of Red Witch Pedals. This pedal distills the sound of the…Click on the title for more

Imperial Electrical Zeppelin