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The 5 Best Reverse Reverb Pedals in 2023

Check out also our article about the Best Ambient and Shoebaze Reverb Pedals. --- A Guide to the Best Reverse Reverb Pedals Updated on 06.07.2022. If you are a guitarist into ambient or shoegaze music you may be very susceptible to the charm of effects based around sound played backwards.…Click on the title for more

The 5 Best Reverse Reverb Pedals in 2023

3Degrees Audio Bygones Pro

Boasting 24 knobs, the new Bygones pro edition is a full stereo, midi controllable, preset capable pedal that is probably the most in-depth lofi pedal available today. Provides precise real-time control of vintage hiss & noise, vinyl warping & tape jitter, and broken equipment audio drop-outs. Designed for live playing…Click on the title for more

3Degrees Audio Bygones Pro

New at NAMM ’22: Screwed Circuitz The Tower Spring Reverb

The Tower is a 36" tall real spring reverb with several other built-in effects! Screwed Circuitz has experience building weird and unique effect pedals that interface with synths and other instruments, so The Tower is right in their ballpark (although it is much bigger than a pedal!). The Tower features:…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM ’22: Screwed Circuitz The Tower Spring Reverb

New at NAMM ’22: Mojo Hand Girls Rock Overdrive

In collaboration with the Girls Rock organization, Mojo Hand has made an overdrive pedal with custom artwork designed by the girls of Girls Rock! The pedal is a transparent overdrive based on a Blues Breaker with an added feedback loop and an internal trimpot to increase the amount of gain…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM ’22: Mojo Hand Girls Rock Overdrive

Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz Selenium

John Cusack had a supply of rare selenium rectifiers, an obsolete technology that has potentially never been used in a pedal before, and created a modified version of his screamer fuzz. Enter the Screamer Fuzz Selenium. The result is a dark and full fuzzdrive with a thick creamy texture. With…Click on the title for more

Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz Selenium

New at NAMM ’22: Cusack Music Prototype Delay

This year at NAMM, Cusack music teased their upcoming delay pedal, which will replace their current flagship Tap-a-Delay model. The new delay will use the same format as their Resound reverb pedal, meaning that it will have 8 different digital delay programs and 8 different presets, all recallable through the…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM ’22: Cusack Music Prototype Delay

Best New Pedals Released in May 2022

It's the first of June, folks, hence time to look back at what May reserved us as far as new pedal releases! After a rather sleepy beginning of the year, May was the first month of 2022 with a noteworthy number of new releases - and several exciting ones. Meris…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals Released in May 2022

NAMM and Delicious Audio Introduce Quiet(er) NAMM Zone

Can you imagine a NAMM show where it's possible to try new and exciting musical devices and ALSO have nice conversations at a normal voice level? In an effort to make the NAMM experience more enjoyable and productive, this year, guitar pedal blog Delicious Audio teamed up with NAMM and a number of pedal vendors to create a…Click on the title for more

NAMM and Delicious Audio Introduce Quiet(er) NAMM Zone

New Pedal: MAS Effects Expanse Harmonic Tremolo + Reverb/Delay

The MAS Effects Expanse is the most ambitious release to date by this one-man builder based in Lockport, IL. It's a very tweakable, harmonic tremolo with an added ambient reverb/delay. This is a pedal that's not immediately intuitive but that will satisfy creative guitarists for its wide sonic palette. It's…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: MAS Effects Expanse Harmonic Tremolo + Reverb/Delay

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX If 6 Was 9 MKII

The SolidGoldFX If 6 Was 9 MKII is a take on the Fuzz Face using silicon BC183 transistors, which are considered to be less scooped and muddy than germanium transistors, but not quite as harsh and jagged as other silicon options. It also includes a bias control which can vary…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX If 6 Was 9 MKII

New Pedal: Vanilla Sundae Rocky Road iSCREAM Drive

Hand made in Boise, Idaho, using the highest quality components, the Vanilla Sundae Rocky Road iSCREAM is an overdrive voiced after the classic, early drives of the '70s and '80s without being a clone of any one in particular. Based on a dual op-amp circuit, it features a mid bump…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Vanilla Sundae Rocky Road iSCREAM Drive

Eastwood BB-01 Manalishi Drive

One-sixth of a new line of pedals unveiled in early 2022 by the established guitar builder, the Eastwood BB-01 Manalishi Drive is a simple 3-knob take on the Tube Screamer overdrive circuit. Compared to the original, the Manalishi drive has a wider gain range, easily getting into distortion territory at high…Click on the title for more

Eastwood BB-01 Manalishi Drive