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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

New Pedal: Wren and Cuff Garbage Face Jr

J Mascis is a genius multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter who, at his creative peak in the late '80s and early '90s, inspired a generation of young slackers with a couple of unforgettable noise-pop records under the Dinosaur Jr. moniker. The distorted guitar tone he came up with in tracks like Feel the Pain…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Wren and Cuff Garbage Face Jr

New Pedal: Vaderin Laser 1 Fuzz

The Vaderin Laser 1 is an uncompromising frequency multiplier fuzz that, to mention the Philly-based builder, "saturates your signal in wild overtones, vicious upper harmonic clang, and an often synth-like cacophony of frequencies." These apocalyptic effects are generated by a circuit that randomly folds the signal in an attempt to…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Vaderin Laser 1 Fuzz

Berry Pedals Bad Vibes

The Berry Pedals Bad Vibes is a hand-made Uni-Vibe clone featuring a small but noteworthy mod: you can switch from Vibrato to Chorus by stomping on the right footswitch (the original featured a push button). Other than that, it maintains the light bulb-based circuit and the three controls of the…Click on the title for more

Berry Pedals Bad Vibes

New Pedal: Eastwood BB-03 Blue Vibe

One-sixth of a new line of pedals unveiled in early 2022 by the established guitar builder, the Eastwood Black Box BB-03 Blue Vibe is a simple 3-knob take on Jimi Hendrix's favorite modulation effect. Like most pedals of this kind (including the original), the Blue Vibe has also a Chorus…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Eastwood BB-03 Blue Vibe

7 New Must-Have Pedals in 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRTxT-lZe6w We got our talented friend Devon Blue Whitaker to shoot this glorious pedal video inspired by our Best Pedal of 2021 article, please check it out, there will be more like it soon! Here's our interactive gallery of these seven beauties. Click on the title for more

7 New Must-Have Pedals in 2022

Cult Overdrive Circuits: Clark Gainster Clones, and the Hoochee-Mama

The Story of the Clark Gainster Clones and the Hoochee Mama The Clark Amplification Gainster and Browntone Hoochie Mama are two overdrive pedals that are rarely mentioned separately. This might be due to the fact that the latter, although inspired by the former, is still able to deliver something different…Click on the title for more

Cult Overdrive Circuits: Clark Gainster Clones, and the Hoochee-Mama