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New Pedal: Mattoverse Solar Sound

With the Solar Sound, Mattoverse may have just created a new pedal niche: stompboxes for outdoors guitarists. The Solar Sound is a two-knob, one transistor-based gain circuit finely tuned to take full advantage of the low current and voltage provided by the solar panel. Admittedly, it can work when a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mattoverse Solar Sound

12 of the Best Pedals for Synth that Accept Line In

This article is focused on creative pedals that work well on synth and accept line in-level signal. You can find other great pedals for synths in our Creative Pedals Category. [lwptoc depth="4" numeration="decimalnested" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="h2,h4" skipHeadingText="A Guide to the Best Chorus Pedals,…Click on the title for more

12 of the Best Pedals for Synth that Accept Line In

Emmergy FX Dial-Up Filter Fuzz

Hailing from the UK, the Emmergy FX Dial-Up Filter Fuzz is a playful fuzz + filter pedal that will lead the player as easily to sonic discovery or aural disintegration. The left side of the pedal, controlled by the left footswitch, consists of an overdrive circuit with Volume and Gain…Click on the title for more

Emmergy FX Dial-Up Filter Fuzz

Tonality Effects The Drive

The Tonality Effects The Drive is a real tube overdrive with adjustable voltage manufactured by an emerging Berlin-based pedal builder. This stylish stompbox has an ECC83 / 12ZX7 tube embedded in the center-top of the case, protected by an elegant 3-ring metal element. Volume, Drive and Tone controls are joined…Click on the title for more

Tonality Effects The Drive

Flatsons Time Effects Reverb + Delay

Flatsons is one of those Chinese pedal builders whose mini-stompboxes sell like candy on eBay, AliBaba and Walmart (!!!), but don't seem to have their own website. Time Effects is their $59 digital reverb+delay and it frankly looks remarkable, if anything for the fact that it includes an LCD screen,…Click on the title for more

Flatsons Time Effects Reverb + Delay

Airis Effects Savage Drive V5

Extreme tone lovers should give the Airis Effects Savage Drive a try - it's presented by the Canadian builder as "the most aggressive overdrive out there"!! The company just unveiled a v5 that is a full redesign of the circuit. The goal of this box is clear: Every portion of…Click on the title for more

Airis Effects Savage Drive V5

Best New Pedals of 2022 | February Edition

Time for our monthly appointment with the best pedals releases of the previous 30 - or rather, 28 in this case - days. If you are interested in this list you may also want to check out our Year-End Best Pedals of 2021 Aggregate List, and the previous monthly list…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2022 | February Edition

DPE Pedals Buzz Tone Fuzz

Built by a small, family-run shop in Maryville, Tennessee, the DPE Pedals Buzz Tone is a clone of a fuzz pedal the '60s that psych-rock enthusiasts among you must have heard thousands of times without realizing: it was the fuzz of choice of Syd Barrett, the reckless genius lead vocalist…Click on the title for more

DPE Pedals Buzz Tone Fuzz

CMC Triple Octave Manipulator Fuzz (Thomas Erak signature)

New fuzz pedals have been popping up from all corners of the world in this month of February 2022, but nothing remotely close to the CMC Triple Octave Manipulator, a 3-octave monster designed in collaboration with Thomas Erak of The Fall of Troy. This is a monophonic synth-style fuzz that…Click on the title for more

CMC Triple Octave Manipulator Fuzz (Thomas Erak signature)

Malaise Forever Vicious Bastard Fuzz V1.5

Uncompromising fuzzheads might find a friend in the Malaise Forever Vicious Bastard, an unforgivingly loud and angry two-stage fuzz inspired by the classic DAM* Meathead circuit. The tone of this beast is heavy in the mid-low frequencies with a light mid-scoop, and enough high-end to cut through the mix. A…Click on the title for more

Malaise Forever Vicious Bastard Fuzz V1.5

Music Box Pedals Klone

The Music Box Pedals Klone is a high-end Klon clone built in NJ, USA, with top mount jacks using quality components that comes in three different case/knob combinations. Here's the first video of it, we added it to our article about the best Klon clones! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG4WNfviCmA Music Box Pedals Klone,…Click on the title for more

Music Box Pedals Klone

KMA Machines Pylon Noise Gate

We doubt a noise gate has ever triggered raptures of inspiration in any musician but the device has a crucial role for those guitarists who like their tone extremely distorted, and therefore constantly fight with noise floor. The KMA Machines Pylon seems to take the art of noise gating to…Click on the title for more

KMA Machines Pylon Noise Gate