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New Pedal Kit: Coppersound/JHS Boost-a-Drive Fuzz

Engineered as an ambitious hybrid utility box, the JHS/Coppersound Boost-a-Drive Fuzz is a DIY kit released in collaboration with the folks at Coppersound. Born from Josh Scott’s Short Circuit series and produced in collaboration with CopperSound, the Boost-a-Drive Fuzz is a multi-stage hybrid circuit that takes the classic two-transistor…... Click for more

New Pedal Kit: Coppersound/JHS Boost-a-Drive Fuzz

Seward Park Maravilla Germanium Preamp/Overdrive

Bridging the gap between a transparent preamp and a fuzzy-drive machine, the Seward Park Maravilla delivers a rich blend of touch-sensitive clarity and fuzzy-drive weight. Dual pre and post-gain controls allow players to easily dial in everything from open, low-gain preamp boost to harmonically dense, saturated clipping without muddying the…... Click for more

Seward Park Maravilla Germanium Preamp/Overdrive

New Pedal: Suhr Brighton Treble Booster

The Suhr Brighton is a treble booster, but it's not trying to be a Rangemaster clone or a one-trick box. It's designed to add the top-end sparkle you need to rise above a band mix without losing what makes your sound yours. It's a simple control set — gain, bias,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Suhr Brighton Treble Booster

New Pedal: Missing Link Audio Zepptone Overdrive/Fuzz

The explosive, touch-responsive overdriven tones you hear on Led Zeppelin's early tracks like "Communication Breakdown" and "Good Times Bad Times" surely inspired many guitarists. That cranked-amp character where saturation and aggression become the same thing also inspired the Missing Link Audio Zepptone pedal. That was the starting point; from there,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Missing Link Audio Zepptone Overdrive/Fuzz

Warm Audio Dirty Boy Jr. Overdrive

Dirty Boy Pedals have been a cult brand since the 1980s. The company started with Alex Saraceno building one-off circuits for his son, Blues Saraceno, who was making a name as a session guitarist. Those hand-wired, no-compromise designs earned a quiet but fierce following among players who knew. Over the…... Click for more

Warm Audio Dirty Boy Jr. Overdrive

Audio Cultivation Project PALA Compressor

The Audio Cultivation Project PALA Compressor started as a commission for a transparent compressor without the pumping common to OTA-based designs, then spent three more years in development. It's still a compressor, but evolved to capture the feel of a loud amp in a reverberant room — that clean, edge-of-feedback…... Click for more

Audio Cultivation Project PALA Compressor

New Pedal: Origin Effects EQ Deluxe

Most EQ pedals are utility. You cut some mud, boost a frequency, move on. The Origin Effects EQ Deluxe (also spelled EQDELUXE) is not that. It's based on the Pultec EQP-1a, a passive studio equalizer from the 1950s that engineers still hunt down because it doesn't just change your…... Click for more

New Pedal: Origin Effects EQ Deluxe

MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine

Most pedals take what you play and hand it back to you more or less intact. The MXR Textures does the opposite. It takes your signal, pulls it apart into tiny pieces called grains, and lets you rearrange them into something that barely resembles where you started. Inside the box…... Click for more

MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine

New Pedal: Greer Mori Drive

Mori means "forest" in Japanese. The name fits — this one's got a deep, woody midrange that feels like it belongs in the undergrowth of your pedalboard. Greer has been asked for years to build their take on that old vintage TS-style circuit with the famous mid hump. They finally…... Click for more

New Pedal: Greer Mori Drive

New Pedal: Hungry Robot The Stargazer Dual Ambient Reverb

Hungry Robot has been quietly rebuilding its lineup this year. First came the Moby Dick tape delay. Now comes the new Stargazer, a dual-channel ambient reverb that takes the bones of the 2014 original and gives it a serious update. The original Stargazer was a simple dual-preset reverb. Two channels,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Hungry Robot The Stargazer Dual Ambient Reverb

New Pedal: RhPf Electronics Regista

There's a midrange console EQ that studio engineers have whispered about for years. The Amek Mozart MZ15-RN — built during Rupert Neve's later run with Amek, remembered by the people who used one for a mid section that made things sit in a mix like nothing else. But the Mozart…... Click for more

New Pedal: RhPf Electronics Regista

New Pedal: AC Noises Continua Stereo Sampler & MultiFX

Most samplers just record what you play and spit it back. This one watches you. The AC Noises Continua is a stereo dynamic sampler and multi-effect that listens to how you hit the strings, how hard, how fast, and reacts while you're still playing. It captures your repeats and twists…... Click for more

New Pedal: AC Noises Continua Stereo Sampler & MultiFX