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Dirty Haggard Beast Mountain Hi Gain Overdrive / Distortion

Beast Mountain by Portland-based Dirty Haggard is at once a band (in which the company's one-man-dude Nick plays bass) and a colorful, three-knob high-gain pedal. Built with hard rock and metal guitarists in mind, the Beast Mountain offers symmetrical and asymmetrical soft clipping with a tight low end that works…Click on the title for more

Dirty Haggard Beast Mountain Hi Gain Overdrive / Distortion

Best New Pedals | September 2021

PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR YEAR-END BEST PEDALS OF 2021 ARTICLE There goes September, and, with it, the summer of 2021! Luckily, we had some cool new pedal released last month to bring some consolation, here's our monthly recap of the best ones. As usual, we organized these "best new pedals"…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals | September 2021

Video Coverage of the 2021 L.A. Stompbox Exhibit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owvq3r9h5jE A big THANK YOU to our friend Perfecto De Castro (who also is a pedal builder) for this amazing video covering our LA Stompbox Exhibit 2021! Here are shortcuts to the builder boards he demoed in this video: 3:24 Eventide Audio Tricerachorus, Ultratap, Blackhole 4:02 Delicious-Audio.com 4:20 Beetronics Vezzpa…Click on the title for more

Video Coverage of the 2021 L.A. Stompbox Exhibit

Blue Colander Tremond Distortion

Blue Colander is a one-dude Polish pedal maker that builds hand-made dirt boxes. The Tremond is the guy's take on the RAT-style distortion, expanded. The control that makes this pedal stand apart from your classic RAT clone is the Blend knob, which, doesn't do what you expect. In fact, instead of mixing…Click on the title for more

Blue Colander Tremond Distortion

Caline Mellow Drive D-Style Overdrive

D-Style Overdrives ("D" stands for "Dumble," the name of a reclusive boutique amp builder with stellar reputation) are extremely sought after by roots and rock guitarists, and because of this several companies offer stompboxes that try to simulate the transparent and smooth tone of the Dumble amps. The Caline Mellow…Click on the title for more

Caline Mellow Drive D-Style Overdrive

Wilson Effects This Is The Art

Hailing from Guilford, IN, Wilson Effects unveiled a new pedal dedicated to those guitarists who find solace in the scooped tones of the Trash Metal heroes of the '80s, like Overkill, Testament and Pantera: the This Is The Art overdrive/distortion. Notwithstanding its rebellious DNA, the device in question cleans up…Click on the title for more

Wilson Effects This Is The Art

Mattoverse Just a Phase

Phaser is an effect that has experienced a creative resurgence as of late. The Mattoverse Just a Phase pedal is a rather simple phaser with Tap Tempo that puts at your disposal eight LFO modes, including some unconventional ones like random square and slopes, ramp etc, in a compact case.…Click on the title for more

Mattoverse Just a Phase

15 of the Best Stereo Reverb Pedals in 2023

See also this more comprehensive article about the Best Mono and Stereo Reverb Pedals. Reverb Is Stereo. A reverb effect recreates the way we perceive sound in an enclosed space. Since we have the privilege of having two ears we can safely say that no one ever experienced natural reverb…Click on the title for more

15 of the Best Stereo Reverb Pedals in 2023

Win Beetronics & MXR Dirt Boxes+Hosa Cables [ENDED]

For those who never get tired of (potentially) winning stompboxes, we've got yet another magnificent giveaway linked to our LA Pedal & Synth Expo, which is coming up THIS weekend! This time you get the chance to win an MXR Siete Santos Octavio Fuzz and a Beetronics FatBee (in a…Click on the title for more

Win Beetronics & MXR Dirt Boxes+Hosa Cables [ENDED]

Pedal Pawn Fuzz Germanium LTD Edition

UK's Pedal Pawn is a success story in today's challenging boutique pedal builder environment. The company just unveiled a pricey, limited edition Germanium Version of their popular Fuzz through an exclusive Reverb release (you can buy it here). There are only 50 units of this baby and they'll go out…Click on the title for more

Pedal Pawn Fuzz Germanium LTD Edition

Tone Cloud Jaffa Fuzz

Tone Cloud Effects is an up-and-coming builder from Australia exclusively dedicated to fuzz pedals, and the Jaffa Fuzz is the company's take on the Fuzz Face circuit. This touch-responsive pedal utilizes four silicon transistors to ensure tonal stability and adds one gain stage to the traditional fuzz face circuit for…Click on the title for more

Tone Cloud Jaffa Fuzz

Win a Red Panda Context, a SurfyTrem and Hosa Cables [ENDED]

The giveaways linked to our Los Angeles Outdoor Pedal & Synth Expo aren't over quite yet! This week the potentially free awesomeness involves a Red Panda Context 2 Multi-Mode Reverb and a Surfy Industries SurfyTrem Tremolo, plus a bunch of cables from Hosa to connect your new pedals! Get to…Click on the title for more

Win a Red Panda Context, a SurfyTrem and Hosa Cables [ENDED]