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The Best Octave Pedals in 2024 | A Buyer’s Guide

This article focuses on clean "octavers" - ie, pedals that pitch shift your tone by one or more octaves, NOT octave-up-style fuzzes. If you are looking for the latter, please check out our Octavia, Super Fuzz and Foxx Tone Machine guides and the list of all the new releases in the blog's Octave Up Fuzz…Click on the title for more

The Best Octave Pedals in 2024 | A Buyer’s Guide

Demiurge Instruments Dead Moon Echo

Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ones. The Demiurge Instruments Dead Moon Echo is a UK-handbuilt delay based on the PT2399 with an intriguing twist: a second footswitch that lets you activate a momentary setting with new Time and Feedback settings. A Tone control acts as a low pass…Click on the title for more

Demiurge Instruments Dead Moon Echo

MTL KnobSession 2024: Jeu concours | Giveaway! (Canada Only)

To celebrate the upcoming, FREE Montréal Pedal Expo called Knob-Session (RSVP here to attend), we teamed up with Canadian gear distributor SFM to put together a nice little pedal giveaway with an aggregate prize worth over $1,200!Click on the title for more

MTL KnobSession 2024: Jeu concours | Giveaway! (Canada Only)

The Klon Centaur Pedal and the Best Klon Clones in 2024: A Buyer’s Guide

Perhaps the most legendary (and expensive) guitar pedal of all time, the Klon Centaur was one of the first boutique stompboxes, proving that an overdrive could be more than just a dirt box. Created by Bostonian Bill Finnegan in 1994, the pedal and its innovative circuit (which uses an IC…Click on the title for more

The Klon Centaur Pedal and the Best Klon Clones in 2024: A Buyer’s Guide

Pedaltrain Nighlight Distortion

Known for their popular pedalboards, Pedaltrain just entered the actual pedal arena by releasing their two debut stompboxes: the Daylight Overdrive and the Nightlight Distortion. Both effects prioritize simplicity and tone, and went through a whole year of testing by renowned Nashville session players with various guitar/amp combinations. That's also…Click on the title for more

Pedaltrain Nighlight Distortion

New Pedal: Pedaltrain Daylight Overdrive

Known for their popular pedalboards, Pedaltrain just entered the actual pedal arena by releasing their two debut stompboxes: the Daylight Overdrive and the Nightlight Distortion. Both effects prioritize simplicity and tone, and went through a whole year of testing by renowned Nashville session players with various guitar/amp combinations. That's also…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Pedaltrain Daylight Overdrive

Win 4 Pedals and a Voodoo Lab PSU via the BK Synth & Pedal Expo

We have one more radical pedal giveaway before this weekend's Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo! This is the 9th gear giveaway linked to the event, and perhaps the one featuring the most creative pedals. (You can find the other ones here).Click on the title for more

Win 4 Pedals and a Voodoo Lab PSU via the BK Synth & Pedal Expo

New Pedal: Way Huge Deep State Klon Clone

The family of Klon clones has just grown a new member: born from a rib of the Conspiracy Theory, the Way Huge Deep State is a limited edition overdrive pedal designed in collaboration with Joe Bonamassa. There are only 550 units, all sold through Reverb.com. As you may expect, there's…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Way Huge Deep State Klon Clone

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2023

For a more comprehensive take on delays, see our Best Delay Pedals, by Type article. [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="h3" skipHeadingText="Related Delicious Audio Posts:"] For the guitarists who live and breathe delay and enjoy tweaking and experimenting with this effect’s…Click on the title for more

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2023

Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Antique Classic Drive V3

Fans of blues legend John Mayer should lend their expert ears to this preview demo of the Cornerstone | Antique Classic Drive V3, a Tube Screamer evolution engineered to replicate the tone of the Connecticut-born guitarist, known for using both a Klon-style pedal and a TS together. In the early…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Antique Classic Drive V3

The Best Delay Pedals for Synths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZTkvbOkjg Yes, it's the only mono pedal in this list, and yes, it's also one of the oldest. But the Chase Bliss Thermae worked its charm on our YouTube collaborator Liam and he declared it its favorite in the bunch, saying: "I absolutely love the sound quality of pretty…Click on the title for more

The Best Delay Pedals for Synths

New Pedal: Spooky Circuits Wee-Bird Reeverb

The Spooky Circuits Wee-Bird Reeverb is one of those creative pedals that immediately charm you with their beautiful DIY artwork, and then proceed to conquer you by delivering a trove of inspiring sounds. A 6-algorithm reverb with a Germanium gain stage, it's presented as a "pedal for non-traditional reverb sounds,"…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Spooky Circuits Wee-Bird Reeverb