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Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator

We all need a mood boost these days, and although pedals in general help (a lot) in that department, this is the first time we stumble upon a device that promises to directly mess around with our mood! Enter the Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator, a ginormous stompbox hand built by…Click on the title for more

Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator

Dreadbox Kinematic Envelope Filter + Overdrive

Those of you looking for an envelop filter pedal with some serious filter may want to check out the new KINEMATIC by Greece's Dreadbox, a company with an extensive and very successful background in desktop synthesizers. The Dreadbox Kinematic is actually a lot more than that, featuring a two-mode circuit…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Kinematic Envelope Filter + Overdrive

Dreadbox Unveils Three New Effect Pedals

Dreadbox is a (Greek) company that, although launched as a pedal builder in the mid-aughts, has morphed throughout the years into one of the most successful boutique synth manufacturers. However, some of its original and now discontinued pedals, like the lo-fi delay Sonic Bits, are still popular among guitar players.…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Unveils Three New Effect Pedals

Pettyjohn Electronics Edge Preamp & Low-Gain Overdrive

Tone coneusseurs, rejoice! A new Pettyjohn Electronics pedal is here, it's called Edge, and it's a doozy! It's a preamp pedal designed to deliver that magical blend of saturation, harmonic excitement, light compression you get from a tube amp at the edge of breakup. It can reach higher gain overdrive…Click on the title for more

Pettyjohn Electronics Edge Preamp & Low-Gain Overdrive

Red Noise Germanium Stone Blender

For mysterious reasons, multi-mode fuzz pedals are somewhat rare. With its unassuming four-setting Diode rotary switch, the Red Noise Germanium Stone Blender is precisely such a thing - and a powerful one at that! Although the circuit is based on a Sola Sound Tone Bender, the four modes deliver tones…Click on the title for more

Red Noise Germanium Stone Blender

Janis.lv Tre Tre Analog Tremolo

As some of you may gather from the ".lv" in its name, Janis.lv shares the country of origin with one of the most "out there" pedal companies of the decade: Latvian Gamechanger Audio. And that's pretty much the only thing the two companies have in common, since J?nis.lv makes incredibly…Click on the title for more

Janis.lv Tre Tre Analog Tremolo

Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

Portland (OR) based Blammo! Electronics just unveiled a new pedal inspired by the very popular (and very pricey) circuit of the Prescription Electronics COB - an acronym that stands for Clean Octave Blend. Enter the Slob, a hand-made $149 compact clone of the COB with a few updates like soft…Click on the title for more

Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

Win an Eventide MicroPitch! [ended]

Hey, effective pedal gatherers! Our synth & pedal online expo Synthesthesia 2021 is a gift that keeps giving! (At least to the lucky ones, one may say!) We have yet another face-melting giveaway, this time for a brand new Eventide MicroPitch Delay, a wonderful stompbox that can do a lot…Click on the title for more

Win an Eventide MicroPitch! [ended]

Vertex Ultra-Phonix HRM Overdrive/Distortion

The Vertex Ultraphonix is an overdrive inspired by ultra-rare (and ultra-cloned) Dumble Overdrive Special amp. The HRM (Hot Rubber Monkey) version of this pedal emulates a particularly popular tube mod implemented on a limited number of those amps that resulted in a modification of the mid-range that brought it closer…Click on the title for more

Vertex Ultra-Phonix HRM Overdrive/Distortion

Fowl Sounds Flannel Overdriver

Fowl Sounds is a company that has found a very specific niche: heavy pedals for down-tuned guitars. Inspired by classic distortion circuits, their new pedal Flannel Overdriver represents an effort to provide the heavy guitarist with a stompbox that can deliver a wide variety of dirt tones, from overdrive to…Click on the title for more

Fowl Sounds Flannel Overdriver

Bananana Effects TARARIRA Pitch Shift Sequencer V2

Unconventional, creative, hybrid pedals that borrow from synths have become a niche in itself in the pedal realm - by far the most exciting one. Bananana is a quirky Japanese builder that focuses on designing original effects that spark inspiration, and one may say that their products' supercool minimalistic graphics…Click on the title for more

Bananana Effects TARARIRA Pitch Shift Sequencer V2

Zander Cranium V2 Multi-Mode RAT-Style Distortion

If you are a RAT fan and like what JHS did to the Tube Screamer with the Bonsai (a pedal that gathers 9 different historical TS voicings in one pedal), you should be all over the Zander Circuitry Cranium, a pedal that extends that concert to the most beloved rodent…Click on the title for more

Zander Cranium V2 Multi-Mode RAT-Style Distortion