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New Pedal: Muir Silicon Steel Boost

The Muir Silicon Steel Boost brings a fresh take on the boost stompbox format with a transformer-based gain stage, giving it a unique warmth. While based in part on the company's Silicon Steel Overdrive, this is a brand-new circuit optimized to work as a boost, although it does offer some…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Muir Silicon Steel Boost

Malaise Forever/Mask Audio Clubber Lang Fuzz V2

Columbus, Ohio's Malaise Forever is a one-person pedal builder that hopefully chose its name before the 2020 pandemic, and that specializes in hand-made dirt boxes. The Clubber Lang V1 was their take on the Harmonic Percolator, although the circuit's V2 was reworked in collaboration with Mask Audio Electronics, and adds…Click on the title for more

Malaise Forever/Mask Audio Clubber Lang Fuzz V2

Win a Noise Engineering Dystorpia! [ENDED]

With the Dystorpia, the folks at Noise Engineering have created a really cool and innovative pedal distortion (their debut in the stompbox realm and inspired by their Eurorack modules) and what's probably the best-named pedal of the decade so far.Click on the title for more

Win a Noise Engineering Dystorpia! [ENDED]

New Pedal Kit: StewMac International House of Overdrive

Buying a great sounding overdrive pedal is one of the simple pleasures in the life of an electric guitarist. Building one from scratch is not as simple, but a lot cheaper and - when the device is finished - source of immense pride. The $69 StewMac International House of Overdrive…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Kit: StewMac International House of Overdrive

New Pedal: Electric Love FX and EarthQuaker Devices Norrsken Fuzz

The Electric Love FX Norrsken, designed by the New York brand in collaboration with EarthQuaker Devices, is a modern interpretation of a rare and rather unique Swedish fuzz pedal from the '70s: the Carlin Compressor. The circuit offers an array of squishy fuzz tones and an active 3-band EQ to…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electric Love FX and EarthQuaker Devices Norrsken Fuzz

2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

Please note: this article is about a very specific niche of reverb pedals we refer to as "multi-reverb" or "multi-mode reverb". For a wider-angle article about reverbs, see our regularly updated Best Reverb Pedals article. [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump to list)" toggle="1" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold"…Click on the title for more

2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

The Best Crazy, Weird, and Unusual Fuzz Pedals in 2024

[lwptoc depth="4" numeration="romannested" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingText="A Guide to the Best Plexi Pedals and Marshall-Style Distortions|Related Delicious Audio Posts:"] More Best of Fuzz Articles Here The very first fuzzes, like the Maestro Fuzz Tone and the Arbiter Fuzz Face, were rather rude-sounding. Still,…Click on the title for more

The Best Crazy, Weird, and Unusual Fuzz Pedals in 2024

Win a Line 6 HX ONE

Seeking that one elusive sound for your pedalboard? The HX ONE effects pedal from Line 6 might be exactly what you’re looking for. HX One is a powerful effects pedal that lets you choose from 250+ effects to place into your signal chain. Its size and lightweight format seamlessly integrate…Click on the title for more

Win a Line 6 HX ONE

Updated Pedal: Vongon Paragraphs II Resonant Filter

Vongon is a rather new pedal (and now also synth) brand based in Oakland that manufactures very intriguing and creative stompboxes. The Paragraph II is the updated 2024 version of their very first product: an analog four-pole resonant low-pass filter with stereo modulation (the previous version was mono). A comparison…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Vongon Paragraphs II Resonant Filter

New Pedal: Poly Ample Amp/Cab Sim Pedal

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia (a big geographical disadvantage for any musical instrument manufacturer), Poly is one of the handful of brands currently driving innovation in the stompbox realm. The Ample is their (stereo) take on the amp/cab sim pedal. A knobless and toggle-less device, the Ample offers 56 modeled guitar…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Poly Ample Amp/Cab Sim Pedal

New Pedal: JHS Flight Delay

With the new Flight modulated delay, the folks at JHS make a little step closer to complexity, perhaps pointing to a future less dominated by their extremely successful "less is more" approach to stompboxes. Its digital and reverse mode also indicate an attempt to expand the brand's appeal to a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: JHS Flight Delay

The 5 Best LoFi Pedals for Synths: Digital & Analog Fidelilty Reducers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qm8PmYSfe0 LoFi effects are a fascinating niche that can add some magic to any musical material, and perhaps because of that, an increasing number of pedal builders have started offering products of this kind. The history of recording and effects can be seen through the lens of a constant improvement…Click on the title for more

The 5 Best LoFi Pedals for Synths: Digital & Analog Fidelilty Reducers