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The Monthly StompBuzz: the Hottest Pedals in October 2020

Times are ripe for our appointment with The Monthly StompBuzz, which updates our readers on the most searched pedals on our site in the previous 30 days period. The release of new pedals has picked up tremendously in October 2020 with the unveiling of some really exciting units that have…Click on the title for more

The Monthly StompBuzz: the Hottest Pedals in October 2020

OPFXS Asteroide Sampler & Harmonizer

OPFX is a small Italian builder out or La Spezia specializing in synthy pedals, and the Asteroide is their take on the Sampler/Harmonizing stompbox, i.e. the "freezing with harmonizing effect that creates organ-like droney chords from a single note. The device samples and loops a section of your signal and…Click on the title for more

OPFXS Asteroide Sampler & Harmonizer

A Q&A with Chase Bliss Audio and Meris about the CMX 1978 Automatone

Here's a vivid memory (with supporting footage) from the pre-pandemic days when people could happily congregate in crowds. At our NAMM 2019 Stompbox Booth we launched what was going to be the last ever print issue of The Deli (the precursor of the Delicious Audio magazine). It featured the results…Click on the title for more

A Q&A with Chase Bliss Audio and Meris about the CMX 1978 Automatone

Kyro Audio Dulo 830

Hailing from Bulgaria, Kyro Audio is a guitar amp manufacturer that just released a 30w pedal amp called Dulo 830 - Henning Pauly seems very excited about it (see video below). Featuring both a line out and a D.I/speaker out (XLR) with ground lift and optional cab simulation, the Dulo…Click on the title for more

Kyro Audio Dulo 830

StompBOX book, two new volumes about pedals

The musicphiles among you may have stumbled upon a (very cool) hardcover book about vinyl collectors called Dust & Grooves, Adventures in Record Collecting. Beautifully curated by Israeli photographer, author and DIY publisher Eilon Paz, the book came out in 2015 and was a hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjeL7Eq-qaM In the following years,…Click on the title for more

StompBOX book, two new volumes about pedals

Win Three Pedals by Floating Forest through Effectopia 2020! [ended]

Floating Forest is a small pedal builder based in Long Island, NY, who placed 2nd in our 2017 Stompbox Exhibit "Best Emerging Pedal Manufacturer” Contest. To celebrate Halloween-style our upcoming online pedal expo Effectopia 2020 we are giving our readers the chance to win not one but THREE of their…Click on the title for more

Win Three Pedals by Floating Forest through Effectopia 2020! [ended]

Pine Box Customs Motel Distortion

The Pine Box Customs Motel is a RAT-inspired circuit that aims at widening the palette of tones produced by that popular distortion pedal. It's also the first distortion pedal released by this Memphis-based company that mostly focuses on dirt boxes. The Motel's circuit features an internal voltage doubling circuit that…Click on the title for more

Pine Box Customs Motel Distortion

New Pedal: Catalinbread CB30 Vox-Style Overdrive

The latest pedal by Portland, Oregon's Catalinbread is the CB30, a simple Vox-AC30-style overdrive with Treble and Bass knobs. With this baby, it's all in that elusive "chimey" tones you get from saturating the circuit, so we'll let you hear it, without further ado, in the videos below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-YkbE-LbBc&t=46s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kmOFX_dlnY…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread CB30 Vox-Style Overdrive

New Pedal: Lefty Guitars Daily The Cannon

Designed by pedal videographer Eric Merrow as an all-in-one gain solution for any pedalboard, the Lefty Guitars Daily The Cannon is multi-gain stage overdrive featuring an extra boost with separate footswitch and controls. The amount of boost can be controlled through the orange knob and it's placed before the drive,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Lefty Guitars Daily The Cannon

Win a Red Panda Context V2 Reverb through Effectopia 2020 (Ended)

Our Stompbox Exhibit is back in virtual format on November 1st under the Effectopia 2020 moniker (it's a free event, RSVP here!), and, with it, are a bunch of wonderful pedal giveaways! This week we give our readers the chance to take home a Red Panda Context V2, a Stereo…Click on the title for more

Win a Red Panda Context V2 Reverb through Effectopia 2020 (Ended)

Pyu Pyu Electronics Kongsberg Reverb + Fuzz

Pyu Pyu Electronics is an emerging pedal builder based in Oslo, Norway, mostly focused on designing creative pedals and mods. Their Kongsberg is a hybrid circuit featuring an ambient Reverb and a Fuzz, with a separate footswitch for each effect (the DRONN one is for the fuzz). Check out the…Click on the title for more

Pyu Pyu Electronics Kongsberg Reverb + Fuzz

New Pedals: NUX Steel Singer Drive

The most affordable Dumble-style pedal out there (street price is just under $50!), the NUX Steel Singer is an analog overdrive that recreates the tone of less popular of the two Dumble amps (the Steel String Singer) at a tiny fraction of the cost. Expect smooth high end and the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: NUX Steel Singer Drive