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Win an Eventide Blackhole 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 an Eventide Blackhole, the new ambient reverb…Click on the title for more

Win an Eventide Blackhole Reverb through Effectopia 2020! [ENDED]

Loe Sounds SuperFuzz

Loe Sounds is a boutique pedal company run by two queer female artists based in upstate New York. The in-house designer is Aisha Loe, mostly known for the quirky, but beloved by many, Atari Fuzz and her knack for using recycled circuits and materials to build her company's one-of-a-kind stompboxes.…Click on the title for more

Loe Sounds SuperFuzz

New Pedals: Seamoon Funk Filter

Filters change your instrument's tone quite radically, and because of this, musicians who use them get very picky about them - just ask any synth enthusiast. When it comes to pedals, the filter niche is rather small and mostly confined to funk, a genre whose sound was forged in the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Seamoon Funk Filter

Prodigal Sound Atropos Modulated Delay

Coming out of a boutique shop in Portland, Oregon, the Prodigal Sound Atropos is a modulated delay offering up to a second of delay time with Trails and Feedback knob. The modulation section gives the player a choice of three LFO waves (Square, Triangle and Random), with controls for Speed…Click on the title for more

Prodigal Sound Atropos Modulated Delay

Bardic Audio Oathbreaker

Bardic Audio Devices is an emerging pedal builder run by a young, Michigan-based developer called Tim Novak. The man is really into D&D, so we shouldn't be surprised to find references to the role game both in the name of his company and products ("Bardics" were Celtic minstrels). The Oathbreaker…Click on the title for more

Bardic Audio Oathbreaker

Analog Alien Rumble Seat Drive/Delay/Reverb

The Analog Alien Rumble Seat is a three-footswitch pedal featuring Overdrive, Delay and a simple one-knob Reverb emulating the vintage spring reverbs of early Fender Black Face amps. Each effect can be turned on or off through its dedicated footswitch. The drive is extremely flexible and can act as a…Click on the title for more

Analog Alien Rumble Seat Drive/Delay/Reverb

The Story of the Coppersound/Third Man Triplegraph

In a world where meeting has become unexpectedly challenging, the story of the Triplegraph may sound like a tale from another era. A time when musical instrument makers would meet (unmasked!) at crowded conventions where devices would change hands without undergoing layers of disinfectant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huouODvN4rg It was a device exchange…Click on the title for more

The Story of the Coppersound/Third Man Triplegraph

Announcing Effectopia 2020 – the First Online Stompbox Exhibit

The Stompbox Exhibit Returns FREE and Online: THERE WILL BE DEALS ON PEDALS! - RSVP HERE. Hello pedal, lovers! We miss our real-life pedal events immensely and we hope 2021 will be kind enough to allow us to resume them. But, like everyone else, we need to adapt to this…Click on the title for more

Announcing Effectopia 2020 – the First Online Stompbox Exhibit

The Monthly StompBuzz: the Hottest Pedals in September 2020

After a very slow summer with few new releases, pedal builders seemed to be awakening in September, unleashing a series of exciting brand new devices that spurred frantic online searching activity. For the unaware, our appointment with The Monthly StompBuzz updates our readers on the most searched, and therefore hyped,…Click on the title for more

The Monthly StompBuzz: the Hottest Pedals in September 2020

NEON EGG Planetarium v2

The Planetarium, from UK builder Neon Egg, is an adorably vintage-synth-shaped, non-reroutable creative multi-effect. It consists of a stereo modulated reverb running into an echo (with stereo modulation) and then into a compressor (with external sidechain). As abundantly clear from its form factor, this is a device built with the…Click on the title for more

NEON EGG Planetarium v2

The Best Pedals for Synths with CV in/out in 2022

You may be also interested in our article about the best analog-style synth pedals for guitars and the one about the best creative pedals for synths that accept line in. --- Updated on May 03, 2022 A Guide to the Best Pedals for Synths with CV Compatibility CV (an acronym…Click on the title for more

The Best Pedals for Synths with CV in/out in 2022

Vaderin Pedals Tone Fox Overdrive Distortion

Vaderin Pedals is a new, Los Angeles-based builder specializing in dirt boxes. The Tone Fox is an overdrive/distortion "designed to shape your tone through a crisp-yet-warm tube-like gain stage featuring tight lows, thick mids and present highs." The Teeth knob behaves in a rather original way: clockwise for increased volume, symmetrical…Click on the title for more

Vaderin Pedals Tone Fox Overdrive Distortion