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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

Win a Korg minilogue_xd through our Online Synth Expo! [closed]

Hello synthpathizers! On the heels of our always-packed (and therefore currently not allowed due to pandemic) real-life Synth & Pedal Expos, we are organizing an online Synth Event on October 4th called Synthesthesia 2020 - it's free, you can RSVP here! (We'll announce soon also a virtual Stompbox Exhibit!) To celebrate…Click on the title for more

Win a Korg minilogue_xd through our Online Synth Expo! [closed]

TEFI Vintage Lab Gegé Germanium Fuzz

Tefi Vintage Lab is an Italian pedal of quality stompboxes with a knack for flexibility and adorned with super fun illustrations depicting intriguing characters. Gegé is their take on the classic Germanium fuzz circuit, sporting two hand-picked Germanium transistors AC152, and delivers a dynamic fuzz sound with long sustain and…Click on the title for more

TEFI Vintage Lab Gegé Germanium Fuzz

Skrydstrup DST1 Distortion

A spartan looking, sturdy and rather large device hailing from Hannover, Germany, the Skrydstrup DST1 is a three-knob, high-end level distortion pedal that delivers a range of tones from crancked plexi sounds to singing lead sounds with the dynamics of a tube amplifier. There isn't much to say about this…Click on the title for more

Skrydstrup DST1 Distortion

CKK Electronic Fluid Time MKII Analog Delay

Chinese pedal brands CKK Electronics and Sinvertek (they are the same company) have been gaining more and more respect among the community of pedal lovers for their well designed and affordable stompboxes offering a mind-blowing host of features - so much so that we are tempted to call them the…Click on the title for more

CKK Electronic Fluid Time MKII Analog Delay