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What is Montreal Assembly? A Pedal Builder For Non-Purists

Updated on 05.15.2020 Montreal Assembly: Builder Profile In the summer of 2007, Montreal based electrical engineer Scott Monk bought a bunch of cheap, second-hand microphones from a stranger, in Toronto. Six months later, on December 30th, that seemingly meaningless experience became the subject of his new blog's first post: he had opened the mics…Click on the title for more

What is Montreal Assembly? A Pedal Builder For Non-Purists

New Pedals: Old Blood Noise FAULT V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

The cool cats at Old Blood Noise Endeavors just unveiled V2 of their Fault dual overdrive and... the baby's got faders!!! Building on the core of the original two-gain pedal with separate footswitch for Gain 2, V2 maintains many of the same features and core sound, but includes a selectable…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Old Blood Noise FAULT V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Moustache Audio Chevron Overdrive

The Ibanez Tube Screamer is the best selling pedal of all times, and also the most cloned one. The Moustache Audio Chevron Overdrive belongs to the family of TS emulation, and offers a "Swiss Knife" angle to the format, with five knobs (two gain and a three-band EQ) and three…Click on the title for more

Moustache Audio Chevron Overdrive

Looperstar Effects Fuzz Junkie

The guys at Looperstar Effects are making things really easy for us with this awesome picture of their Fuzz Junkie... what else is there to say, besides that it sounds sick? This oscillating fuzz device has been around for a while (see Gearman Dude's videos at the bottom of this…Click on the title for more

Looperstar Effects Fuzz Junkie

Idiotbox FX Power Drive

A development of their original take on the legendary Colorsound Power Boost (a pedal revered by David Gilmour), the Idiotbox FX Power Drive is a lot more than a boost pedal. Dirty, raw and full of gain, this is not a transparent pedal by any means. The high and low knobs…Click on the title for more

Idiotbox FX Power Drive

New Pedal: J. Rockett Audio Broverdrive Overdrive

The uncharacteristically tongue-and-cheekily-named Brotherdrive by J. Rockett is an original overdrive circuit that's incredibly versatile for a three-knob stompbox. The Brotone knob can alone confer a variety of qualities to the overdriven sound affecting both high end and the character of the overdrive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d86H-QgXdp8Click on the title for more

New Pedal: J. Rockett Audio Broverdrive Overdrive

MXR Octavio Fuzz

With its popular line of Jimi Hendrix-inspired Uni-Vibes, MXR is further tying its brand to the tone of the legendary guitarist with the release of the Octavio, a Silicon based Octave-up Fuzz that's as simple and responsive as the original units of the '60s - but a lot smaller and…Click on the title for more

MXR Octavio Fuzz

Shoneswood Effects Shralp Gated Fuzz

Shoneswood is a small pedal manufacturer that hand-builds its stompboxes, giving each one a unique enclosure made out of... repurposed old skateboards! The Shralp is a Gated Fuzz with controls for Volume, Gate and Tone, inspired by vintage gated fuzz, and can also deliver tones closer to an overdrive at…Click on the title for more

Shoneswood Effects Shralp Gated Fuzz

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz

Los Angeles' Spruce Effects just announced a new line of limited pedal releases called Americana, and unveiled the first device in this series, the Acadia, a dual Germanium fuzz. This pedal is very flexible thanks to the two gain stages, controlled by the two top knobs, and the three tone…Click on the title for more

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz

Tonetuga FX Songbird Overdrive

The Songbird Overdrive by Tonetuga FX is presented as a general tone enhancer that has the ability to get your clean amp into breakup territory. It stacks well with other drives and can be used direct as a preamp, with the gain and volume knobs interacting with each other just…Click on the title for more

Tonetuga FX Songbird Overdrive

Hungry Robot Pedals: The Lumen

It's somewhat unexpected to see a new dirt box from Hungry Robot Pedals, a boutique manufacturer that has built its reputation through creative effects ranging from the spacey to the synthy. But The Lumen, a FET-based overdrive, is a device that still bears Hungry Robot's trademark quirkiness, in particular thanks…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot Pedals: The Lumen

Dunable Eidolon Boost + Delay + Reverb

The many guitarists who play genres too fast to allow them to stomp on more than one pedal before their solos should take a look at the Dunable Eidolon, a compact-ish multi-effect device that allows you to get your rhythm and lead tone in one stomp, with an added wetness…Click on the title for more

Dunable Eidolon Boost + Delay + Reverb