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J. Rockett Audio Designs The Dude V2

J. Rockett Audio Designs has built a solid reputation for no-frills amp-in-a-box kind of pedals, and The Dude V2 is their (updated) four-knob Dumble Overdrive emulator. Set your signal strength with the Ratio (gain) and Level controls, and adjust your EQ with Treble and Deep, whose unique sweep adds plenty…... Click for more

J. Rockett Audio Designs The Dude V2

Pedal Update: T-Rex Replica Stereo Delay

In the early aughts, Danish brand T-Rex was highly regarded among pedal lovers, in particular for their delays. They were among the first (if not THE first) to blend analog and digital technologies - an approach that was destined to be a game-changer in the stompbox world and that was…... Click for more

Pedal Update: T-Rex Replica Stereo Delay

Cat Box Customs Bean Machine V2 Fuzz

Although it's presented in the name as an update, the Cat Box Customs Bean Machine V2 is actually a "deluxe version" of its older sibling. A variant of the Harmonic Percolator fuzz, the original featured a Volume and Fuzz knob, a 3-way diode clipping selection with Germanium/none/Silicon options, and two…... Click for more

Cat Box Customs Bean Machine V2 Fuzz

Lauren Audio Mustang V2 Preamp

Run by a recording engineer, Lauren Audio is a one-man builder based in California that offers custom amplifiers and preamps and, also a bunch of pedals, among which a preamp stompbox emulating the most legendary channel strip, the Neve 1073: enter the Lauren Audio Mustang V2. The Mustang has a…... Click for more

Lauren Audio Mustang V2 Preamp

Keeley Caverns V2 Delay/Reverb

Keeley Electronics' version 2 of their take on the Tape Echo style Delay with Reverb, called Caverns, blends their two most popular time-based circuits. V2 builds on the old Caverns pedal by giving players a more open and logical control layout and more space between the foot switches. For an…... Click for more

Keeley Caverns V2 Delay/Reverb

Strymon Lex V2 Rotary

The Strymon Lex V2 Rotary is a stereo pedal that realistically simulates the effect of the rotating Leslie speakers, including the iconic slow/fast speed ramping, delegated to a separate footswitch. The second version, released in 2022, improves the input circuit with a premium analog JFET and adds two new knobs…... Click for more

Strymon Lex V2 Rotary

NativeAudio Rising Sun Optical Tremolo V2

The NativeAudio Rising Sun is an analog optical but digitally controlled optical tremolo with four waveforms and tap tempo voiced after vintage units. It has four subdivisions and ramping, which allows acceleration from the slow to the fast tempo. A central toggle switch lets the player choose between Tap mode,…... Click for more

NativeAudio Rising Sun Optical Tremolo V2

AC Noises Ama V2 Reverb + Bit Crusher

The AC Noises Ama V2 is an ambient reverb followed by a switchable Bitcrusher (Crush toggle) and a modulation section (OSC knob). The Reverb knob balances both the amount of reverb and the length of the decay. The bit crusher gets things grainy and noisy and features knobs for Resolution…... Click for more

AC Noises Ama V2 Reverb + Bit Crusher

Electronic Audio Experiments Hypersleep V2 Analog Reverb + Modulation

The Electronic Audio Experiments Hypersleep V2 is an analog reverb. But - some may say - "don't you need springs to make an analog reverb?" Well, not if you are after something that's not necessarily vintage-sounding or realistic. The Hypersleep is based on the unusual MN3011 bucket-brigade device, obsolete to…... Click for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Hypersleep V2 Analog Reverb + Modulation

Crazy Tube Circuits Space Charged V2 Tube Ovredrive

Notwithstanding the company's name, the Space Charged was Crazy Tube Circuits' first real tube overdrive. It runs with an internal voltage of 40v and comes with a 12AY7 preamp tube inside the pedal, but that can be switched with other tuber models (12AX7, 12AT7, 12AU7, 5751 ) for varied color…... Click for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Space Charged V2 Tube Ovredrive

Ground FX Keto V2 Chorus + Reverb

Ambient and shoegazer music relies heavily on a hefty amount of reverb and modulation (mostly chorus) applied to guitars and other sounds, and because of this, there's a growing niche of pedals that offer both effects in one box: enter the Ground FX Keto V2. Hailing from Germany, this is…... Click for more

Ground FX Keto V2 Chorus + Reverb

Jackson Audio Bloom V2 Compressor/EQ

In the last couple of years, innovation in the pedal realm has been mostly about fitting in a compact enclosure what in previous years would fit in larger cases. However, a handful of companies went beyond that goal, and Houston's Jackson Audio belongs to that shortlist. Their Bloom v2 can…... Click for more

Jackson Audio Bloom V2 Compressor/EQ