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Pedal Review: Analog Man Mini Chorus

The Analog Man Mini Chorus is a fabulously warm, shimmery chorus with a distinct voice. Sure, digital chorus pedals offer more versatility for your money, not to mention crystalline clarity, but if you've got the means and you're looking for a vintage sound you could pick out of a lineup, you…Click on the title for more

Pedal Review: Analog Man Mini Chorus

Eventide H9 Multi-Effects Pedal

Few manufacturers can claim Eventide's record in delivering top-notch and lush sounding studio and pedal gear. The Eventide H9 looks and feels like a clear departure from their line of stompboxes: whereas those black pedals immediately conveyed an intimidating feeling of depth of features (which can scare some musicians away),…Click on the title for more

Eventide H9 Multi-Effects Pedal

New Pedal: Hungry Robot The Collective Fuzz

Just like most other devices released by the North Carolina's builder, the Hungry Robot The Collective is a pedal for the creative/tinkerer guitarist, but unlike the other pedals currently in the company's roster, this one is a fuzz - or rather, three fuzzes in one pedal. The man behind the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Hungry Robot The Collective Fuzz

Vntage Tone Vibe Of Dreams

The Vntage Tone Vibe Of Dreams is a streamlined uni-vibe clone that with four controls (Level, Depth, Rate and Voice) can deliver a wide range of juicy vibe tones. Like with any other vibe-style pedal, the devil is in the tone and in the price - but also in the…Click on the title for more

Vntage Tone Vibe Of Dreams

New Pedal: Side Effects Mocking Bird Delay V3

The Side Effects Mocking Bird Delay has been around since 2017 but the builder kept improving the circuit and this is the 2022 version, which we will call V3 to differentiate it from the videos of it shot around 2020 (which we'll call V2) and the ones shot when the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Side Effects Mocking Bird Delay V3

Ibanez TS808 TAMURA-MOD Tube Screamer

The world is full of Tube Screamer clones and variants, but the Ibanez TS808 TAMURA-MOD is a little more than that: a mod of the most popular overdrive ever by the engineer who designed the original circuit back in 1979! Mr. Tamura has spent the past three years analyzing hundreds…Click on the title for more

Ibanez TS808 TAMURA-MOD Tube Screamer

Crazy Tube Circuits Killer V Vibrato + Drive

Magnatone amps have gained some sort of legendary aura for their vibrato effect, which consisted in a very subtle modulation affecting the tone's pitch, rather its volume - the latter effect being later named "tremolo," while, in case you are wondering, the "uni-vibe" (aka vibe) was something else entirely. But,…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Killer V Vibrato + Drive

Shnobel Tone Ratatouille Distortion

The second release by pedal YouTuber turned builder Shnobel (after the Daily Driver), the Ratatouille is an original circuit inspired by the ProCo RAT. Like the original, this distortion pedal can deliver a variety of tones from low gain overdrive, to distorted, to borderline fuzz when cranked up. The Ratatouille's…Click on the title for more

Shnobel Tone Ratatouille Distortion

Rainger FX Bleep Fuzz

In all likelihood, you are familiar with Rainger FX's Dr. Freakenstein Fuzz and its little Igor pressure controller; even a quick look at it tends to generate a lasting impression. The London based builder recently unveiled a new fuzz called Bleep that uses that pedal's same "full-on" fuzz circuit but fits…Click on the title for more

Rainger FX Bleep Fuzz

New Pedal: Fjord Fuzz Kvasir

With the Fjord Fuzz Kvasir, Norwegian pedal builder Daniel Thornhill adds another chapter to his love story with fuzz - in this case through a pedal named after the most beautiful and wise man from Norse mythology. Born from a random discovery made while Daniel was working on the Berserk,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fjord Fuzz Kvasir

Wampler Ethereal Reverb and Delay

Brand new video by Dennis Kayzer of Wampler's Ethereal Reverb and Delay. Brian Wampler's original idea was to create an ambient pedal that was luscious sounding and as straightforward as possible. From the manufacturer's website: When designing the Ethereal these were the EXACT thoughts running through the mind of Brian Wampler.…Click on the title for more

Wampler Ethereal Reverb and Delay

Spun Loud Shuksan Fuzz

The Spun Loud Effects Shuksan Fuzz is a US hand-made three-knob a discrete high-gain fuzz that uses three gain stages to deliver a wide range of tones without ever compromising the dynamics of the performance. Input and Sustain knobs deal with signal in and fuzz amount, while the Output can…Click on the title for more

Spun Loud Shuksan Fuzz