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Wrought Iron Effects H-1 Germanium Carrier Rocket Fuzz

Lovers of crazy fuzz pedals may want to pay attention to this classy-looking fuzz by Wrought Iron Effects, named H-1 Germanium Carrier Rocket and inspired by the soviet moon rocket that exploded 100 meters off the launch pad, "causing one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in human history." This,…Click on the title for more

Wrought Iron Effects H-1 Germanium Carrier Rocket Fuzz

Jackson Audio Modular Fuzz + Octave

"Modular" is a word we are accustomed to associate with synths more than pedals, although stompboxes are a format that's as modular as it gets! We witnessed several attempts by pedal builders to extend this concept to the actual circuit, allowing different modules to be inserted inside a pedal "platform"…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio Modular Fuzz + Octave

Win a Hotone Soul Press II! [ended]

Building on the strength of a super-popular version I, the Hotone Soul Press II is a multi-mode, tweakable Wah/Volume/Expression pedal featuring two wah modes (Warm and Classic) and a Q knob that adjusts the frequency width of the wah. Today we give the readers the chance to win one of…Click on the title for more

Win a Hotone Soul Press II! [ended]

Mod Devices Dwarf Multi-FX + Amp Modeling Workstation

Compact multi-effects pedals can be very useful in complementing any board, and the Mod Devices Dwarf is an interesting recent open-source entry in this niche. The most intriguing feature of this standalone plugin hardware box is that it lets you organize your effects (and routing) in an unlimited number of…Click on the title for more

Mod Devices Dwarf Multi-FX + Amp Modeling Workstation

Empress Heavy Menace Distortion

At first glance, the Empress Heavy Menace seems like a pedal that might win the contest for "most tweakable distortion pedal in a compact case." Also, it looks very cool, notwithstanding its demonic references! An evolution in compact case of the company's popular Heavy pedal, the Heavy Menace could be…Click on the title for more

Empress Heavy Menace Distortion

BOSS V0-1 Vocoder Pedal

For those of you with sound design inclinations, few pedals are as creative as a vocoder, an effect that creates new sounds from the interaction between your instruments and your voice (although using rhythmic instrument instead of the voice can yield intriguing results). Thanks to its link to synth giant…Click on the title for more

BOSS V0-1 Vocoder Pedal

New Pedal: LPD Tidal Chorus

LPD Pedals has been on fire with new releases in 2021. The Tidal is the Arizona-based company's debut in the chorus niche. This is a mono chorus with two voices 90° out of phase with each other (aka "quadrature") which creates circulars cancellations of some frequencies. The Tidal has the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: LPD Tidal Chorus

LPD Pedals Eighty7 Distortion/Overdrive

Guitarists inspired by the iconic distorted guitar sound of the '80s (think the modified Plexi tones and feel that Los Angeles recording studios were tracking in the 80's) have a new friend in the LPD Pedals Eighty7. It's a flexible overdrive/distortion pedal with a full three band + presence EQ…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals Eighty7 Distortion/Overdrive

Flamma FS05 Stereo Multi-Modulation

After writing of the other Flamma stereo, multi-mode, extremely affordable pedals, we kind of saw this one coming: a multi-modulation unit with 11 modes (from the classic to the experimental) storable in 7 presets. The controls couldn't be simpler, with fixed Rate and Depth knobs and two extra controls whose…Click on the title for more

Flamma FS05 Stereo Multi-Modulation

TC Electronic Magus Pro High Gain Distortion

After the acquisition by Behringer's Music Group, Danish pedal builder TC Electronic has been slowly changing its focus from high-end, highly creative stompboxes to super-affordable, bread and butter releases, for the despair of the company's old fans and the joy of a wider demographic of guitar players. The new Magus…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Magus Pro High Gain Distortion

Ground Control Audio Locust Fuzz

We covered Montreal's Ground Control Audio back in 2017 in this manufacturer profile, but the company has been adding several new pedals since then. However, the Locust is one of the builder's earliest designs. This fuzz pushes discrete silicon amplification into loud and sluggish distortion territory. The two mid-notch depth…Click on the title for more

Ground Control Audio Locust Fuzz

Caveman ODR1 Overdrive

For such a small country, Denmark has a surprisingly rich pedal-making history (for example, we could easily name half a dozen relevant Danish stompbox builders, but none from neighboring countries of the Benelux). Caveman Audio may not be as well known as others from the Nordic country, but the brain…Click on the title for more

Caveman ODR1 Overdrive