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New Pedals: Pine-Box Customs Wide Fuzz

Probably the longest and skinniest-loooking pedal out there, the Wide by Pine-Box Custom is a fuzz with FIVE transistor gain stages and plenty of hidden features. Yes because while the pedal only has one knob (that gives you more or less fuzz), there are several tonal controls under the hood,…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Pine-Box Customs Wide Fuzz

Northern FX Rangemaster

The Northern FX Rangemaster is a modern take on that venerable vintage circuit originally manufactured by Dallas, which features a mix of original and updated components within a more pedalboard-friendly enclosure, with the single NOS black glassed PNP germanium transistor providing the grit. The innovation with this version of the…Click on the title for more

Northern FX Rangemaster

Catalinbread Naga Viper Treble Booster

Portland pedal builder Catalinbread just unveiled a gorgeous new version of their Dallas Rangemaster emulation, the Naga Viper treble booster. The circuit here is identical to the original, but, since it belongs to a limited edition series called Gallery, its case sports brand new art. There's also a version in…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Naga Viper Treble Booster

Klinger Fuzz Bee (Roland Bee Baa clone)

The Roland AF-100 BeeBaa Fuzz was a unique (and uniquely cumbersome) fuzz & treble booster from the '70s, but its sound convinced enough guitarists to make do with its huge footprint. Australian guitarist/builder Shaun Klinger made a convincing clone of it, hosted in an enclosure that's about 1/4th of the…Click on the title for more

Klinger Fuzz Bee (Roland Bee Baa clone)

Catalinbread Echorec Multi Drum Echo

Info about the Catalinbread Echorec from the manufacturer's website: The Swell knob controls the number of repeats regenerated – from a single repeat of each playback head to infinite repeats. The Tone control tilts the EQ of the repeats from dark and fat to bright and thin. Dark settings makes…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Echorec Multi Drum Echo

Beautiful Noise Endless Sleeper Delay

Ambient delay and shoegazer fanatics should take a hard look at this pedal by Australian manufacturer Beautiful Noise: the Endless Sleeper. It's an analog voiced dual delay effect with modulation and sample reduction where the two delay lines are cascading into each other, each contributing between 30ms and 1200ms and…Click on the title for more

Beautiful Noise Endless Sleeper Delay

The Best Guitar Effects Pedals of 2020 (according to our data)

Our Blog's Google Search Results tell us the Best Guitar Effects Pedals of 2020! The StompBuzz is our monthly appointment with the list of the most searched pedals in our blog, but in January, we decided to replace the monthly article with a year-end summary based on the same data…Click on the title for more

The Best Guitar Effects Pedals of 2020 (according to our data)

Tortuga Sasquatch Fuzz (Silicon Version)

The Tortuga Sasquatch Fuzz is a Silicon diodes take on the Fuzz Face from the late aughts with extra features. A separate "Anger" circuit, featuring its own footswitch, turns into a crazy noise generator with feedback and loads of overtones. Here's the list of control functions: Holw = Volume Growl = Fuzz…Click on the title for more

Tortuga Sasquatch Fuzz (Silicon Version)

New Pedals: Cornell Amps Legacy Fuzz

When in 1999 Arbiter decided to reissue their legendary Fuzz Face circuit (initially released in the '60s) they tasked expert amp fixer/maker Denis Cornell with the circuit's redesign. Founded in 1991, Cornell Amps is Denis's own company, and it has recently released its own version of that type of circuit:…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Cornell Amps Legacy Fuzz

Fjord Fuzz EMBLA

The Fjord Fuzz EMBLA represents the Norwegian manufacturer's ongoing attempt to create a fuzz pedal made for the live stage that behaves more like an overdrive - more dynamic and flexible than your average one-trick-pony fuzz. The EMBLA has been going through several versions to improve this original concept, and…Click on the title for more

Fjord Fuzz EMBLA

Animals Pedal Vintage Van Driving is Very Fun

Animals Pedal is an emerging Japanese pedal company known for their colorful pedal art and quirky names, which has attracted attention in the USA with their recent design collaborations with American builders Skreddy Pedals and Wren and Cuff. Their latest device is a, simple, affordable and flexible overdrive/boost called "Vintage Van…Click on the title for more

Animals Pedal Vintage Van Driving is Very Fun

Kyro Audio Dulo 830

Hailing from Bulgaria, Kyro Audio is a guitar amp manufacturer that just released a 30w pedal amp called Dulo 830 - Henning Pauly seems very excited about it (see video below). Featuring both a line out and a D.I/speaker out (XLR) with ground lift and optional cab simulation, the Dulo…Click on the title for more

Kyro Audio Dulo 830