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Idiotbox Effects Mad Doctor Deluxe Tremolo

The Idiotbox Effects Mad Doctor Deluxe is a tremolo pedal with 8 LFO modes, including some "out there" ones that borderline on glitchy/stutter: ramp up, ramp down, square pulse, triangle, sine, sweep, random levels and random slope. This pedal can create some interesting textures, and it's Tap-Tempo enabled. Check out…Click on the title for more

Idiotbox Effects Mad Doctor Deluxe Tremolo

New Pedals: One Control Butter Yellow Auto Quack

Autowah pedals are deceivingly simple devices: a lot of care is required not only in the design of the filter (it's all in the tone!) but also in the way the envelope interacts with the player's dynamics. Japanese pedal builder One Control has developed a very solid reputation through their…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: One Control Butter Yellow Auto Quack

Pecan Audio Edera Stereo Distortion

Stereo is slowly but surely becoming the standard in the stompbox realm, and even though, for obvious reason, this trend began with time-based and modulation effects, it's now expanding to dirt boxes - coincidentally, we blogged earlier this week about the first stereo pedal guitar amp. One of the big…Click on the title for more

Pecan Audio Edera Stereo Distortion

Greenchild Amplification Klazo Drive

Greenchild Amplification's most recent design is the Klazo Drive, an overdrive featuring a unique design based on "current driven transconductance amplifier topology with floating diodes" that deliver musical clipping across the entire frequency spectrum. Check out the videos below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5kN46YUpH4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOt1NxeKJ9o Our Klazo Drive is a smooth sounding overdrive designed…Click on the title for more

Greenchild Amplification Klazo Drive

The Monthly Stompbuzz, November 2020 – Most Searched Pedals on Our Blog

The Monthly StompBuzz is back, with the usual update on the most searched pedals on our site in the previous 30 days period - in this case, that is November 2020! For some inscrutable reason, last month was the month of the Plexi Pedal - not one, not two, but…Click on the title for more

The Monthly Stompbuzz, November 2020 – Most Searched Pedals on Our Blog

New Pedals: Anarchy Audio Aftermath Modulation Obliterator

While reverb and delay pedals have been the favorite effects of creative guitarists since the psychedelic '60s, the trend of creative modulation pedals is rather new. Australian pedal builder Anarchy Audio just released their take on this effect niche, and - as one may expect from their name - it's…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Anarchy Audio Aftermath Modulation Obliterator

Tsakalis Audioworks Molecular Boost / Preamp

The new Tsakalis Audioworks Molecular Boost is a highly configurable Boost and Buffer that can also act as a Volume pedal if connected to an Expression device. Four DIP switches on the side panel let you transform it into a frequency booster (depending on the configuration of the first two…Click on the title for more

Tsakalis Audioworks Molecular Boost / Preamp

Win a Walrus Audio Julianna + an awesome T-Shirt!

Hoards of guitarists fell in love with Julia, the remarkable chorus pedal released by Walrus Audio in 2016: so remarkable that it became one of the most sought-after choruses in the boutique pedal market. Earlier this year the company unveiled Julia's Stereo sister, Julianna, which also sports a secondary LFO…Click on the title for more

Win a Walrus Audio Julianna + an awesome T-Shirt!

McGregor Pedals Crunch Plus Overdrive

Vancouver's McGregor Pedals recently unveiled an "upscale" version of their Crunch Transparent Overdrive, the Crunch Plus. This circuit adds a third gain stage and a second clipping stage to the original circuit, giving you the transparent tones of its cousin a low gain but taking things to a new level…Click on the title for more

McGregor Pedals Crunch Plus Overdrive

Jetter Pedal X Overdrive

Based in Marietta, Georgia, Jetter Gear is a pedal manufacturer exclusively dedicated to dirt boxes - and increasingly focused on overdrives - that makes an effort to "keep as much of the build process in-house or closely under our direct control." Their circuit boards are designed and manufactured in the…Click on the title for more

Jetter Pedal X Overdrive

Caline CP-24 10 band Graphic EQ

The BOSS GE-7 is a very useful pedal to sculpt your tones, whether clean or distorted. Guitarists who want more than 7 EQ bands should take a look at this Caline CP-24, which offers a similar solution with a 10 band EQ, for under $40!!! Check out the video, below.…Click on the title for more

Caline CP-24 10 band Graphic EQ

Rock Stock Bright Switch Utility Pedal

Those who enjoy experimenting with their pedals during a live performance wouldn't be able to do that very well without a resource that's often lacking on stages... light! This little utility pedal by Rock Stock, called Bright Switch, provides that, and a few more functions like USB charging port and…Click on the title for more

Rock Stock Bright Switch Utility Pedal