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New Pedal: Aclam The Mocker

The Aclam The Mocker is a fuzz that continues the Spanish builder's tradition of releasing pedals inspired by classic tones found in specific records or generated by ultra-rare vintage amps used by legendary artists. In this case, the source of inspiration was the ultra-rare Vox UL730, a guitar amp whose…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Aclam The Mocker

Kernom Ridge Overdrive

The Kernom Ridge Overdrive is a new pedal concept devised by a French upstart that aims at offering a comprehensive palette of overdrive tones through a six-knob device. Like some sort of multi-mode overdrive without... modes. The central control here is the Mood knob, which is a continuous control that…Click on the title for more

Kernom Ridge Overdrive

Bleak District Electric Tapescape

As apparent from our article about the best tape echo pedals on the market, the character imparted by magnetic tape to the sounds recorded on it has been inspiring more than one effect builder, and the Bleak District Electric Tapescape is an interesting new entry in this niche. The peculiar…Click on the title for more

Bleak District Electric Tapescape

New Pedal: Maneco Labs 4AD

The name "4AD" might mean nothing for the 20 to 30-year-olds among you reading this, but it's bound to bring back fond memories to anyone who was exploring goth and then alternative music between the early eighties and the early nineties: it's the name of a UK label that launched…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Maneco Labs 4AD

EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3

It should come as no surprise that EarthQuaker Devices’s aesthetic dabbles into the occult from time to time, and the brand’s collaboration with Sunn O))) cemented that fact. The pedal, dubbed “Life Pedal” in conjunction with the release of Sunn O)))’s Life Metal features a presentation like not much else,…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal V3

New Pedal: Summer School Half Day Compressor

Designed to work seamlessly with both bass and guitar, the Summer School Half Day is a modern, boutique take on the Ross-style compressor, an OTA-based, vintage-style compressor known for its fast yet smooth action. A toggle switch changes the input capacitance allowing more bass-friendly frequencies for lower-tuned instruments like bass…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Summer School Half Day Compressor

Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners’ Violet Oscillation

A collaborative limited edition pedal involving a British boutique builder and a YouTube channel focused on pedals, the Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners' Violet Oscillation is a hand-made limited edition fuzz pedal created for the grating yet dreamy soundscape of shoegaze rock. At least in part inspired by the…Click on the title for more

Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners’ Violet Oscillation

New Pedal: JHS 3 Series Oil Can Delay

Released within Reverb.com multi-builder 2023 Blackout Series promotion, the JHS Oil Can Delay is the first non-white pedal in the company's 3 Series. It's a digital delay voiced after the vintage and murky-sounding oil can delay, based on a short-lived technology that's been rediscovered for its unique sonic character. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: JHS 3 Series Oil Can Delay

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor

Line 6, the company that introduced amp, effect and even guitar modelling to the masses, just unveiled their latest product in the Helix multi-effect line, the HX Stomp, which packs all of the Helix's amps, cabs, and effects into a stompbox roughly the size of a BOSS Space Echo. The…Click on the title for more

Line 6 HX Stomp Multieffect Processor

Mattoverse AirTrash Fuzz

"The brand new AirTrash from Mattoverse Electronics is pedal for guitar or bass that sounds like absolute garbage" - and if you hear this from none other than the manufacturer, you can sure believe it's true! Fortunately, the AirTrash is not a Klon's clone or a refined Tube Screamer evolution,…Click on the title for more

Mattoverse AirTrash Fuzz

Mask Audio Electronics MAYBE? Fuzz

A marriage of the company's two fuzz circuits named Yes and No, the appropriately named Maybe? is a super-tweakable dual fuzz. Each side can be played independently or stacked on top of the other. Judging from the builder's words, the destiny of this union is doomed to be destructive, at…Click on the title for more

Mask Audio Electronics MAYBE? Fuzz

Back in Stock: Champion Leccy Divvy v3

The Champion Leccy Divvy WAS a one-knob fuzz, and now, with v3 (out in 2019), it's got two controls, Fuzz and Volume. It has an accentuation in the high-mids and higher frequencies but it’s not a super compressed square wave fuzz. Inspired by the venerable Percolator circuit, it rides the…Click on the title for more

Back in Stock: Champion Leccy Divvy v3