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NUX Steel Singer Drive

The most affordable Dumble-style pedal out there (street price is just under $50!), the NUX Steel Singer is an analog overdrive that recreates the tone of less popular of the two Dumble amps (the Steel String Singer) at a tiny fraction of the cost. Expect smooth high end and the…Click on the title for more

NUX Steel Singer Drive

New Pedals: Wampler Ratsbane Mini Distortion

Brian Wampler's love story with the tone produced by classic and vintage distortion and overdrive circuits gave birth to several pedals that strike a perfect balance between quality, tone-authenticity, and price point - in our guides to the best Plexi-Syle Pedals, Klon Centaur Clones and Dumble-Style Overdrives, his pedals rank…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Wampler Ratsbane Mini Distortion

Alexander Pedals Sugarcube Stereo Chorus/Rotary

In our Best Pedals of 2020 year-end summary, we stated that the Stereo/compact case combo was one of the new stompbox trends of the decade, and the Alexander Pedals Sugarcube seems to confirm it. This is the first Stereo pedal in the company's Neo Series, which is in compact case…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Sugarcube Stereo Chorus/Rotary

Eventide Tricerachorus Pedal Stereo Chorus

On Saturday, October 2nd at our LA Stompbox Exhibit, Eventide unveiled a new member of its new family of stereo pedals inspired by their established line of pro audio plugins: the Tricerachorus. The pedal's algorithm will tempt guitarists interested in genres originating from the '80s (shoegazers in particular) and in…Click on the title for more

Eventide Tricerachorus Pedal Stereo Chorus

Free the Tone Motion Loop

Granular synthesis fans may have found a new best friend in the Motion Loop by Free the Tone. This bright green fella samples a brief section of your performance and loops and manipulates it in real-time, then adding effects like pitch shift, delay, reverse, and filter, among others. It can…Click on the title for more

Free the Tone Motion Loop

Pine-Box Crooked Teeth Dual Tremolo + Preamp

Calling the Pine-Box Crooked Teeth a "tremolo pedal" is a little bit limiting, because this Stereo In/Out device can do a lot more than your regular tremolo. The product of years of experimentation, and (at least in part) of a collaboration with Demedash Effects the Crooked Teeth feeds your guitar's…Click on the title for more

Pine-Box Crooked Teeth Dual Tremolo + Preamp

Spiral Electric FX White Spiral/Secret Chord Dual Boost/Distortion

The Spiral Electric FX White Spiral is a dirty boost with 18v internal operation that exploits a dual JFET circuit inspired by Jimmy Page’s use of the Barcus Berry Preamp. It uses a dual JFET for amplification and the Grit, which is a combination of JFET and Silicon clipping found…Click on the title for more

Spiral Electric FX White Spiral/Secret Chord Dual Boost/Distortion

Pigtronix Gatekeeper Mini Noise Gate

Pigtronix has been particularly active in 2021 with the release of 4 mini-pedals - 3 unveiled during virtual NAMM. The four is by far the least exciting, yet most essential, of the bunch - unless you get excited by a noise gate! The Pigtronix Gatekeeper works just like any other…Click on the title for more

Pigtronix Gatekeeper Mini Noise Gate

Electrofoods Nepenthes V2 Distortion

The Electrofood Nepenthes is a distortion pedal built around a custom discreet LM308 op-amp fine-tuned for a thicker mid-range and clangy high end defined high-end. It features a toggle switch that adds extra clipping and an extra boost stage that does this: Nectar: This left-side footswitch changes the gain structure…Click on the title for more

Electrofoods Nepenthes V2 Distortion

JHS Pedals “Legends of Fuzz”

JHS Pedals unveiled a new series of guitar pedals that's likely to trigger spontaneous geargasms in vintage pedal lovers. The Legends of Fuzz are - for now - four faithful recreations of classic, extremely rare fuzz pedals. In the presentation YouTube video (streaming below) the company is asking suggestions for…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals “Legends of Fuzz”

Inspira FX Tube Killer Fuzz/Drive

There are several hundreds of pedal companies out there who are trying to create dirt box pedals that are exquisite to the ear - and although most electric guitarists seek sublime tone, the competition in that niche is so stiff and numerous that it's not easy to stick out from…Click on the title for more

Inspira FX Tube Killer Fuzz/Drive

NRG Effects Purrer Dual Channel Overdrive

The NRG Effects Purrer is a hand-made (in the UK) Dual Channel Overdrive for the tone lovers out there. The two channels are represented as a smiling orange cat and an angry, red one - we'll let you guess which one is the louder of the two... Its five knobs…Click on the title for more

NRG Effects Purrer Dual Channel Overdrive