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Pedal Manufacturers Profiles

With its cosmic approach to feature-rich stompboxes, Wisconsin based Mattoverse builds self-described "handmade tools for new sonic adventures." Since we are fond of adventures - and adventurous art - we couldn't help but dig a little deeper, after noticing these intriguing boxes at the latest Summer NAMM. TIME BASED EFFECTS The pedals from…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile: Mattoverse Electronics

Pedal Manufacturer on the Rise: 6 Degrees FX

We recently stumbled upon one of the videos at the bottom of this post, and something unexpected happened. We suddenly realized that... we still like toy cars - A LOT! We will spare you the details of the coolest toy cars we owned in our early years, suffice to say that the most special…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer on the Rise: 6 Degrees FX

New Pedal Manufacturers: Electronic Audio Experiments

Out of Boston comes a very interesting stompbox manufacturer called Electronic Audio Experiments, whose effects have already found a spot in boards of established, edgy bands like The World is a Beautiful Place... and Foxing, among others. "The sound in a guy's head" (obviously unachievable through existing pedals) is once again responsible…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Manufacturers: Electronic Audio Experiments

Sonicsmith – Squaver P1 & ConVertor

Running your guitar through real synths (not just "pedal synths") is something not every guitarist is fond of, but those who do have a lot of fun with it. It takes a certain mindset (not to mention patience) to comprehend all the functions and options offered by synths, and many guitarists…Click on the title for more

Sonicsmith – Squaver P1 & ConVertor

If you really think about it and aren't afraid to sound a little cheesy, love is always behind the founding of a manufacturing company. Why would anybody otherwise pretty much "condemn" him or herself to building something in (hopefully) humongous quantities for the rest or their lives? In this light, Peter…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer Profile: Chellee

Ryan McCaffrey was a firefighter in central Wisconsin when the pedal bug bit. A member of the Air Force before that, you could say he knew a thing or two about discipline. So it was not without a lot of research (and some trepidation) that he chose to take his…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer profile: McCaffrey Audio (from Gearphoria)

New Pedal Manufacturers: Beetronics FX

The look of Beetronics FX's pedals made me think of a conversation I had years ago with a friend who was scandalized at the fact that there was a factory whose sole purpose was to wear down new pairs of jeans and make holes in them so that they looked "cooler." At the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Manufacturers: Beetronics FX

Summer camp can really have a crucial impact on people's lives. Just ask Dave Fox, owner of New Jersey's pedal company Foxrox Electronics: My fascination with electronics began as a kid at summer camp, where I learned how to solder parts into circuit boards. From then on, I was intrigued with…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer Profile: Foxrox Electronics

Malekko board at the Montreal SBE 2017

The guys at Malekko Heavy Industry definitely like to think outside the box, and their latest effects have been more and more interesting and unusual. They also participate to most of our events, so we thought it would be cool to highlight the pedals in the board they have sent to our latest…Click on the title for more

Malekko board at the Montreal SBE 2017

New Pedal Manufacturers: Cast Engineering and the Mike Zito Peace Drive

Based in Atlanta, Cast Engineering has been forging stompboxes (and amps) since 2015, shortly after its founder Steve Evans decided it was time to quit the... professional bowling career! Ok, ok, not exactly "shortly after": the man has a long history running and owning engineering companies, and, as it often happens, at…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Manufacturers: Cast Engineering and the Mike Zito Peace Drive

Old Blood Noise board at the Montreal SBE

For those of you who missed our Montreal Stompbox Exhibit, we just thought of a way to give you the opportunity to experience it, one board at a time, in a... flawed but interactive way! Old Blood Noise sent the pictured mini-board for that show;o we have recreated it below in our…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise board at the Montreal SBE

New Pedals: Gearmanndude Luther Drive v.3

Y'all may know GermannDude for his very popular demo videos of stompboxes - we actually aggregate many of them in the "pedal strip" on our site's homepage (under the blog's top picture). Even though the dude is probably among the most knowledgeable human beings in the guitar effect department (he's got almost 2k…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Gearmanndude Luther Drive v.3