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Flowers Pedals Dahila Dual/Stereo Analog Delay

It may looking rather unassuming, but the Flowers Pedals Dahila is an extremely powerful dual BBD-based modulated delay delivering up to 820ms of (digitally controlled) analog delay per channel. The amount of functionality is truly impressive, and, as far as we know, this is the first analog stereo delay pedal…Click on the title for more

Flowers Pedals Dahila Dual/Stereo Analog Delay

New Pedal: DSM Humboldt Simplifier X

The brainchild of Manuel Jano Acevedo of Humboldt Electronics and Daniel Schwartz of DSM Noisemaker, the DSM Humboldt Simplifier X is the newest member of the very successful family of Simplifier amp and cab simulators, and also the most beastly, as it appears obvious from the borderline insane number of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: DSM Humboldt Simplifier X

Echo Fix EF-P3 Chorus

The Echo Fix EF-P3 Chorus is an analog BBD-based chorus by an Australian company known for high-end multi-head tape echo machines. It's a rather standard chorus/vibrato built with the best possible components and featuring controls with extended range and increased internal voltage for extra dynamic range. It features a footswitch…Click on the title for more

Echo Fix EF-P3 Chorus

2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

Please note: this article is about a very specific niche of reverb pedals we refer to as "multi-reverb" or "multi-mode reverb". For a wider-angle article about reverbs, see our regularly updated Best Reverb Pedals article. [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump to list)" toggle="1" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold"…Click on the title for more

2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

Source Audio ZIO Analog Preamp/Boost

Boston's pedal builder Source Audio in the last few years has seemed intent in focusing on products that take the most purely "tonal" effects to the next level. After the EQ2, a programmable equalizer, comes Zio, a multi-voice analog preamp/boost designed in collaboration with Christopher Venter, the owner and sole…Click on the title for more

Source Audio ZIO Analog Preamp/Boost

MXR Wylde Audio Chorus

Released by the Californian builder together with an overdrive and a phaser, the MXR Wylde Audio Chorus is an analog pedal that commemorates the two-decade partnership between Dunlop and Zakk Wylde, guitarist of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society. Zakk uses the chorus to enhance his distorted tones and introduce…Click on the title for more

MXR Wylde Audio Chorus

2023 UPDATE: The Best Analog Delay Pedals (Mono & Stereo)

Welcome to our comprehensive guide to the best analog delay pedals. For coverage of all delay types go to our Best Delay Pedals article - you may also want to see our Best Tape Delay Pedals Article, featuring similar effects. --- [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to…Click on the title for more

2023 UPDATE: The Best Analog Delay Pedals (Mono & Stereo)

Strymon Brig DBucket Stereo Delay

The Strymon Brig dBucket Delay is the (almost) compact evolution of the Californian company's Brigadier. They are both digital pedals featuring a proprietary chip (dBucket) created with the declared intent of replicating the character of the Bucket Brigade Device, the beating heart of any analog delay pedal, without its flaws.…Click on the title for more

Strymon Brig DBucket Stereo Delay

The 3 Best Chorus Pedals By Type in 2023 (Stereo+Mono)

See also our article on the Best Multi-Modulation Pedals. Looking for the best chorus pedals on the market? You've come to the right place! Whether you are a casual stompbox user or a true and tried pedal expert, in this article you'll find what you need, from bread-and-butter affordable mono…Click on the title for more

The 3 Best Chorus Pedals By Type in 2023 (Stereo+Mono)

BOSS DM-101 Delay

Leveraging eight analog but digitally controlled 2048-stage BBD chips, the BOSS DM-101 is a modern delay pedal that confirms a few new trends in the "big-name" stompbox industry, such as the takeover of stereo and presets, but also a more granular approach to multi-mode devices: where the pedals of yesteryear…Click on the title for more

BOSS DM-101 Delay

New Pedal: Mythos The Fates Analog Chorus

Designed in collaboration with Brian for Madbean Pedals, the Mythos The Fates represents the first foray of the Nashville-based company into the modulation realm: It's a high-quality analog, mono chorus pedal inspired by the classics of the '80s with bread-and-butter controls and the typical Chorus/Vibrato toggle. The company's owner and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mythos The Fates Analog Chorus

Asheville Music Tools ACV-1 Chorus/Vibrato

The Asheville Music Tools ACV-1 is a new high-end, Bucket Brigade Device-based mono chorus/vibrato by the North Carolina-based company and part of their Analoger series. What's peculiar about this circuit is that it lets you change the length of the small delay that's at the basis of the chorus effect…Click on the title for more

Asheville Music Tools ACV-1 Chorus/Vibrato