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Hungry Robot Aether Modulating Delay

Pedal lovers with experimental leanings and tweaking urges will be happy to know about the Hungry Robot Aether, a new, PT2399-based modulated delay coming from a boutique builder with a great record of creative stompboxes full of knobs and switches. And as a matter of fact, the Aether is one…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot Aether Modulating Delay

Cornerstone Colosseum Dual Overdrive (Klon + BB)

Emilio at Cornerstore Gear has released a fair number of dual overdrive pedals but for the Cornerstone Colosseum he wanted to do something to please his company's most involved fans, letting them choose the two types of drive included in the circuit. The response was overwhelming: they wanted a Klon…Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Colosseum Dual Overdrive (Klon + BB)

All-Pedal Alcmene Overdrive

The super-large family of Klon clones has gained another small member wiht the All-Pedal Alcmene, a mini stompbox that perfectly captures the core characteristics of the expensive original unit. Featuring the classic Klon 3-knob layout and Germanium clipping diodes, the Alcmene's circuit offers higher headroom and dynamic response than your…Click on the title for more

All-Pedal Alcmene Overdrive

New Pedal: Tallon Electric Dual Drive

As hinted by its name, the Tallon Electric Dual Drive gives you two overdrives in one pedal, with separate footswitches and controls, one inspired by the Blues Breaker and the other by the Centaur Klon. A toggle switch lets you reverse their order. Both circuits aren't exact replicas of their…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tallon Electric Dual Drive

Shift-Line Everest II Reverb + Delay

Shift-Line is a well-respected pedal manufacturer out of Russia which just released a fully analog Stereo take on their multi-mode delay+reverb combo, the mono Everest M. This new design inherits the name of the original, but earns a "2" as in the two channels of Stereo: enter the Shift-Line Everest…Click on the title for more

Shift-Line Everest II Reverb + Delay

Source Audio Vertigo Tremolo Mission of Burma LTD Edition

Source Audio released a limited edition of their Vertigo Tremolo in collaboration with Mission of Burma's Roger Miller as a Music Emporium exclusive. The guitarist of the legendary post-punk band worked closely with the manufacturer's engineers to recreate a mode voiced after his signature custom and extremely rare Vacu-Trem pedal.…Click on the title for more

Source Audio Vertigo Tremolo Mission of Burma LTD Edition

Keeley Eccos Stereo Delay/Looper

We first saw a prototype of the Keeley Eccos Delay-Looper at Winter NAMM 2019. The pedal took a while to be finalized for shipping, probably because of the complex digital algorythms that comprise the core of the circuit. The company has finally unveiled the first two official videos of it,…Click on the title for more

Keeley Eccos Stereo Delay/Looper

All-Pedal Macrodose Envelope Filter

Looking like a cover of a collaborative album from the late '60s by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Funkadelic, and Jimi Hendrix, the All-Pedal Macrodose is a striking attempt at delivering the ultimate envelope filter pedal. This device can produce auto-wah with selectable waveforms, sample/hold functions, step filter, random sample/hold,…Click on the title for more

All-Pedal Macrodose Envelope Filter

Fender Shields Blender Dual Fuzz (Kevin Shield Signature)

The Fender Shields Blender is a signature pedal realized in collaboration with legendary My Bloody Valentine guitarist Kevin Shields. Debuted as a limited edition, it was quickly promoted to standard production after a noteworthy sales run. Few rock bands have been able to devise and define the guitar sound of…Click on the title for more

Fender Shields Blender Dual Fuzz (Kevin Shield Signature)

UAFX Woodrow ’55 Ovedrive

Part of a three amp-in-a-box pedal addition to the Universal Audio pedal line, the UAFX Woodrow '55 is an Authentic end-to-end emulation of the classic ’50s 1 x 12-inch combo amp, recreating the warm tube-style breakup tones of the Fender tweed amps. Like the previous three pedals in the series,…Click on the title for more

UAFX Woodrow ’55 Ovedrive

Joyo Atmosphere Multi-Mode Reverb

Chinese builder Joyo has been making pedals for a very long time but their super-affordable devices were somewhat frowned upon by stompbox connoisseurs, until Mr. JHS posted, in May 2020, this video declaring their 2018 Revolution Series "the perfect budget pedals." Selling well under $100, the Atmosphere Reverb is -…Click on the title for more

Joyo Atmosphere Multi-Mode Reverb

Strymon Mobius Multi-Modulation Pedal

Strymon is a company that focuses heavily on... getting it right. They use powerful DSP processing to create pedals that echo and sometimes surpass the most fabulous designs of the past, but with a modern spin of course. I reviewed the TimeLine a while back and gave an extremely detailed…Click on the title for more

Strymon Mobius Multi-Modulation Pedal