Updated Feb. 7, 2020 | by Paolo De Gregorio

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NEW AMP / PREAMP / AMP EMULATION PEDALS
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Chase Bliss Preamp MKII Automatone
$749 - The Preamp MKII Automatone is a collaboration between Chase Bliss Audio and Benson Amps, giving you robotic controls and a digital brain behind one of the best preamps in the business.
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Dry Bell The Engine
Dual preamp that adds 60’s style non-master volume amp crunch characteristics to your signal path, including Rangemaster style tones. Preamp order can be reversed with the push of a button.
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270438673
DSM and Humboldt Simplifier
$329 - An amp and cab emulator that features a true analog preamp that recreates in fine detail the most popular clean channel preamps, a power amp sim and dual independent Cab sims with spread control. Stereo FX loop, headphone amp with Aux input for monitoring or silent practicing, two XLR DI out, and two bypassable ¼-inch jacks round up the features. XLR and Headphone out.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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IK Multimedia 0:51 / 2:32 Z-TONE Buffer Boost
A DI/Preamp/Boost pedal with advanced tone shaping capabilities, active/passive input selector, two selectable channels (PURE and the warmer JFET) and a variable impedance control knob (Z-Tone).
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
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Orange Terror StAmp
$199 | an affordable, Tube/Solid State 20-watt class A/B hybrid amp with an effects loop that is small enough to fit on a pedalboard. Runs at 8 or 16 ohms, so it’s possible to drive several types of cabs, but also includes headphones out with a cab simulator for late-night practice or DI recording.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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3696547816
Tech 21 SansAmp PSA 2.0
A pedalboard version of the company's original PSA rackmount unit, found in many major studios, with an added Performance Mode which turns it into a 3-channel stompbox. Offers warm, all-analog signal path for punchy, responsive, organic sounds with digital recall,
eBay | Reverb | Amazon

NEW BOOST PEDALS
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Tsakalis Audioworks Molecular Boost
A highly configurable Boost and Buffer that can also act as a Volume if connected to an Expression pedal. Four DIP switches on the side panel let you trasnform it into a frequency booster (depending on the configuration of the first two switches, pushing extra highs, mid highs or mids). The third switch is a low-pass filter and the fourth turns on the Expression pedal control.
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NEW DISTORTION PEDALS
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Danelectro Roebuck
$159 - A recreation of the vintage and rare Ibanez Mostortion, a pedal that has many fans among session players because of its flexibility, being able to sound good at a variety of gain ranges, and offering a musical three-band EQ for tone sculpting.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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EarthQuaker Devices / Sunn O))) Life v2
$550+ | This is the "regular box" version of this Shin-Ei FY2 and RAT-inspired octave + distortion + boost pedal designed in collaboration with metal band Sunn O))). The original featured controls on the front panel. A three-way switch gives you op Amp, Asymmetric & Symmetric clipping. It adds Expression control for the octave blend and Flexi-Switch.
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Frost Giant Electronics Athos
A distortion designed with one thing in mind: pure saturated distortion, but with breath and heft you can feel in your gut. It adds a carefully fine-tuned boost circuit around the company’s Mountain distortion. With the boost pushing the Mountain, you can blend both gains and use the Pre to add even more saturation.
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Jackson Audio El Guapo
A distortion pedal modeled after the sound of a JCM 800 amp coupled with a Tube Screamer inspired overdrive which can be activated through the second footswitch. The pedal features the "25% scaling down" volume feature also found in the Broken Arrow, which allows the player to increase the output volume by 1/4 steps by pressing both footswitches at once (the volume must be all the way up for this to work).
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JHS Pedals PG-14
$199 - It features a FET engine and an active mid-frequency preamp placed in front of it, offering a parametric mids section - just like in the studio consoles. The circuit was engineered in close collaboration with guitarist Paul Gilbert and is designed to emulate the touch, feel, and response of a pushed tube amplifier.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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One Control Dyna Red
An upgrade to the previous Barefoot version of this full-on Plexi pedal, featuring an extra filter knob that tames some of the hard mid-range.
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4222122046
Redbeard The Bunker
An overdrive reimagining of the legendary Lovetone Brown Source pedal. A “brown sound” Marshall style overdrive, that can be pushed into distortion, in a board friendly sized enclosure.
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Rainger Minibar
$200 - A unique Liquid Analyzer pedal from thee mad scientists at Rainger FX. Literally varies distortion properties depending on what liquid is in the pedal’s reservoir. Which is best for your sound? Coffee? Dark beer? Water? You decide! Darker liquid makes it bassier, while fizzy adds extra high end. Pour in water for lo-gain or wine for extra drive.
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Seymour Duncan Diamondhead
A "Multi-Stage" distortion with separate boost, this is a pedal dedicated to recreating the classic guitar tones that defined '70s and '80s Metal and Hard Rock. The Drive knob will deliver anything from raw medium gain sounds to screaming high-gain distortion, while the three band active EQ section (operating in the 80Hz, 800Hz and 6kHz) will give the player plenty of tonal flexibility.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Teisco Distortion
$149 - A classic British distortion pedal paired with a colored boost. Offers plenty of tonal shaping possibilities, plus an optional extra gain stage to really ramp things up.
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NEW DYNAMICS/COMPRESSOR PEDALS
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Empress Effects Compressor MKII
MkII is the result of a direct interaction of the Canadian company with its users and their requests. It features the same circuit and sound as V1 but with a new tone knob, top-mounted jacks, side chain high pass filter built-in (with DIP switches that let you change the frequencies of the filter), separate LEDs for gain reduction and input level, and - of course - compact case!
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NEW FUZZ PEDALS
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Catalinbread Effects Giygas
$199 - Three transistor fuzz with a midboost from people who know distortion. Super fuzzy and loud, but voiced to avoid muddiness.
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Danelectro 3699 Fuzz
$159 | An updated version of their classic, the 3699 is the same as the old Foxx Tone Machine but even better and more compact. The upper octave is now more pronounced and footswitchable. A toggle is added for a mid boost if you need to cut through a live mix, therefore removing the mid-frequency scoop of the original.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Fuzzrocious Croak
A super unique double filter fuzz from the husband and wife team at Fuzzrocious. Two differently voiced envelope filters add swallow, gulp, and vocal qualities to a heavy fuzz. Momentary switch toggles between toe up and down “cocked wah” sounds. Expression pedal input allows for parameter changes on the fly.
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Fuzzrocious Maggotor
A gated fuzz "decomposer” that can be played on its own, using the surface mounted springs, or just by banging on the case. As a fuzz box it’s too many types of gnarly to describe. A collaboration with Electro-Faustus.
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Haunted Labs Scorched Earth
A fuzz with a versatile tone knob that can take it from vintage sounding to gnarly.
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Jackson Audio Modular Fuzz + Octave
$279 - A "platform" pedal that can host a series of circuit cards that will change the fuzz style - with each module costing $49. Fuzz and Octave have separate footswitches and volumes. 3 band EQ with parametric Mids and a Blend knob round out the features.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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One Control Rocket Grey Fuzz
$259 - This curiously shaped Octave Up Fuzz features two footswitches to control separately the two circuits, and Volume and Intensity knobs. The input circuit automatically optimizes its sensitivity depending on which guitar is used, for a final tone that sounds less ring-modulated than older designs.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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SolidGoldFX Communication Breakdown
It combines a pair of legendary fuzzes in one stompbox. “Channel A” provides a warm and dynamic 2-transistor Tone Bender MK1.5-inspired circuit with slightly hotter silicon transistors; “Channel B” delivers hard-rockin’, midrangey tones à la Tone Bender MKII. Stacked them or run them separately and use Bias knob and dip switches to tune them to your tastes.
Alt Seller | Reverb | Amazon
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Westminster Effects Exegete
A true sonic reproduction of the Bixonic Expandora, the Exegete provides a vast array of tones, from clean crunch all the way to over-the-top fuzz.
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Redbeard Effects Honey Badger
$259 - The Honey Badger picks up where traditional octave fuzzes left off by adding an additional octave down. A footswitch toggles between fuzz and octave fuzz. Designed to bring The Heavy.
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TWA Wahxidizer
Univox Superfuzz circuit with a switch that allows the user to toggle between the two classic voicings. A parametric EQ tweaks things even more. Expression pedal input controls the EQ. Pairs perfectly with the tap-tempo-able Sidestep, which injects LFO control into the TWA’s expression pedal input - or any pedal’s!
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NEW OVERDRIVE PEDALS
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Alexander Pedals Magnolia
A more traditional release from a manufacturer that got us used to creative if not quirky designs. It's presented as a "smooth and sultry overdrive" with two selectable drive modes and a three-way EQ section.
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Beetronics Fatbee
$189 - The first release from the new Babee Series of effects pedals is an original JFET overdrive circuit that goes from subtle to heavy crunch born from a collaboration with legendary designer Howard Davis. Super responsive to your guitar's controls and player dynamics. 
Sweetwater | Reverb | Amazon
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Carl Martin Panama
$169 - This pedal adds to the Plexi-style's three typical controls (Gain, Level and Tone) an extra Damping knob that tightens the low end, allowing, when necessary, the achievement of a less flabby, more focused tone.
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Crazy Tube Circuits Space Charged V2
It runs with an internal voltage of 40v and comes with a 12AY7 preamp tube inside, but it can be switched with other tuber models for different tone character. V2 adds gain and volume boost function to help lead parts stand out. The tone control was updated with a wider range for brighter sounds available and now also includes a tight/fat switch to shape lower frequencies.
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Cusack FX Meta Plexi
An amp-in-a-box with a decidedly British sounding gain structure. It’s an early Fender/Marshall hybrid pre-amp that uses FETs instead of tubes. The controls are interactive just as they would be in a classic amp tone stack. Features include a three band EQ with Gain and Volume controls, Vintage or Modern tone circuits, and a Lead Boost footswitch with three selectable levels of boost.
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Electric Eye Audio Mud Killer
A pedal that delivers tons of gain and definition by cutting selected frequencies before the signal hits the overdrive.
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3723512903
$299 - A signature Blues Breaker clone designed with guitarist Joey Landreth using Jackson Audio's popular Broken Arrow Overdrive (a TS evolution) as a template, including the separate boost footswitch and three-way EQ. Unlike most pedal overdrive, it's fully MIDI controllable.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Korg OD-S Kit
A DIY kit for an overdrive stompbox featuring one of their NuTube mini-vacuum tubes: the OD-S Kit. No soldering required.
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Mythos Pedals SusMaryOsep!
A 3-in-1 do-it-all pedal designed in collaboration with R.J. Roni=quillo that offers a clean boost with up to 20db of gain, the company's Herculean V2 overdrive, and a simple echo circuit whose Time and Feedback can be change through internal trimpots. Each circuit has its own footswitch.
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Mad Professor Super Black
A new amp-in-a-box by Mad Professor that recreates the valve circuitry of the Black Face Fender amps from the'60s and their classic mid-scooped tone. The pedal also features a handy second overdrive (inherited from the company's Sweet Honey OD) triggered by a separate footswitch. The Compression and Bass Cut toggle switches add tone variations found in some Black Face models.
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Maxon Apex 808
Developed with Susumu Tamura, the original designer of the 808. Incorporates a particularly desirable op-amp, that was sourced for this pedal, to mimic the best of the many versions of this legendary stompbox.
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MXR Timmy Overdrive
$129 - A faithful mini recreation of the hand-made Paul C Audio Timmy Overdrive, designed in collaboration with the original engineer. The MXR Timmy adopts the three-way clipping switch from the original's second version, for added tone flavors.
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Origin Effects Revival Drive Hot Rod Edition
A "Hot Rod" edition of this popular swiss knife overdrive, adds extra gain compared to the original, emulating the mods some players in the '70s introduced by stacking the amp's two channels. It produces tones reminiscent of the early Marshall JMC 800 (valve rectified orange channel) and - and the Mesa Boogie amps (gray, Silicon rectified channel).
Zzounds | Sweetwater |
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Spiral Electric FX Red Spiral
A collaboration with SHOE pedals, this is a very flexible and dynamic overdrive with amp-like character that can do it all: low, mid and also high gain. The EQ section features controls for hi, low and sweepable mids.
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3696547816
Tech 21 SansAmp PSA 2.0
A pedalboard version of the company's original PSA rackmount unit, found in many major studios, with an added Performance Mode which turns it into a 3-channel stompbox. Offers warm, all-analog signal path for punchy, responsive, organic sounds with digital recall,
eBay | Reverb | Amazon
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Teisco Overdrive
The Teisco Overdrive is a simple low- to medium-gain transparent overdrive with an added Kick toggle switch that takes it into medium-gain territory.
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Vox Silk Drive
A lower gain, blues overdrive probably styled after a Dumble amp featuring the tiny KORG Nu-Tube vacuum valve. Standard, Preamp and Cab modes are accessible through a switch in the back panel. OLED displays A small display offers a visual waveform of the sound. Three-way EQ section + Bright switch knob for extra tone sculpting.
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Vox Mystic Edge
An overdrive voiced after the Vox AC-30 featuring the tiny KORG Nu-Tube vacuum valve. Standard, Preamp and Cab modes are accessible through a switch in the back panel. OLED displays A small display offers a visual waveform of the sound. Three-way EQ section + Bright switch knob for extra tone sculpting.
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Vox Cutting Edge
A metal distortion featuring the tiny KORG Nu-Tube vacuum valve. Standard, Preamp and Cab modes are accessible through a switch in the back panel. OLED displays A small display offers a visual waveform of the sound. Three-way EQ section + Tight knob for extra tone sculpting.
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Vox Copperhead Drive
A Plexi style overdrive featuring the tiny KORG Nu-Tube vacuum valve. Standard, Preamp and Cab modes are accessible through a switch in the back panel. OLED displays A small display offers a visual waveform of the sound. Three-way EQ section + Bright switch knob for extra tone sculpting.
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