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New Pedal: Dr. Scientist Phreak Ring Mod

Ring modulators are a type of effect that only the more daring guitarist can tolerate which had a surge in popularity in the middle part of the last decade (the 2010s). The Dr. Scientist Phreak updates that format with some neat new, DSP-powered features. The most important feature of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Dr. Scientist Phreak Ring Mod

2023 UPDATE: The Best Bitcrusher Pedals

Lovers of quirky effects may want to check out also our shopping guides to the Best Glitch and Granular Pedals, the Best Ring Modulator Pedals and the Best Pedals for Synths. Updated on July 11.2022. Those who see technology as unstoppable progress towards technical excellence might feel puzzled by the…Click on the title for more

2023 UPDATE: The Best Bitcrusher Pedals

New Pedal: Aclam The Mocker

The Aclam The Mocker is a fuzz that continues the Spanish builder's tradition of releasing pedals inspired by classic tones found in specific records or generated by ultra-rare vintage amps used by legendary artists. In this case, the source of inspiration was the ultra-rare Vox UL730, a guitar amp whose…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Aclam The Mocker

New Pedal: Maneco Labs 4AD

The name "4AD" might mean nothing for the 20 to 30-year-olds among you reading this, but it's bound to bring back fond memories to anyone who was exploring goth and then alternative music between the early eighties and the early nineties: it's the name of a UK label that launched…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Maneco Labs 4AD

New Pedal: Summer School Half Day Compressor

Designed to work seamlessly with both bass and guitar, the Summer School Half Day is a modern, boutique take on the Ross-style compressor, an OTA-based, vintage-style compressor known for its fast yet smooth action. A toggle switch changes the input capacitance allowing more bass-friendly frequencies for lower-tuned instruments like bass…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Summer School Half Day Compressor

New Pedal: JHS 3 Series Oil Can Delay

Released within Reverb.com multi-builder 2023 Blackout Series promotion, the JHS Oil Can Delay is the first non-white pedal in the company's 3 Series. It's a digital delay voiced after the vintage and murky-sounding oil can delay, based on a short-lived technology that's been rediscovered for its unique sonic character. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: JHS 3 Series Oil Can Delay

Back in Stock: Champion Leccy Divvy v3

The Champion Leccy Divvy WAS a one-knob fuzz, and now, with v3 (out in 2019), it's got two controls, Fuzz and Volume. It has an accentuation in the high-mids and higher frequencies but it’s not a super compressed square wave fuzz. Inspired by the venerable Percolator circuit, it rides the…Click on the title for more

Back in Stock: Champion Leccy Divvy v3

New Pedal Kit: JHS NOTAKLÖN

Sold in a packaging openly inspired by Ikea's build-it-yourself products, the JHS NOTAKLÖN is a somewhat parodic DYI kit of what's presented as an overdrive pedal utilizing "the unique “Shamrock” modification that the Kansas City company performed on the *Klon KTR for several years" - although the name seems to…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Kit: JHS NOTAKLÖN

New Pedal: Bondi Effects Squish As VCA Compressor

Australian pedal builder Bondi Effect, well known for its Klon clone Sick As, kind of harnessed the popularity of that hit stompbox in the name choice department for their new compressor, the Squish As. Based on a VCA circuit, renowned for its transparent and predictable compression, the Squish As shares…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Bondi Effects Squish As VCA Compressor

New Pedal: Umbrella Company Mayonaise

The Umbrella Company Mayonaise Fuzz seems to be the debut pedal by the Japanese distributor of Chase Bliss and Empress Effects among others. It's presented as a modern and multifaceted "fuzzstortion" inspired by many classic circuits of the past but not necessarily replicating any of them, although sonic references to…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Umbrella Company Mayonaise

Win an IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro X [ENDED]

If you came to the recent Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo you might have stumbled upon this very cool new synthesizer by IK Multimedia: the UNO Synth Pro X.Click on the title for more

Win an IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro X [ENDED]

New Pedal: Thorpy Tacit Blue Germanium Fuzz

Part of the UK company's "Vintage Reimagined" series, the Thorpy FX Tacit Blue is not a Blues Breaker variant (as the name might have suggested) but a Fuzz Face one. Beware, this is a highly modified circuit with a much broader sonic palette than the original, being able to deliver…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Thorpy Tacit Blue Germanium Fuzz