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Harby Pedals Centauri

The Harby Pedals Centauri is - as you may gather - is, circuit-wise, a Klon clone, embedded in a compact case much smaller than the original. Selling at $169, it's about 1/30th the price of an original Klon Centaur, using several components as the original and the same 3-knob layout.…Click on the title for more

Harby Pedals Centauri

New Pedal: Industrialectric 567-M Modulation Machine

The Industrialectric 567-M is another extreme-sounding pedal by a Toronto-based small builder thoroughly dedicated to noise-making. Its circuit can deliver a wide combination of grating effects like ring modulation, bit crushing, and data corruption of various (glitchy) kinds mixed with more regular ones like modulation, distortion and filtering. It has…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Industrialectric 567-M Modulation Machine

New Pedal: October Audio F Division Sub Octave Drive

If you are looking to give your guitar sound some extra low-end depth in a synthy kind of way, the October Audio F Division might be what the doctor ordered. It's a device that mixes an overdrive circuit with not one but THREE switchable sub octaves. You got that right,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: October Audio F Division Sub Octave Drive

Best New Pedal Releases | June 2023

Time for our monthly recap of the new pedal releases! Some really cool new stompboxes saw the light of day in June 2023, from the most beastly analog delay ever released (by BOSS) to new, hotly anticipated devices by 1981 Inventions and Thorpy FX, without forgetting the very first Kevin…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | June 2023

Poison Noises Glut Cheeks Fuzz

The Poison Noises Glut Cheeks is not a new pedal (it was released in mid 2022) but the exposure given to it by the JHS Show (video streaming below) is comparable to a re-release. Utilizing BC108 transistors, this pedal belongs to the growing category of "flexible" fuzz pedals, comprising circuits…Click on the title for more

Poison Noises Glut Cheeks Fuzz

New Pedal: Warm Audio ODD Box Overdrive (OCD clone)

The Warm Audio ODD Box is a stompbox based on the Fulltone OCD overdrive, the most successful pedal design by Michael Fuller, a controversial, recently retired builder known - among other things - for not taking kindly news about his circuits getting cloned. The original OCD, now out of production…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Warm Audio ODD Box Overdrive (OCD clone)

New Pedal: Moth Electric P. Isabella

Utilizing carefully selected parts and rigorous circuit design, the Moth Electric P. Isabella is a hand-built fuzz/distortion based on an old Russian classic (read, Russian Muff) by an emerging builder based in Portland, Oregon. As obvious from the control layout, the P. Isabella adds some extra features to the classic…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Moth Electric P. Isabella

New Pedal: Kasleder Pipergate (Buzz Tone / Syd Barrett-Inspired)

Fans of Syd Barrett, the unstable but genius lead songwriter/guitarist of early Pink Floyd, should lend an eye and an ear to the Kasleder Pipergate, a tribute to that incredibly influential artist who presumably used a Selmer Buzz Tone (mixed with an assortment of delays and reverbs) for his palette…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Kasleder Pipergate (Buzz Tone / Syd Barrett-Inspired)

Now Shipping: Spooky Circuits Harm + Balance

The Spooky Circuits Harm + Balance is a unique interpretation of the Interfax Harmonic Percolator, a fuzz pedal with a signature clangy sound dear to the noise-seeking "indie-heads" familiar with the work of producer Steve Albini (who worked with Nirvana, Pixies, and PJ Harvey among others). Combining a variety of…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Spooky Circuits Harm + Balance

Win a PRS Guitar + 3 Pedals [ENDED]

We have one more giveaway for guitarists linked to our Portland Synth & Pedal Expo, and a rather awesome one at that, worth over $2,000!!! If you are wondering if it includes a $950 PRS Guitar, the answer is: "yep!" Here's the full list of prizes: PRS Guitars SE McCarty…Click on the title for more

Win a PRS Guitar + 3 Pedals [ENDED]

New Pedal: Catalinbread Carbide Distortion

The Catalinbread Carbide is the Portland company's take on the "Chainsaw-style Distortion," an effect used and abused by some metal bands who downtune their guitars to add a sense of dread to their tone. Unlike other pedals going for this sound, the Carbide keeps things simple, at least on the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Carbide Distortion

New Pedal: Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 Flanger

The Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 is a peculiar take on flanger by a US company that's establishing itself as an innovator in the high-end analog pedal realm, through a unique blend of top-notch components and creative design. Leveraging A 256-stage MN3009 high-voltage BBD chip powered at 15V, the AFG-1 delivers…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Asheville Music Tools AFG-1 Flanger