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Mr. Black JDD-3000+ Digital Delay

While the word "digital," when applied to delay, made some musicians and producers of the '80s run away in horror, the shoegazer movement embraced those rather primitive rack effects, making their artifacts part of their sound. The Mr. Black JDD-3000+ is a pedal that recreates one of the most sought-after…Click on the title for more

Mr. Black JDD-3000+ Digital Delay

Mr. Black Twin-Lazers True Stereo Phase Shifter & Modulator

It looks like stompbox designers are having a lot of fun with phaser pedals these days! After intriguing 2018 releases by EQD, Alexander Pedals and Old Blood Noise (among others) Portland's Mr. Black also unveiled a new (and blue) dual phaser called Twin-Lazers - a "True Stereo Phase Shifter & Modulator."…Click on the title for more

Mr. Black Twin-Lazers True Stereo Phase Shifter & Modulator

New Pedal: Mr Black Heaven’s Gate Gated Reverb

Music producers have been using gated reverb on drums (snare and toms in particular) for fast-tempo pop songs since the '80s (first adopted in Peter Gabriel's 1979 self-titled album). The Mr. Black Heaven's Gate brings that effect to guitarists in the pedal format. Gated reverb works well on uptempo snares…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mr Black Heaven’s Gate Gated Reverb

New Pedals: Mr. Black Analog Chorus/Vibrato Deluxe

The Mr. Black Analog Chorus/Vibrato Deluxe is an expansion of their limited edition, three-knob Analog Chrorus/Vibrato featuring Tap Tempo and extra controls Shine and Lag, for a wide variety of tonal possibilities. The effect's incredible clarity might make you think it's digital, but, as its name underlines, it's not. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mr. Black Analog Chorus/Vibrato Deluxe

Mr Black OD-503 Dynamic Amplifier Overdrive

Mini pedals aren't necessarily made in China with cheap components. As a matter of fact, several US-based boutique manufacturers have embraced the format and build them by hand with the best components without outsourcing; Portland's MR. Black is one of them. Their latest mini stompbox is the OD-503, a low…Click on the title for more

Mr Black OD-503 Dynamic Amplifier Overdrive

Mr. Black Vintage Ensemble Stereo Chorus/Vibrato

In 2018 Mr. Black has been working on a stereo version of his modulation and delay pedals, which visitors of the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit had a chance to try through this board. The Vintage Ensemble is a recreation of the legendary Roland Unit from the '70s and features a "true-stereo…Click on the title for more

Mr. Black Vintage Ensemble Stereo Chorus/Vibrato

New Pedals: Mr. Black – Mini Echo-Delay

While many guitarists see the digital rack delays of the '80s as hopefully obsolete, they still enjoy remarkable popularity among players into shoegaze rock, which - some say - wouldn't sound the same with a different kind of delay, which introduced some pleasing sounding artifacts shoegazer players have become attached…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mr. Black – Mini Echo-Delay

Mr. Black Mini Vintage Chorus

Mr. Black (aka Portland's circuit designer Jack Deville) has gained a solid reputation for creating no frills great sounding stompboxes. The company's latest release is the Mini Vintage Chorus, a simple three-knob mini-pedal inspired by the early bucket brigade-based choruses like the Boss CE-1, still considered by many among the…Click on the title for more

Mr. Black Mini Vintage Chorus

Mr. Black Shepard’s End – Infinite Flanger

Collector//Emitter took a fresh look at the Mr. Black's Shepard's End, presented as an "infinite flanger" because of its peculiar behavior of going up (or down) continually, rather than cycling through up and downs. There is no cycle, just a stairway to heaven - or hell! Also: As if that…Click on the title for more

Mr. Black Shepard’s End – Infinite Flanger

Mr Black Pana-Trem – True-Stereo Harmonic-Tremolo & Panner

In the video below, Tri Pedal Reviews takes a look at the new Pana-Trem by Porltand's Mr Black - a Stereo Tremolo & harmonic vibrato with a bunch of trick up its sleeve, as company owner Jack Deville reveals in the second video streaming below. The pedal features multiple panning settings, one…Click on the title for more

Mr Black Pana-Trem – True-Stereo Harmonic-Tremolo & Panner

New Pedals: Mr. Black Ambience Echoverb

Mr. Black, out of the great northwest, has been designing cutting-edge guitar pedals for a while now. Their latest innovation comes in the form of the Ambience Echoverb, born from the perfect marriage of a multi-tap delay and reverb. The Ambience falls somewhere between a delay, a reverb, and a…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Mr. Black Ambience Echoverb