Guitar Pedal X News
Klowra's second wave of effects is led by the excellent precision-honed and super versatile Verdict Four-Voice Polyphonic Octave Generator
16 Favourite Drunk Beaver Overdrives
Tone King releases Royalist sibling to its runaway successful Imperial Floor Amp - built on Friedman's all-tube IR Platform
T-Rex creates the ultimate Analog Studio Delay - the Binson Sterephonica Drum Delay
Polyend releases intriguing Endless AI Prompted Multi-FX with Swappable Magnetic Face Plates
Suhr releases new Thornicus Dual Channel Fuzz / Octave Fuzz and Mini Brighton Treble Booster for NAMM
Way Huge releases 30th Anniversary Limited Edition of its Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz
Casio delivers a surprise at NAMM with its Dimension Shifter Guitar Strap B-Bender style Expression Controller
Thomas Blug îs unerringly close now to a full release of his new state of the art BluGuitar Amp X Analog Amp & Pedal Modeller
Drunk Beaver's Vitalii breaks the mould yet again to deliver my favourite ever sounding Klone - The Olbia Overdrive
2 x Mad Professor longterm targets have landed - the Sky Blue Dumble style Overdrive, and the Double Moon Analog Chorus, Flanger and Vibrato
2 of the best from Seymour Duncan have just recently landed - the Diamondhead Multistage Distortion + Boost, and Polaron Dual Modulated 2-16 Stage Analog Phase Shifter
Shnobel Tone's Dumbbell Driver Boost evolves to an interesting hybrid of its Daily Driver Boost origins, where the conventional Boost on that is replaced by a new enhanced Dumble variant
MXR unleashes EVH Modern High Gain Distortion Pedal - based on the EVH 5150 III Amp's Red Lead Channel
Dunlop unveils iconic IM95K Crybaby Iron Maiden Killers Wah at NAMM
Ryan 'Fluff' Bruce collaborates with Warm Audio for Signature Fluff Drive Amp-Driving modded Screamer style Overdrive
Beetronics follows up its Analog Bee Bee Dee Delay with a smart 8 Mode Pollinator Hazee Modulated Digital Delay
Neural DSP finally shoehorns the Full Quad Cortex Experience into a significantly smaller less costly Mini Unit
Old Blood Noise Endeavors collaborates with Emily Hopkins on the PARTING Glitch Delay / Reverb / Crushing Modulation Device
Fjord Fuzz beautifully combines authentic Throbbing Uni-Vibe and Swirling Reslytone Rotary style Tones in the singularly vibrant Frøy Resly-Vibe device, perfectly complimented by the new V4 Odin Octave Fuzz
Citadel Electronics' Vector Hybrid Octave Fuzz is a super shapeable killer sounding Fuzz of that genre
The first of Death By Audio's Destroyer Series has landed - the superb 6-Mode, 6-Stage Analog Moonbeam Phaser
Flattley unveils its Joker Valve Tone FET Tube Emulator at NAMM - a beautifully dynamic and vibrant amp-like gain stage / saturator / overdrive and distortion with myriad uses
6 Favourite Dumble Overdrive Special Pedal Takes
Walrus Audio unveils super smart powered expansive Stereo Canvas Volume Pedal with 8 Taper Curve Options
Vox releases Vintage-inspired Germanium sounding VTB-1 Treble Booster and VFZ-1 MK 1.5 Fuzz - utilising BC108 transistors
REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp
Drunk Beaver's Pedal Drop #35 - The Mykolaiv Broadcast Attack - is a unique original circuit whose output is defined by Magnetic Saturation
Missing Link Audio's excellent Silky Textured Dual Voiced Peace Fuzz is now available at Northern Stompboxes
Superlunar's extraordinary SR-01 Multi-Gain Transistor-based Analog Saturation Device is now available at Northern Stompboxes in the UK
Drunk Beaver delivers Dual-Voice Vatra Signature High Gain Amp Booster & Overdrive for Vlad Yarun, guitarist for Ukrainian 'Hutsul Metal' band Karna
Boss's GX-1B Bass Effects Processor exactly matches the Entry Level GX-1 Guitar one - while it comes with its own suite of dedicated Bass-centric onboard effects
Boss delivers super accessible and compact entry-level GX-1 Guitar Effects Processor with a really smart quick access control interface
Boss rolls out its own dedicated transparent and robust polycarbonate hard plastic Footswitch Toppers which come in an attractive FCS-10 Pack of 10
Roland delivers the ultimate live performance compact battery-powered Multi-Instrument Amplifier - the Cube Street Mini
4 of the best Missing Link Audio Pedals are now at Northern Stompboxes in the UK - the AC⚡OD, Deluxe Eliminator, Peace Fuzz, and Super Natural
The new Tru-Fi Mini Pedals with top-mounted jacks are now available at Joe's Pedals in the UK
Electro-Harmonix's Effects Interface Hardware Plugin Device connects your D.A.W. and Digital Plugins to your Pedalboard and vice-versa
Poly Effects extracts the Diodes A Channelfrom the Josh Smith Flat V Dual Overdrive into a smart standalone device - the Kanso
JAM Pedals updates its Retrovibe - now in new MKIV Edition horizontal format with Tap Tempo and Ramping
Ibanez's new LD303 Layer Delayer uniquely combines Sixteenth and Triplet sort of multi-head delays with variable repeats levels
DSM & Humboldt delivers smart ultimate Full Range Analog Stereo Dumblifier Overdrive Special Pedal with Analog Cab Sim, Boost, and Stereo Reverb
A simple overview of the Valeton GP-50 Multi-Effects Processor SnapTone and IR Loader
The forthcoming Sinvertek MGAT-1 EVO Marshall Real Amp Abstraction Preamp comes in 2 limited-run Great Era and Abstractionism Editions and is one month away from landing now
Horrothia further upgrades its 2 flagship Discrete Overdrive Pedals - now the Teeth MKII X and Triage Deluxe - with additional shaping controls
Electro-Harmonix rolls out Pico edition of its Intelligent Harmony Machine
EarthQuaker Devices unleashes ZEQD-Pre EF86 Tube Preamp with 3-Band EQ and Boost
Frost Giant Electronics delivers a 3-in-1 Mourningstar Advanced Overdrive - honed for metal players
J Rockett unleashes gorgeous looking Aqueous Analog BBD Chorus with 5 Digital Controls for maximum impact
Collision Devices introduces new compact Snack Series of Mono effects - a Fuzz, a Pitcher, and a Delay
Summer School Electronics and Supercool Pedals collaborate on DS-1 + Analog Chorus Smoking In The Boys Room Nirvana in a box pedal
You still have a choice of getting the large format Big Muff 2 from JHS, or the compact version at less than half that price - from EHX, or something possibly with better knobs!
Peterson introduces new compact always-on StroboVue Stroboscopic Tuner - featuring essentially just the screen part of the compact edition
Pedal Scoping and Shopping in Reykjavík!
Seasons Greetings and a Happy Xmas to you all!
Robert Keeley and Andy Timmons collaborate once more - this time on a signature Nocturne 3-Mode Modulated Reverb
Mr Wu has expanded the envelope further - another evolved and improved MGAT-1 Pedal is incoming - the Marshall EVO Edition Sinvertek Real Amp Abstraction
End of Year Pedal Chain Update - Class of 2025
JHS Pedals' second collaboration with EHX unearths lost alternative OpAmp Muff - the Big Muff 2 - after a rummage through Bob Myer's Workshop
EarthQuaker Devices' Sunn O))) HalfLife Fer KGR Harmony Collaboration sells out in under 100 minutes
Strymon's new Fairfax is a cool Fuzzy Scuzzy Tube Amp style JFETs saturator with gating sag
Olinthus delivers it's most practically useful Tiny pedal to date - the sleek diminutive Pillbug FET Compressor
2025 Best of the Best Pedals of the year
DOD finally releases its Badder Monkey Triple Parallel Blended Circuits Overdrive
2025 Best New Delay and Reverb Pedals of the Year
Death By Audio unleashes killer Destroyer Series with an Expansive Dream Station Echo-Verb, 6-Mode Moonbeam Phaser, and Thee Treble Overloader
Crazy Tube Circuits delivers another marvellous confection of early 70's Orange 120 Voicing - combined with a smart take on the 90's Frantone Peachfuzz - for the Orama Dual Channel Fuzz-Drive
2025 Best New Modulation, Pitch, Utility and Multi-FX Pedals of the Year
The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability
2025 Best New Fuzz Pedals of the Year
I treated myself to an early Christmas present - the Dubtastic Teenage Engineering Riddim & Ting Dub Sound System!
2025 Best New Distortion Pedals of the Year
2025 Best New Boost and Overdrive Pedals of the Year
Mentha.Works evolves highly stylised and unique Monk Echo + Reverb pedal with Celestial Human Formant Voices, Presets, and smart Macro control and LED display
Superlunar's SR-01 Transistor-based Analog Saturation Device is a wonderfully distinctive Multi-Gain Overdrive, Distortion and Fuzz pedal
RhPf Electronics collaborates with Loopy Demos and Sketchy Pedals to deliver the 3rd top tier tentpole for my Doom Fuzz Trifecta - alongside the Blackhawk Balrog and Lichtlaerm Audio Altar
Gamechanger Audio releases limited smart RECODER Phrase Sampler / Modifier / Looper for Black Friday, order window lasts until 10th December
Brian Wampler improves and expands on the OCD Circuit with his very own 4-Mode TCD Drive take
Lichtlaerm Audio now has a Quadfecta of superior Compact gain machines with this potent Lennart Bossu Signature Thorn 3-Mode High Gain Distortion, newly in at Joe's Pedals in the UK
2025 November Pedal-Chain Update - Episode XI - Double Decked
Empty Head Effects' Falling Man Deforming / Yawing PT2399 Modulated Delay is a great blend of versatility and unusual quirky cool!
JHS Pedals 'Fixes' its Expandora take, with a new and much improved Kilt 10 Anniversary Edition in shiny polished aluminium!
2025 Full Metal Racket - 32 of the Best Compact High Gain and Heavy Metal Pedals
Pirate MIDI Unleashes incredibly smart full featured 'Scribble' Mini MIDI Controller with Customisable LCD Scribble Strip Screen
2025 ThorpyFX Capsule Collection - Full Stack - 31 Strong!
Mojo Hand FX delivers cool Nintendo SNES S-SMP Inspired SMPLoFi Bitcrusher / Reverb / Filter
Drunk Beaver's Pedal Drop #34 is a really cool take on the Roland Jazz Chorus Preamp Section - specially as per the JC-120H and JC-77 Editions of Amps
Muir Audio's Silicon Steel Distortion is a gorgeous sounding multi-layered full range harmonic distortion - augmented by Transformer and specially selected Silicon Diodes
Chase Bliss releases new Black Friday - 'Desert Friends' Editions of the Mood Micro Looper and Ambience Generator
My Spaceman Effects Sputnik I Silicon Fuzz has landed - and it's every bit as good as the original Germanium Edition - with the self same sensibilities - but with significantly more range
4 of a Kind - Tascam 424 Portastudio style Preamps
13 of the Best Extended Range Marshall Pedals with Plexi + JCM800 Coverage
Intensive Care Audio's Death Muff it its own unique Fierce and Aggressively Textured variant- in a league of its own
The Moose Electronics Electric Elk is a beautifully textured Muff Fuzz - inspired by the Ram's Head and Black Bubble Font variants
Also Engineered by Thorpy!
Great Eastern FX's second Obsolete Devices pedal - is the beautifully textured and expansive Distortion Filter - which features 3 rare Soviet D312A Germanium Diodes
Mr. Black's excellent Analog Tremolo comes with a really unique 4th 'Robot' formant waveform
KMA Machines releases new and improved Utility Switchers - a Dual Loop Switcher, Active AB/Y, and Active Stereo AB/Y
Highlights from the 4th Witney Pedal Party, 3rd time at Fat Lil's
Catalinbread updates its Belle Epoch Tape Echo - now in Plus Edition with 3 Programs onboard and Tap-Tempo on the one footswitch
Dublin's Moose Electronics Pedals are now available at Joe's Pedals in the UK
Drunk Beaver's V2 Iteration of the Disambiguation Muff-Rat sees a massive upgrade with 2 more controls, and additional and enhanced circuit components
JHS Collaborates with Jack White's Third Man Hardware for Signature Troika Mic Delay
Electro-Harmonix unveils unusual Pico Atomic Cluster Spectral Decomposer - which for me is a Sonic De-Rezzer and Atomic Frequencies Oscillator
My 4-in-1 Manson Supermassive Black Fuzz has landed - and it's an amazingly wide-ranging full-on Fuzz that touches on all the classic references and delivers plenty more besides!
My Electronic Audio Experiments' Glaive Opamp Octave Fuzz has landed and it's every bit as good as I expected!
Fulltone USA reissues and reboots its celebrated Ultimate Octave Upper Octave Fuzz - now in improved Compact Edition
Thorpy's Fat General Parallel Compressor has long been on the cards, and is brilliant in its simplicity
Flattley's New Outlaw Pedal - Plexi Drive + Ace Tone Boost - is probably their best pedal to date - certainly the best looking - and which delivers instant satisfaction from both barrels
Cosmodio's 4th killer pedal in a row is the exceptional Splinter Twin Delau Line Manipulator - which takes you through Flanger, Chorus, Double Tracking, Slapback and Echo Effects
Pasta Pedals' FrankenSTEEN Fuzz take on Dwarfcraft Devices' Eau Claire Thunder is every way phenomenal - underlined by a really smart design
Mr.MojoFX makes really cool Footswitch Toppers with Personality - in Barcelona, Spain, and currently it offers 3 different series - Vintage Tech, Munchies and Masks
Death By Audio delivers potent compact Cavernous Stereo Infinity Verb with 3 different compelling Modes onboard for Reverb.com's 2025 Blacout Event
IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG
A Brief Hobbyist Primer on BBD's - Bucket Brigade Devices
ThorpyFX sneaks out Secret Project #5 - the Redacted Germanium Veteran Fuzz Face + RangeMaster - featuring specially selected fierce mil-spec Transistors
Hangman fx's Tyrannosaur MegaDriver is an incredibly adaptable / balancing Multi-Gain Stage Drive with unique JFET Gated Boost
PastFX brilliantly shrinks down the Electro-Harmonix Echo 600 style Delay by more than half - an expanded slider-style take on the Deluxe Memory Man
Susumu Tamura - the original creator of the Tube Screamer Pedal - makes the next evolution of that format for Totally Wycked Audio - as the new Source Code Overdrive - with unique 'Bite' control and refinements in every area
RhPf Electronics coordinates a 10-Pedal Touring Board - which will travel through Switzerland for 12 different artists to interact with it over a 12 week period
Ritual Devices' Rainmaker is an exceptionally versatile and well-named LFO Modulator - which delivers delightful subtle pitter-patter, pulsing tremolo and lively fluttery vibrato tones
Further insights into Drunk Beaver's incredibly smart-switching Irpin take on the Roland AF-100 Bee Baa Fuzz
Thorpy's 'The J' Dual Channel Preamp take on the Lazy J 20 is his most exquisitely richly textured overdrive to date - indeed a Tweed Supreme!
Empty Head Effects' latest - the King Alex II - is a killer Obliteration Distortion which has similar dynamics to the Expandora's Forbidden Fuzz Mode
The Colortone VibroVerb and ZeroSum get the final tiny tweaks that they need - now with Smarter Preset Switching and slightly Brighter Tone Profile
Manson Guitar Works co-desigs its Supermassive Black Fuzz with Matt Bellamy and in collaboration with Thorpy
2025 October Pedal-Chain Updated - Episode X - Big Thrills and Overspills
Hangman fx's new DAGG'R 2-in-1 Dynamic Auto-Gain/Gate is a magnificent mighty morphing gain-ramping machine
Ritual Devices Cauldron is a Single Mono FX Loop Parallel Blender which allows you to cleverly combine and build up effects in parallel
The Magnificent Teaching Machines' FuzzBillion is one of my all-time favourite pedals - its combination wheel gain-shaping delivers myriad exceptional tones across the gain spectrum
Spaceman Effects releases 2 of its most appealing Affordable Cadet Series Pedals to date - the Polaris and Sputnik III
The master of the PT2399 format - Polarbear Effects has another new variant - the Gardelyn Dual Parallel Delay with 3 independent tremolo points
SHOKR Pedals unleashes its first-born circuit - the smart KRUSH FuzzVerb Shoegazer style combination - with a Muff on one side and a saturating PT2399 Belton Brick Reverb on the other
LPD Pedals melds Super Lead Plexi and Nobels ODR-1 flavours together in the one Series and Parallel Mode Supernode Dual Overdrive / Distortion
Tubesteader's Olly Balan hits new heights with his glorious sounding dynamic Dual Channel Marshall style Gainlord Tube Preamp
Pettyjohn Electronics Improves and Reboots its Channel Strip Style PreDrive - now in 3rd Generation Wood-Facia Edition
The 2025 London International Guitar Show Highlights from Kempton Park - the New Kings of Kempton
Colortone Pedals rolls out to further dealers in Europe including now at Joe's Pedals in the UK, and Effekt Boutique in Germany
Drunk Beaver's Pedal Drop #33 is the superb Irpin take on one of my favourite fuzz circuits - the Roland Bee Baa
Keeley Electronics releases Oaxa Dual True Stereo Phaser - in the same enclosure as its Halo Core, Rotary, and Zoma Pedals
A selection of 7 of the best Gehirn Enterprises Compact Pedals - out of Tasmania
Orange Amps simplifies its Kongpressor with its new 4-knob Class A Highly Musical VCA King Comp
Spaceman Effects releases Limited White Glow-in-the-Dark Editions - 25 each of 5 of its most popular pedals - just in time for Halloween!
Hungry Robot delivers the most glorious sounding Wallflower All-in-one Shoegazer Multi-FX Pedal as it transitions to the next phase of its brand evolution
Nobels' 4th Mini Pedal - the MOD-mini delivers 3 flavours of Stereo Modulation - Tremolo, Phaser, and Uni-Vibe
2025 Rainger FX Baker's / Dirty Dozen Capsule Collection
Diamond Pedals reboots their Memory Lane Modulated Delay - now with a higher fidelity STM32 Arm Processor and 4 new Modes
Old Blood Noise Endeavors combines elements of its Sunlight and Procession pedals for a lush Modulated Stereo Reverb
I picked up this glorious Bee Motif Hello Sailor Effects 3-in-1 Dual RangeMaster at the recent Woking Boutique Guitar Show - as a lovely early birthday present!
Ghost Note Audio releases 3 x mostly 80's rack unit inspired Daedalus Digital Effects Series - consisting of the 3 Bit Fuzz / Crusher, Amverb Reverberator, and Swirls Modulator
Brian Wampler shrinks down his EGO 76 Compressor - not in smart Mini Edition
Reeves Electro rolls out new Daughterboard variant of the much loved Mosrite Fuzzrite - the IZZrite - tonight at 20:00 Hrs BST
Catalinbread gets stuck into Mini Pedals - with diminutive Jr 2-Knob Epoch Boost and Fuzzrite Editions
John Snyder's Electronic Audio Experiments unleashes blistering Glaive +80dB Gain Opamp Octave Fuzz
Discomfort Designs shrinks down its Riemann's Grave Multi-Mode Stereo Modulated Filter and 3-way Distortion Pedal
Color Audio delivers another distinct Tape Recorder Preamp Pedal - The Casette Preamp - this time based on another and as yet unspecified Vintage Japanese Tape Machine
SuperCool Pedals collaborates with Toronto's Blood Brothers Brewing for unique DOD250 Inspired Cutback Overdrive with 80's Australian Surf Culture Theme, and a matching Aussie Style Ginger Beer!
Kinotone unleashes probably its most potent and appealing pedal to date - the Ghosts 6-Voice Polyphonic Chordal Resonator with onboard touch pad, contact mic, synthesiser, drum machine and looper!
PastFX's Gallstone is a wonderfully warm and expansive take on the EHX Small Stone V2 Phase Shifter
Coffee Shop's 4th official pedal - the Portafilter Dual Channel Programmable Overdrive truly knocks it out of the park!
Strymon throws its hat into the Oil Can Delay Ring - with its Olivera Vintage Oil Can Echo
ThorpyFX Collaborates with Legendary Comic Imprint 2000AD for 3 Special Editions of its most popular pedals - Rogue Trooper (Fallout Cloud), Judge Dread Deathbringer (Warthog), Judge Dredd Lawbringer (Gunshot)
Fredric Effects' Modified 4-way Demon Fuzz take on the EHX Muff Fuzz is one of the most instantly satisfying fuzzes around!
My Fuzzer and Purrer NRG Effects Pedals get Neil's Special Satin Polished Finish!
Greer's Mizuki Blue replicates Tube-Amp-like Textures with 2 JFET Gain Stages
CopperSound shrink their Foxcatcher BluesBreaker take - now in sleeker V2 Compact Edition
Highlights from the Sophomore Woking Boutique Guitar Show at Fiery Bird
Moth Electric unleashes its best pedal to-date with the M. Stellatarum 32-Combination Multi-Mode Optical Analog Tremolo
Warm Audio takes on the BluesBreaker and King of Tone with its expanded features Throne of Tone Dual Channel Overdrive
Warm Audio is back on track with it's Multi-Screamer WA-TS Tube Squealer - which cleverly covers the Trifecta of - TS808 + TS9 + TS10 voicings
Thomas of RhPf Electronics has created a quite superb Resource for Pedal Enthusiasts and Professionals alike - 'Tone Maps' - where you can compare the output profile of up to 5 pedals at a time!
After a near 10 year chase - I finally have a Spaceman Effects Gemini III Dual Fuzz Generator - in gorgeous Blue Edition
Spaceman Effects rolls out a More Aggressive Silicon Variant of one of my favourite Fuzz Pedals of All Time - the Sputnik I!
Becos FX rolls out a more streamlined Stella essentially - named the CompIQ Pro Yuna - a soft-knee Blackmer VCA Studio style Compressor which covers around 95% of the Stella's functionality - but with overall easier dial-in!
In one of the nicest moves that I've experienced to date - Dr. No sent me one of his legendary 2006-2014 run Power Driver & Booster pedals from his own Archive Collection - a highly distinct Overdrive with exceptional breakup character
PastFX's Deluxe Electric Mistress take - the Deluxe Elastic Mattress - is particularly lush sounding with a slightly richer and denser texture than the original Mistress & Mattress
New fully formed Manchester Pedal Brand Gigahearts delivers a fabulous take on the Jan Ray & Timmy Format - the January Dynamic Overdrive
Blue Colander's Grimrobe Cascaded Dual Gain Stage Super-Rat is a fantastic sounding multi-textural Distortion
Coriolis Effects releases its second superb Compact take on the Spaceman Effects Gemini III - the improved Grissom Young Dual Fuzz II Edition - with fully variable gain controls
Poly Effects assembles an intriguing mix of unfamiliar effects that sustain & grow - including resonators, vinyl and pitch-shifting delays, vocal modelling, Wavefolding Distortion and an 8-Step Sequencer
Blue FX's very first wholly original design - the Fuzz Fields is the most magnificent and aptly named Ultimate Dynamic Modulated Fuzz - with sophisticated layers and waves of killer textures and tones
Roland slays the competition with its new TR-1000 Rhythm Creator Drum Machine - which combines Analog TR-808 and TR-909 Engines with Digital ACB, FM, VA and PCM Engines - with Sampling and Morphing also!
Glou-Glou unleashes its highly formidable PiLuLe Phase Locked Loop Fuzz Harmonizer
Frank Naughton of Teaching Machines and Grindle of Life is Unfair Audio Devices - together engineer the most fantastic and expansive 10 billion combination distortion shaper pedal - the FuzzBillion!
Olinthus targets the Big Muff format with its new dinky Earwig Fuzz
There's just a little over one week left until the 2nd Woking Boutique Guitar Show at Fiery Bird on Saturday October 11th
2025 September Pedal-Chain Update - Episode IX - 55-Part Lunacy!
Singular Sound massively levels up its Beat Buddy 2 - now in sleek gold accented custom enclosure with all-round improvements and a handy SuperSwitch Controller
Alexander Pedals rolls out Ghost-like Synthy Sci-Fi Stereo Modulated Reverb in the same format as its recent Forget Me Not Delay