Over the course of the last 9 months or so, we’ve been lucky enough to check out the Distortion, Overdrive, Boost and Delay pedals from Teisco, and we’ve got another one for you today. The simply named Fuzz is a fuzz pedal, yes, but one that definitely ate too many steroids in high school. Working together with an octave circuit, this loud, powerful machine is no match for amplifiers and eardrums alike. The Teisco Fuzz is...
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We haven’t had the opportunity to venture too far into the catalog of effects from Mattoverse Electronics, but we were really excited to check out today’s pedal, the Warble Swell Deluxe Delay. This analog-sounding digital delay produces extremely warm, vintage-ish delay tones, and throws a bunch of intriguing options into the mix as well. Creatives and experimenters will love this one, so let’s jump in and see what...
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We’ve always had fun with the wild creations the folks at VVco Pedals keep coming up with: the Delayrean Analog Delay, Dark Knight Distortion, Pickle (Rick) Fuzz…but today’s just might take the cake, personally. Designed especially for my 7 year-old daughter, to coincide with her Squier Hello Kitty guitar, and built into a die cast Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 model, may we proudly present to you the Kitty Chorus Vibrato!...
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So, our friend James Bowman, who happens to be the guitarist for Against Me!, decided he wanted to build some guitar pedals (as Bowman Audio Endeavors). He sent them over to us to check out, and we’ve got the second one in the lineup today for you. After the wild and dirty Harmonic Percolator, the Fortune and Glory Boost might seem a little tame. However, this one-knob wonder can get down right DIRTY if you want it to…...
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The new DCP Series of pedals from our friends at Caline are all Dual Effects, featuring two of your favorite Caline pedals in one enclosure. With the effects ranging from overdrive to EQ to distortion to compression to fuzz and more, there’s something in this lineup for everyone. Today, we’re going to take a look at the DCP-06 Sundance Special Overdrive Boost, a powerful dual-dirt combo that packs a punch and adds to your tone. The...
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The first pedal that came through our shop from Interchange Noise Works, the Element 119 Distortion, was an absolute powerhouse of a dirt pedal. Therefore, we’re pretty stoked to be back with them again today to bring you their next creation, the “On Air” Fuzz. This wooden-topped beauty is a fuzz pedal for players of all genres, with some extra options that will make it an easy addition to your rig. You’ll...
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Our new friends at PedalFarm FX are cranking out some wonderful pedals, and we’ve got another gem for you today. The B-1 is a classic germanium treble booster, but one with some unusual options. Featuring 16 selectable frequency settings, via internal dipswitches, this pedal takes a usually run-of-the-mill effect into an entirely new dimension… Aside from the giant output Volume knob, the B-1 also boasts a single toggle...
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About a month ago, we checked out the flagship effect from Vaderin Pedals, the Tone Fox Overdrive Distortion, and were blown away by the build and the sound. Today, we’re embarking on a journey with their next creation, the Cherry Fuzz ‘Stainer, a powerful, fuzzy distortion concoction with emphasis on high frequencies, serious sustain and slight octave harmonics. Strap in and faster your set belt, ’cause this fuzz is...
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We’ve been friends with the crew over at Free The Tone for years now, and are always amazed and awestruck by the wonderful effects they continue to create. Their latest takes things up to a new level, basically creating an effects pedal not seen all too often…or ever before. The Motion Loop ML-1L Pitch Shiftable Short Looper does exactly what its title suggests, but there’s way more packed into this little enclosure...
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Waaaaaayyyyyy back in 2014, we were introduced to a wild phaser pedal called the Astrospurt, from some new company in Germany, by our friend Kyle Ragan. Little did we know that over the course of the next couple of years, that small company called KMA Machines would become a powerhouse in the effects building community. They also revamped the Astrospurt, a 4-Stage JFET Phaser with a HUGE spectrum of sounds, and they sent us one to...
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We have had the pleasure of reviewing every incarnation of the Roadie family of automatic tuners, and are excited to bring you their latest version today. The Roadie 3 Smart Automatic Tuner will help you save time, explore more music and truly enjoy tuning your instrument. Your musical world is full of possibilities. Bring your Roadie and play on. The new Roadie 3 can tune almost any string instrument with a guitar machine head in...
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When a pedal utilizes an ACTUAL tube to produce an overdriven tone, we’re immediately on board. When a company uses a tube in the CORRECT way, to bring out all of the tonal beauty a tube-driven effect should have, we fall head over heels for it. The Mozztronics TD-1 Tube Driver Overdrive accomplishes this feat with just a couple of knobs, a 3-way toggle and some genius internal circuitry. Let’s give this gem a warm...
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Happy New Year!! Here’s to 2021 just absolutely being better than 2020 – let’s all do our best to be good, kind, decent humans and get on the road back to (somewhat) normalcy in the world, k? With that said, let’s start off the next 365 with a BANG, and by checking out a couple of incredible pedals from the past. Both beloved and revered in the vintage realm, the PN-2 Tremolo/Pan and the DC-3 Digital Dimension...
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Seeing as this was one of the oddest, most dysfunctional and, let’s be honest, frightening years in the existence of the Earth, we wanted to send everyone off into 2021 rocker-style, in the form of the Electric Beard Fuzz from our friends at Radio Mule. Following in the footsteps of their Red Petal Fuzz we checked out earlier this month, this fuzz-filled freak combines 2 classic fuzz sounds, the Big Muff and the Super Fuzz, and...
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The Pelion, Dirty Little Thing and Mean Bone were our first forays into the world of Kasleder FX, and seeing how impressive they were, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on another pedal from across the pond. Enter the Toxic Twins Dual Overdrive, a 2-channel classic rock mammoth that goes from clean boost to low gain to crunchy grit to balls-out, borderline distortion, all with ease. With some unconventional diodes in the circuit...
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Single knob fuzz pedals sometimes get overlooked for fancier effects units with more knobs and switches and bells and whistles, right? Well, today’s pedal takes all of those myths and tosses them directly into the proverbial trash can, giving the user a wide range of sounds, volumes and, most importantly, fuzzes. The brilliantly named Fat Guy Little Coat (if you don’t know the reference, please educate yourself STAT) Fuzz...
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Over the last couple of years, effects units that offer just about all the algorithms you could want or need have been popping up like crazy. Ranging from affordable to everyone to affordable for a select few, these multi-effects platforms have changed the way people construct their rigs – and how they’re using individual pedals as well. Today’s pedal, the AMT Electronics U-2 Pangaea Brain Frame Ultima, is one of...
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We’ve long been admirers of Robert Keeley and all things Keeley Electronics, and they have been huge supporters of us almost since Pedal of the Day began. We love it when new inventions of theirs arrive on our doorstep to explore, and today’s genius piece of electronic wizardry is no different. The Loomer Fuzz Reverb is just that, a fuzz and reverb in one enclosure…however, that’s about where the similarities...
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Lo-Fi. Delay. Modulation. Combine these three things, and you’ve got an excellent start to an effects pedal. Make it the Hochstrasser Electronics Sundial Lo-Fi Digital Delay, and you’ve got an absolute winner. Today’s pedal mixes subtleness and adventure into a wonderful echo stew, adding an important aspect and key ingredient to any pedalboard or rig. The Sundial Delay is digital, yes, but the modulation adds an...
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Our first foray into the world of CKK Electronic was their Space Station TTM Stereo Delay Reverb, and it was a marvelous piece of gear to investigate. Today, we’re looking at another offering of theirs, the Fluid Time MkII Analog Delay, which focuses on strictly on all things delay. Digitally controlled but with an analog signal path, this one is as warm, vintage and inviting as it can be… The layout of the Fluid Time MkII...
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Despite the somewhat pedestrian naming of their effects, Teisco has seen a real rise in popularity over the last few years, especially in their pedals division. We have recently had the chance to check out the Overdrive, Distortion and Boost pedals of theirs, and today we have another that’s a tad difficult to figure out, due to the name. Delay. Just Delay. It fits, though, as this particular effect is a wonderful delay, so...
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We love new and innovative sound-making machines, as do lots of musicians, but today’s piece of gear is something we weren’t familiar with at all. The Colour Palette from Lottie Canto is an electric Kalimba, an African instrument typically made of a wooden soundboard with steel keys. This new, modern version features on board effects, and allows you to plug it into an amp or interface. Let’s check it out! The Colour...
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Enrico Preuß KMA Audio Machines Berlin, Germany www.kma-machines.com How long have you been a musician? How did you get into it in the first place? Well, I started playing guitar with the age of 18. A friend from school was playing a red Squier Strat and a Peavey Valveking 100W 2×12 combo and he showed me some Green Day, Ulver and Anathema riffs…oh, and he was using a Marshall jackhammer pedal (the first pedal I ever heard...
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Fjord Fuzz is a pedal company out of Norway, and they are making some incredible effects right now. A couple months ago, we got to check out the BJØRN Dual Octave Fuzz of theirs, and were completely blown away. Today, we’ve got another wild one for you from them, the BIFROST, a fuzz and delay mix that will send you clear into outer space. Using expression pedals and dialing in the right amount of fuzz, this is a fun one…...
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The first couple of pedals we checked out from Dophix, the Michelangelo and the David, were absolute works of sonic art. Their latest offering, the Nettuno Fuzz, follows those two gems, taking it up a notch or two. The Nettuno is a fairly simple, three-knob fuzz pedal, but you’ll find immense sonic treasures lurking just beneath the surface… Nettuno is Italian, and translates to Neptune in English, who was the Roman...
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The InterFax Harmonic Percolator has a weird story. A distortion/fuzz pedal made in the fabulous city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the 70’s, it has become a mystical unit of legend. Probably made most famous by Steve Albini of Big Black and Shellac, these rather bland-looking boxes have a wide range of tones to investigate. Since originals are relatively scarce and spendy, it’s nice when a re-creation comes our way, and...
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We want the funk. Give up the funk. We need the funk. We GOTTA have the funk, right? Today’s glorious funk-inspired pedal comes to us from our northern pals Dr. Scientist, in the form of the Dusk Multi Mode Low Pass Filter. This digital/analog hybrid encompasses everything you know and love about envelope filters, adding in a bunch of features and options to make it easily customizable to fit your setup. Dusk is a digitally...
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There’s something about a good compressor pedal that just MAKES your signal sound right. There are big compressors (Origin Effects Cali76), medium-sized (Strymon Compadre) and regular (RetrogradeFX Underthruster) compressors and teeny, tiny ones. Which brings us to today’s pedal, Fairfield Circuitry’s The Accountant Compressor, a small but perfectly-sized gem that makes you tone come alive! One knob and two toggles...
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The Micro Terror from Orange Amps has been a staple of our gear for years here around the shop, so we were super-stoked when we got word that Orange was sending us their latest small amp concoction. The Terror Stamp 20W Hybrid Tube Pedal Amp is a pedalboard-friendly piece of gear, for sure, measuring just 5.4″ x 2.4″ x 3.9″, but it still brings all the power and tone you’re used to from an Orange amplifier....
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Over the years, we’ve seen a boatload of overdrive and distortion pedals come through, and after all that time, and all those effects, it still puts a giant smile on my face to plug in a new sonic creation and let ‘er rip. Case in point: today’s pedal, the Tone Fox Overdrive Distortion from Vaderin Pedals. Three controls, no toggle, easy as can be, right? Wait, there’s a TEETH knob….?? The Tone Fox...
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The first iteration of the Automatone pedals from Chase Bliss Audio, the Preamp MkII, was one of the most innovative and exciting pedals the world has seen. Upping their game, as they always seem to do, CBA have just released their 2nd flying-fader-infused sonic marvel, the CXM 1978 Automatone Reverb. Reaching back to a glorious year for reverb, 1978 produced massive trails, infinite decays, hifi/lofi re-imaginings and gorgeous sonic...
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The new DCP Series of pedals from our friends at Caline are all Dual Effects, featuring two of your favorite Caline pedals in one enclosure. With the effects ranging from overdrive to EQ to distortion to compression to fuzz and more, there’s something in this lineup for everyone. Today, we’re going to take a look at the DCP-02 Brutus Distortion Overdrive, a powerful dual-dirt combo that packs a punch and adds to your tone....
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The craziness that comes out in pedal form from the folks at FTelettronica Pedals is equalled by NONE. Creating a seemingly endless string of quirky machine after quirky machine, their lineup is BIG and the pedals are RAD. Today, we’re going to look at their Hypoxia, an experimental Analog Chorus pedal that’s modulated by variable shape LFO. Always a good time with these pedals…. There are SIX controls on the...
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We see a LOT of fuzz/distortion pedals here at Pedal of the Day, and they’re all, let’s be honest, pretty rad. Sometimes, a pedal comes along that, even at first glance, you can tell it’s gonna be something special, and that’s what we’ve got for you today. The Radio Mule Red Petal Fuzz looks sleek, has a wide tonal range and sounds great. Yep. It. Does. With just 2 knobs and one switch, it doesn’t...
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A good distortion pedal is pretty hard to beat, but one that reinvents itself and puts a unique spin on the entire genre? Sign us up! Today’s pedal, the Element 119 Distortion from Interchange Noise Works, does exactly that, as it creates a new kind of clipping to form a truly unique dirt pedal. From light overdrive to doom-y fuzz, this one’s got it all… Let’s get right to the meat and potatoes of this one, and...
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We recently received a big shipment of pedals all the way from Australia, from our friends at Mozztronics, and we’re going to check out Pedal #1 today. The HW-1 wHo WATT is based on a British amp from the 60’s used by The Who guitarist Pete Townshend, making it not a dirt pedal as such, but more of an emulation of this classic amp. Big and loud and awesome, this is one incredible Amp-In-A-Box… To do full justice to the...
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Today’s pedal once again falls into the “awesome and affordable” category, as we investigate the Valeton Coal Echo II Digital Modeling Delay. This little gem pack 16 high-quality delay effects into a super-small enclosure, using an advanced 24-bit digital platform to give you better sound, lower noise and some new functionality. This one sounds great, and for under $75, it’s a hard deal to pass up… Mix,...
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Our first venture into the world of products from Flamma was their Ekoverb Stereo Reverb Delay, and it was an immensely impressive effect, especially considering the low price it carries. Today, we’re continuing down the path of their pedal lineup with the FS02 Stereo Reverb. This one crams SEVEN differing styles into one sturdy, metal enclosure, opening up some massive sonic possibilities. The various reverb effects found in...
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Happy Thanksgiving Week, all! Today’s pedal is not only a badass fuzz, but we’re also giving it away as a part of our MOVEMBER campaign. If you don’t know, Movember raises money and awareness for Men’s Health, suicide prevention and prostate cancer. The Pedal of the Day Team has been growing moustaches and raising money all month long – there’s still time to donate and enter to win this great...
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We’ve had lots of preamp pedals coming through the shop lately, and we honestly couldn’t be happier. Preamps take everything you love about your rig and amplify it, pushing it to whatever the sweet spot is that you find, as sort of a final piece to the puzzle for any pedalboard or setup. Today’s pedal is useful on both guitar and bass, so we decided to make demos with each instrument, and show what the Sunnaudio NU-1...
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The Fuzz Face is one of the most iconic fuzz, if not all-time, pedals in existence. Utilized smartly by the likes of Hendrix, Gilmour, SRV, Duane Allman and many more, it has a defining quality that has been heard on countless recordings. While the originals are not the easiest to find, or keep in perfect working order, we have pedals like today’s that allow us peasant-folk to experience the sonic sounds of the masters. The...
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Continuing on this Boost-happy weekend (check out the Bad Penny FX Smoothflow from yeaterday), we’ve got a PAIR of pedals to show off today. Coming to us from R2R Electric, these One and Two Knob Treble Boosters each offer gorgeous components inside, as well as amp-driving bliss for your eardrums. Let’s check out the features for each of these sonic marvels: One-Knob Mullard AC107 Germanium Transistor NOS Piher 10K...
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What’s the one pedal that everyone should probably have on their board, but one that gets often overlooked for something fancier that makes wacky noises? BOOST. THat’s right, friends, a BOOST pedal. When used correctly, it just enhances everything around it, giving you a more solid core tone to use other pedals with. Today’s featured effect is a boost, but it’s also a DOUBLE channel pedal, and maybe it’s...
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We’re headed into Gear of the Day territory today, boys and girls, although don’t fret, for pedals will definitely make their appearance. The Gizmotron 2.0 is a patented mechanical bowing device that attaches to electric guitar or bass, enabling players to produce string sounds such as cello, viola or violin, creating endless sustain, haunting drones or bow polyphonic chord arrangements. It is an effect that entices...
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Hey Sef – it’s been a couple years since we spoke, what have you been up to? Hi Mike! First of all, I’m happy and grateful to chat with you! Yes, it’s been a while. The last interview we did was in 2017! A lot of things happened since then! My bandmates and I went to Tangier, Morocco to work on Alex (Your Favorite Enemies’ frontman) solo project, we went all across Europe to perform his album “Windows in the Sky”, I started my...
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The Ibanez 10 Series is a classic collection, featuring some of the most celebrated (and perhaps underrated) pedals in history. Today’s featured effect recreates on of these vintage beauties, adding in a couple extras while retaining some ket sonic elements. The Danelectro Roebuck Overdrive Distortion is a take on the MT10 Mostortion, a Japanese-made MOSFET distortion pedal originating in the 1990’s. Found, perhaps...
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Tape echo delay units have been heard on classic recordings for decades, on albums from artists like Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Hawkwind, Chet Atkins, Eric Johnson, the late great Eddie Van Halen and many, many more. The old units, while possessing some secret ingredients and mojo, lend themselves to malfunctions, upkeep, unavailable replacement parts and general unreliability…but no more. Today...
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We have never reviewed a bad pedal from our friends at Fairfield Circuitry, and luckily that trend is going to continue today. The Long Life Parametric EQ is an extremely unique effects pedal, one that’s sometimes hard to categorize. A filter effect with wide range and application, this versatile machine combines tilt and notch/boost equalization around a 2nd-order state-variable core. In short, it’s a one-band parametric...
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We’ve got a first today, for us and possibly for you as well. 3D printing has become all the rage over the last couple of years, but we’ve never seen it implemented in pedal form…until now. Ladies and gents, the VVco Pedals 3D Pickle Fuzz utilizes this inventive form of production to create a one-knob fuzz pedal, a no-frills effect that’s sure to stir up some conversation…. There’s not a lot to say...
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Y’all know the band Red Fang? Well, if ya don’t, ya should. A mix of punk, metal, thrash and sludge, they’ve been tearing up venues around the world since their inception in 2005 (we used to love seeing them at the Neurolux in Boise). As this Covid-19 pandemic has hit us all, musical acts are one of the most affected, and today’s pedal gives a little back to one of our favorites. The Hilbish Design Red Fang...
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