There’s been a streak recently here at Pedal of the Day where we’ve been able to test and review some awesome old analog delay pedals, and today we bring you yet another gem in this prestigious list of warm and warbly delays of old. This 680 Analog Delay from DOD dates to late 1980, and has had a bunch of updates, upgrades and improvements done to it recently, making it sound like it did right off the shelf more than 35...
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Combining 2 pedals into one is always a fun and semi-rare treat, but when it combines 2 effects from completely different genres, that’s where the magic happens. Today’s featured pedal, the Science Friction Interplanetary Delay Drive mixes the grit of overdrive with the echoes of delay, in a most creative way, we might add. Not your normal pedal, or even your normal 2-in-1, this thing will really get the creative juices...
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Today’s guest review comes to us from Christian E. – you can find him on Instagram (@chriespiritu) or on his band’s Facebook page (Story Of April). The AMT Electronics P2 is a guitar preamp in a pedal sized stompbox designed to emulate the tone, gain structure and nuances of the Peavey 5150/6505 amp that we all love. Amazing, right? The pedal is built like a tank: it has a great solid steel chassis and I can assure...
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Around here, we get pretty excited whenever the crew over at Walrus Audio unleashes a new pedal release on the world, as we have reviewed just about all of their pedals, and they just keep getting better and better. This time around, they’ve gone to modulation town, with a wicked mash up of chorus and vibrato, but with some new options for ultimate tweakability and customization not seen too often in a pedal of this nature. From...
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Fuzz pedals just put a big smile on your face, don’t they? If not, you need to work on that, but for the rest of us, there are fuzzy gems like today’s featured pedal, the Supamodel MkIII Fuzz from DAG Pedals on the Island of Mallorca. Tall and slender, but beefy and tough just the same, this pedal exudes a tremendous amount of fuzz with ease, and will slip onto any pedalboard with ease as well. Three controls make up this...
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We have reviewed several effects from Red Witch Pedals here at Pedal of the Day, and each time, it’s an adventure for both the mind and the ears. Today’s featured pedal may top the list in regards to both those things, as the Synthotron Analog Synth is capable of producing an insane amount of noises, sounds and tones, some predictable, some outrageous and all Red Witch, for sure. Let’s dive right into this...
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In today’s crazy world of delay pedals, with all the tricks and secrets and incredible things they can now do, it’s sometimes nice to have a simple, laid-back delay pedal, capable of subtle tones and monstrous adventure at the same time. Today’s featured pedal is just that, as are most of the pedals from Mantic Effects. The Isaiah Delay is a three-knob echo beast, producing an over-the-top amount of noise and fun,...
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Welcome to our first installment of Guest Review Fridays! Each week we will feature a guest reviewer who will offer their unique and personal look at one of their favorite pedals – if you’d like to be semi-famous and get published here on Pedal of the Day, click here to submit your own pedal review, and join in the conversation! Our flagship Friday reviewer is Scott W. – catch him over on Instagram (@honey.power) or...
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Finding new ways to shape, twist and explore different genres of pedals is basically EarthQuaker Devices’ specialty, so it comes as no surprise that their latest take on the classic reverb sound is nothing short of brilliant. The Levitation Reverb is modeled after their own Ghost Echo pedal, which provides a vintage spring reverb sound and a ton of atmospheric tones, but with a new control panel and features. With more control...
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Sort of continuing a recent trend here at Pedal of the Day, we have yet another awesome envelope filter to check out today, and one that is based on a classic and sought-after effect. The WR-3™ from Guyatone has become a pedal of great legend, and since it’s discontinuation a few years ago, has also become rare and high-priced as well. Used by Guthrie Govan, Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Salas and more, there’s a good chance you...
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Seems that we have a bit of a theme starting off this week, as yesterday and today’s pedal builders (Dreadbox and Recovery Effects) both take a super-unique and creative approach to how they make their effects, and who both continue to amaze with each new creation. The Endless Summer MkII Hand-Wired Real Spring Reverb may SEEM to be a simple pedal, but there is so much going on in just two controls, we could hardly believe it....
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Apparently, Greece is where to be to experience and pontificate on the wonders of the world, and then harness those discoveries into some incredible effects pedals. Having somewhat recently reviewed the Taff 2 Scientific Tremolo, which was a brilliant way to be introduced to this company, we were wicked stoked to check today’s featured pedal, the Epsilon Distortion Envelope Filter. Right away, it just sounds cool, and once you...
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Multi-effects pedals can be tricky to write reviews about, as there is so much going on, and so many different options to choose from that it makes it hard to narrow the writing down and focus on a few things to discuss in detail. Such is the case with today’s featured pedal, the M5 Stompbox Modeler from Line 6 – and if the regular functionality of this pedal wasn’t overwhelming enough, this model has been modded by...
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Combining effects into one sweet box is always a welcome sight, don’t you think? Boost/Drive, Drive/Compressor, Fuzz/Tremolo (check out the Troctave) and the classic Delay/Reverb, which is the combo featured in today’s pedal. Lone Wolf Audio has been creating far-out, inventive and certainly unique pedals for some time now, and the Full Nelson Delay Reverb is yet another killer effect in a killer long list of their killer...
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Where to even begin with a pedal like this? While Moog is known for their incredible synths and revolutionary sonic invention, we here at Pedal of the Day are much more familiar with their line of Moogerfooger® effects pedals. Having checked out the 12-Stage Phaser, Ring Modulator, MuRF and Analog Delay so far, the next logical step was the MF-107 FreqBox®…for which we were overwhelmingly unprepared. The FreqBox® is a little...
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We’ve been checking out some pretty rad envelope filters recently, and were definitely enthusiastic about the Spatial Delivery from EarthQuaker Devices, as we are with anything of theirs that comes our way. As usual, this pedal doesn’t disappoint, and is EQD’s own take on what we thought was a standard pedal, which they have re-shaped and re-invented once more. Somehow part envelope filter, auto-wah, tremolo and...
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Sometimes you just need a simple, straight-to-the-point, matter-of-fact, 3-knob overdrive pedal for just a bit of grit and grime to add to your sound. While there are certainly many options to choose from with those descriptive points, today’s pedal has all of these features in spades, with a nod to the green classic a lot of us love. Here is the Malibu Drive from PB&J Pedals… Gain, Volume and Tone make up the classic...
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Another day, another delay, which is absolutely fine with us! Today’s featured echo machine comes to us from SiB Electronics, and it is the big brother version of one of their most popular pedals, the Mr. Echo Delay. The model we’re going to check out is the Mr. Echo PLUS, which adds control for one of the signature features of these pedals, but still retains that same awesome delay tone that we’re all constantly...
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While not technically an “effect” pedal, today’s featured piece of gear is essential to certain setups (ours included), especially when running your rig in stereo. The Anole from Red Eft Electronics is both a passive signal splitter and a summing box, allowing for one of the most discrete passive signal routing options in today’s market. Here at Pedal of the Day, we use the Anole for all of our demo videos (except...
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Fuzz. There are a ton of killer fuzz pedals out in the world, and we are all privy enough to be around to witness them in all their glory. That said, there are many, many different types of fuzz to experiment with, but sometimes you just want a ton of options in one pedal that you can easily access and use to your advantage, right? If that’s the case, the Clusterfuzz from Function f(x) might be just the pedal you’ve been...
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A pretty decent portion of my teenage years and beyond have been spent listening to the Grateful Dead, and the one and only Mr. Jerry Garcia. He had a signature sound unlike any other guitarists’, instantly recognizable and full of emotion and power, but one effect in particular produced what many call the “Jerry Sound”: a Mu-Tron III™ Envelope Filter from Musitronics, a classic effect used by numerous musicians, but...
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The last couple of pedals we’ve reviewed have had a sort-of similar theme: expanding on and being more creative towards traditional pedals and the way they look or function. While there are a lot of reverb pedals with tons of functionality and options available today, it would be hard to find one with as many sounds to choose from in as small of an enclosure that the Amethyst Reverb Mini from Classic Audio Effects is able to do,...
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We review a lot of overdrive pedals on this site, as our rabid readers can attest to, and each one is unique and special in its own way. Some have a ton of balls, some are more mellow and laid back and some are entities all on their own. Today’s overdrive, the Piper Drive from Westminster Effects, definitely falls into the laid back category, but features some great tone-enhancement and a well-rounded low-gain range. The hip...
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Personally, I love volume pedals, and have had one on my board for over 10 years. While there have been some updates, features added and modifications galore as of late, volume pedals in general were always about the same size, shape and functioned as you’d think they would. The cats over at Tapestry Audio decided enough was enough, and set to building a revolutionary product that has forever altered the volume pedal landscape:...
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First off, we’d like to welcome you to the next phase of Pedal of the Day: website update, more info for the reviews, higher quality sound and layout for the demo videos and more. Please take a minute to look around the site and see what’s new (and don’t forget to check out our latest Instagram Giveaway!). Now that we’ve got the business out of the way, let’s move on to today’s featured pedal. This...
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Yesterday, we reviewed a compact pedal that featured a bunch of reverb options, the Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb. Today’s pedal is also a reverb, with a bunch of options, except WAY more than the RV-5, and in a pedal about twice the size. The Cathedral Stereo Reverb from Electro-Harmonix is a beast of a reverb, with almost too many sounds and options to explain…but we’re going to do our best to try. Let’s start...
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The RV-3 Reverb/Delay from Boss is one of my all-time favorite effects pedals, combining two wonderful effects together with a bunch of combination options and pretty rad-sounding tones. I’d always been a little skeptical of the RV-5 Digital Reverb, as it slimed down to being just a reverb, and as much as I dig delay, I thought it was a choice I was not going to like. Turns out, the RV-5 is a fine piece of gear, and apparently...
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Known for creating some interesting and unique pedals geared more towards the heavy side of music, Pro Tone Pedals keeps on putting out some great gear, and today’s featured pedal is one of their signature effects. The Dead Horse Overdrive is Pro Tone’s take on a classic circuit from a certain famous green box, only with more improvements and better sound. In their words, “It’s based on a Tube...
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A little while back, we reviewed a sweet, nostalgia-filled pedal called the Outatime Drive, from some friends of ours across the pond, MM Effects. While that is a killer drive in and of itself, they sent another little electronics box for us to check out, today’s featured pedal, simply titled Fuzz. A bare bones, no frills dirt box, this thing looks simple, but will liven up both your playing and your amp in a hurry. Featuring...
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If you haven’t heard him yet, Joe Bonamassa is a pretty damn good guitar player. Whether you enjoy blues mixed with rock and roll or not, you can’t deny the man’s talents on the old gitbox, or his ridiculously impressive collection of vintage guitars and amplifiers. As far as effects go, Joe knows what he wants, and so he got together with Way Huge Electronics and Dunlop to come up with a special overdrive pedal,...
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Although I’m not much good with a soldering iron, I’ve always been fascinated and amazed by the intricate detail, precision and care that goes into building an effects pedal – circuit board, jacks, power supply, LED, you name it. It really boggles my mind the way these magnificent things come together to form an awesome noise machine. For those who are much more inclined electrically speaking, the folks at OLCircuits...
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Stumbling across a new (to us, anyway) pedal company and new line of effects is always welcome here at Pedal of the Day, and today’s pedal falls squarely into both of these categories. The ATX Dynamic Overdrive from Enormous Door adds harmonically rich saturation to your amp, without too much coloring of your original sound, making for a nice, warm, tube-like overdriven sounds. Plus, it boasts a nice control section, with a...
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When you picture a list of classic analog delay effects in your mind, today’s featured pedal is almost always going to pop up on that list. The DM-2 Analog Delay from Boss has a simple layout, but there is a massive analog beast of a delay hiding behind that off-pink exterior. Starting things off, Repeat Rate controls the repetition rate of the delayed effect. Echo adjusts the output level of the echo, which you can get to...
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Octave/organ-type pedals have been flooding pedalboards in recent times, and for good reason. They bring an air of mystery and add a whole new dimension to an otherwise-normal guitar sound. One of the most intriguing of these pedals that we’ve come across is made by, you guessed it, EarthQuaker Devices, and it’s the featured pedal today: the Organizer Polyphonic Organ Emulator. The Up and Down knobs control the octave up...
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In our experience, when a company only makes ONE pedal, and that pedal is extremely popular among those players who actually know about it, it tends to be pretty damn rad. Such is the case with today’s pedal, the Mosfet Overdrive from Blackstone Appliances. A 2-in-1 of sorts, this overdrive will give you all the boost, crunch and distortion you can handle…provided you have a screwdriver or Leatherman nearby to adjust its...
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Like most children of the ’70s and ’80s (and millions more since then), the movie Back To The Future has a special significance to me, and to a lot of you all as well, I assume. Seen countless times, quoted a million more, it’s a perfect blend of comedy, sci-fi, witty dialogue and great storytelling. Therefore, when I unwrapped a package from the UK from our friends at MM Effects, I was in awe and full of joy to...
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Recently, we started teaming up with Celestial Effects to do some pedal reviews, the first of which was their excellent Sagittarius Overdrive Boost. After checking out that sick pedal, we were more than excited for the arrival of today’s featured pedal, the Aries Beast Distortion. Any dirt pedal with the word “beast” in it makes our ears instantly perk up, and this distortion absolutely stepped up to the plate and...
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Sometimes, your guitar tone just needs a bit of….something. Most times, it’s hard to figure out what that special addition to your rig might be, but sometimes it just reveals itself with the push of a bypass switch. The Blue Hippo MkII Analog Chorus from Way Huge Electronics is exactly one of these additions, a pedal that gives your tone a sparkle and gives you playing a much-appreciated kick in the pants. Not much to the...
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When talking about the greatest chorus effects pedals to ever grace the planet, you always hear about the CE-2 from Boss, arguably the best one ever made. I own one and it is fantastic, no bones about it, but it’s little brother sometimes gets overlooked in the mix. The CE-3 might not carry all the prestige of the CE-2, but it has some great tones, as well as a couple tricks up it’s sleeve that you can’t get with...
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In this crazy business, sometimes you open up a pedal box and are completely blown away by what awaits you inside. When we received the Gunshot Overdrive from ThorpyFX in the mail, that is exact reaction we had – before we even saw the pedal. Completely professionally wrapped and presented, you just knew that this was going to be a special pedal. And hot damn if it wasn’t just exactly that. Gain, Tone and Volume bring the...
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We love discovering pedal companies that we have never heard of before, no matter how long they may have been around, and seeing out-of-the-ordinary, innovative and exciting new pedals, ones that really break the traditional pedal molds, and offer something completely new and adventurous. If there was ever a pedal to do that, it’s the Chaosmic Fuzz from Rabbit Hole FX, so let’s see what she’s all about! On the top...
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There are some pedal companies that just plain do their own thing, and Lone Wolf Audio is one of those companies. Constantly creating new pedals, with an almost cryptic website full of snippets of information and ordering policies, they follow no one’s rules, and we love ’em for that very fact. Their pedals don’t follow any traditional paths, either, which we dig even more, and sometime even the simplest of their...
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Cross-pollination pedals between different builders is unfortunately an all-too-rare thing in this magical world of effects, but when it does happen to happen, it’s usually pretty creative and special. Such is the case with today’s pedal, a 2-in-1 from two of the most popular pedal companies out there right now, JHS Pedals and Keeley Electronics. The Steak and Eggs combines two popular pedals from each of these respective...
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Continuing this week’s unscheduled jump into the pool filled with the freakiest pedals we could find, we came across an effect that can strike fear into the hearts of many players just by its very mention: the Ring Modulator. While each ring mod is definitely it’s own beast, there’s something special about today’s featured pedal from Way Huge Electronics that really takes your breath away. Let’s take a...
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When you think about the wackiest, most innovative and sometimes difficult to control pedals on the market today, an overwhelming majority of musicians’ thoughts go to one company: EarthQuaker Devices. Now, they make some semi-straightforward pedals: overdrives, fuzzes, delays, etc., but even most of those have some element of magic to them. Today’s featured pedal, the Rainbow Machine, falls into a category where it may be...
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A little over a year ago, we reviewed a great overdrive, the Furry Burrito, from a pretty new-at-the-time company, Yellowcake Pedals. We were quite impressed by their flagship pedal, and stood in high anticipation for the next 14 months to get our hands on their next effect. When the time finally came and the pedal arrived on our doorstep, we were equally wowed by their second offering, today’s featured pedal, the Fried Gold...
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A little while ago, Pedal of the Day got our hands on our first pedal from GFI System, the Clockwork Delay. Although there is now a newer version, we were quite impressed with the amount of options that GFI had managed to squeeze into such a pedalboard-friendly enclosure, not to mention the impressive array of tones and sounds that it was able to produce. So we were pretty excited when a package arrived on the doorstep from the...
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After recently reviewing the new and awesome DD-500, we figured it was time to round out the digital delay pedals offered up by Boss, and the only one we had left was today’s featured pedal, the DD-5 Digital Delay. Although we did review a version of this pedal before, it had been modded by JHS, so we’re gonna take a look at the stock pedal and see what it has to offer as it comes stock. The DD-5 is jam-packed with delay...
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With their unique wooden tops and intriguing control layouts, the pedals from Anasounds in France are instantly recognizable, and we love to check ’em out here at Pedal of the Day. Since reviewing the Cerberus and Freq Up last year, we stumbled across a sweet, short-style delay/echo with some modulation for added depth. Producing sounds like the Echoplex, Binson Echorec and the Skreddy Echo, this is the Utopia Tape Echo Delay....
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Today’s featured pedal is a modern take on a classic distortion effect. Based on the famous Interfax Harmonic Percolator, the Harmonik Germanium Fuzz from Dubrek Audio Boutique boasts the same type of fuzzy distorted sounds as the vintage unit, but with a couple of modern upgrades. Level and Gain are the only two control knobs present on the Harmonik, alongside a lone toggle switch. Both knobs feature a broad range, with plenty...
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