Our third effects unit from All-Pedal takes a wild left turn from their previous 2 pedals we have reviewed, the Macrodose Envelope Filter and Love Machine Octave Fuzz. Inspired by the sounds of the ’80s, and made in collaboration with glam metal band Steel Panther, the 1987 Delay Distortion brings classic sounds of a decade long past right into your living room, practice space or gig. This delay and distortion is a fun one,...
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James Santiago Los Angeles, California Universal Audio https://www.uaudio.com/ How long have you been a musician? How did you get into it in the first place? I started playing guitar around 5 years old, and at around 15, I began working in professional working bands as musicians around town started asking me to play with them. I didn’t have a driver’s license back then, so I had to have my mom or other band members take me to band...
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Last year, we were fortunate to be able to review and demo the ENTIRE pedal lineup from our friends at Poison Noises. Well, they’re back at it again with a new release, The Lighthouse Photo-Vibe, which provides gorgeous vintage vibrato and phasing sounds from decades past. With intuitive controls and wonderful modulated tones, this is a classic-sounding effect that will get your creativity flowing… With The Lighthouse, you...
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Last month, we had the privilege to investigate the wonderful Raster 2 Digital Delay from Red Panda, and instantly fell in love with it. Today, we’re looking at a pedal that takes the delay effect genre and flips it completely upside down – the Particle 2 Granular Delay gives you aspects of echo, pitch shifting, reverse delay and much, much more. Lots to this one, we’d better dive right in!! Particle™ is a granular...
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When we started reviewing effects pedals from the Walrus Audio lineup in 2014, the first distortion unit we saw from these guys was the Iron Horse, and it blew us away. Since then, we’ve come across the Red and the Melee, and we’ve got another powerful pedal for you today. Eras is a no apologies, high-gain distortion that’s ready to chug, shred, and palm mute with tight response and multiple clipping options…here we...
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We first heard about pedal makers Vongon back in 2019, when we reviewed and demoed an amazing MIDI controller designed specifically for the Moog MF-104M Analog Delay. Most recently, we checked out their Ultrasheer, an incredible Pitch Vibrato and Reverb pedal that will stop you right in your musical tracks. Today, we’re checking out their latest piece of gear, the Polyphrase Stereo Echo with Infinite Feedback Loop – strap...
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We’ve enjoyed the numerous effects units we’ve seen over the years from NUX, and we’re continuing that streak today with another wonderful pedal. The Duotime Dual Delay Engine provides TWO delay lines that can be stretched, tweaked, ripped, manipulated and more, leading to a wild, inspiring and creative piece of gear. Delay fans are gonna love this one…non-delay fans just might, too… Duotime is a real...
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We’ve got another unique and impressive effect from TC Electronic for you today, folks – something that you don’t see everyday, or might not even think about as a key piece of your rig. The Mimiq Doubler takes the classic studio trick of doubling your guitar tracks to thicken up your sound, and squishes it into a compact, pedalboard-friendly unit. Turn yourself (almost) into Dimebag Darrell, Randy Rhodes or James...
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We’ve been loving the replication effects that Warm Audio has been creating over the last couple of years, starting with the Jet Phaser, then the Foxy Tone Box and, most recently, the Centavo Overdrive. Today’s pedal from these guys is the Warmdrive Overdrive, a tribute to impossible-to-obtain amps and a special Zen-influenced drive. Your amp and your ears will thank you for checking out this beautiful machine, trust...
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Throughout 2022, we had a great time checking out the effects pedal lineup from our friends at Summer School Electronics, which ranged from overdrive to boost to delay to fuzz and more. Today’s pedal takes one of our favorites of theirs, the Gus-Drive Overdrive, and makes to more friendly to bass players and drop tuning guitarists alike. The Gus-Plus Bass Overdrive beefs up your low frequencies, while still maintaining punch and...
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It’s New Release Day from our pals over at Walrus Audio, and by now you know there’s a good chance it’s going to be something special… well, you’re correct. Picking up where the Lore Reverse Soundscape Generator left off, the Fable Granular Soundscape Generator is a sampler/delay pedal spewing forth glitchiness, pitch shifting, time stretching, reverse sounds and much, much more. Step into this wild sonic...
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The crew at Thermion constantly pushes the boundaries of what is sonically possible in their pedals, and today’s effect brings classic rock tones to the table. The Heartbreaker Preamp Overdrive gives you two gains, three modes and six parameters to explore, providing dynamics, crunch and delicious overdrive in the ultimate preamplifier for classic sound lovers. If you’re on the hunt of a unique, mid-gain British drive...
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(This article comes from our friends at GuitarTricks.com – check out their site for tons of guitar-related tips and tricks!!) I Have Too Many Pedals, How To Pare Down By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer, the original platform for online guitar lessons. There comes a point where every guitar player realizes they have too many effects pedals! It’s true, it happens, but you don’t need to get rid of any, you just...
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It’s Klone Time Again, Kiddos!! We love a good mythical circuit around here, especially when it looks and sounds *really close* to an original…well, at least what we’ve heard an original sounds like, having never been knighted into the club. This particular clone comes to us from Warm Audio as the Centavo Overdrive, an accurate recreation of one of the most unattainable overdrive pedals in guitar history. Let’s...
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If you’ve never indulged in the high octane effects units produced by our friends Wounded Paw Audio up in Canada, you should check out a couple, such as the Attack Goat Bass Pre-Amp, Bighorn Overdrive or Black Wolf Distortion. First, however, let’s talk about today’s pedal, the Hellhound Distortion, one of their latest offerings and a downright scorcher of an effect. With a wide range of sounds emitting from a...
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Recently, we had the wonderful opportunity to jump into the effects world of Fuzz Imp, from beautiful Portland, Oregon. The Shroot II (Deluxe) Overdrive not only looks rad and features a beloved TV character, but has some real meat to it when you turn it on. Today’s pedal, the Creature Fuzz, gets into a bit more dirty sonic territory, gloriously, and we’re completely here for it… The 5 controls are very interactive...
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Over the years, we’ve had the privilege to test out several incarnations of the Echolution family of delay pedals from Pigtronix. These fantastic effects include the first Echolution Analog Delay, the Echolution 2 Deluxe and the Echolution 2 Filter Pro. Today, we’re keeping this journey going with the latest Echolution 3 Stereo Multi-Tap Delay, an all-encompassing echo unit that sure to dazzle and inspire… Echolution...
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Hi, I’m Josh Gardziel, I’m from Halifax West Yorkshire (UK) and I play guitar in L.O.E (Last Of Eden) Facebook: https://facebook.com/weareloemusic Instagram: https://instagram.com/weareloemusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/weareloemusic Bandcamp: https://weareloemusic.bandcamp.com How long have you been a musician? How did you get into it in the first place? I have been playing guitar for 21 years. I started when I was 14 which...
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I’ve known Brian from Porter Pickups since we met while I was still living in Boise, Idaho, back in 2016. He and his team put some wonderful pickups in a couple of guitars of mine, with the Classic/Smooth humbucking combo in my PRS CE24, which you’ve heard on the majority of my demos over the last 6+ years. Today, I’m excited to help spread the word about their first effects pedal offering, coming via their subset...
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The effects pedals coming out of the English shop where Tom Oakes and Horrothia FX call home have always been cool to look at, built with extreme quality and incredible-sounding, to say the least. These marvelous traditions continue today with their latest release, the Triage Discrete Transistor Pre-Amplifier, which covers Boost, Dirt and Volume at the same time. Easily ranging from clean to nasty, we are really digging this...
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The recent revival of the Maestro brand has brought a couple of great pedals our way. We recently had the chance to check out the FIVE newest pedals in Maestro’s Original Collection, and today we’re heading back a bit to check out one of their earlier releases. The Ranger Overdrive features three knobs, one switch and a ton of tone to shape and sculpt your favorite distortion and overdrive sounds...
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(This article comes from our friends at GuitarTricks.com – check out their site for tons of guitar-related tips and tricks!!) Delay and Time-Based Effects Pedals By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer, the original platform for online guitar lessons. Whether it uses analog or digital technology, time-based effects units allow us to add more space, an echo, or even loop entire measures. Reverb, delay, and looping...
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After the seemingly endless sonic possibilities we explored in the PLETHORA X3 from TC Electronic last month, it was nice to have a simple, stripped-down pedal to check out next in their lineup. The Magus Pro Distortion is a classic, high-gain distortion pedal with fat mids, a treble filter control and 3 different clipping modes, for any musical scenario. Powerful, amp-driving glory is right at your fingertips… The Magus...
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We’ve always enjoyed it when a new product from Yellowcake Pedals appears on our doorstep, and today we get to experience that joy once more. They’ve sent over the FOOM Fuzz, a one knob powerhouse that goes from dirty to dirtier to just filthy, and it is awesome. This simple, velcro-like fuzz gives you some very Muff-esque types of distortion, and all you have to do is gently turn one control. It’s designed to be...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday season, and that your 2023 is already off to a great start. We’re going to get off to a great start here at Pedal of the Day as well, bringing you some dynamic effects units to start off the year. Recently released, the Moog Moogerfooger Effects Plug-ins are faithful recreations of the classic, big box Moogerfooger effect lineup, which has been discontinued for...
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The fine folks at Flamma Innovation are back at it, releasing FIVE new pedals, all of which we’re going to take a look at here at Pedal of the Day. This week, we wrap things up with the FC21 Analog Compressor, a simple effect that takes your tone to the next level. Whether you’re on a budget, or just looking for a new, funky sound, this little one has got you covered… There’s nothing quite like the subtle ways...
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Today, we’re brining you the third pedal from the wonderful lineup of effects from Full Mojo Electronics in Peru, following the Funkifier Envelope Filter and Echo Trip Delay. The Abisal Analog Chorus takes elements from a certain classic, light blue chorus effect and expands on that sound, for wide-ranging modulation that goes from that classic 80’s sound to fully controlled dissonances. Not for the seasick or weak of...
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The first two pedals we have had the pleasure to explore from Colfax Recorders, the Apache Rose Preamp and the Zephyr Overdrive, were absolute musical beasts. Today, we’re looking at the third and final pedal in their current lineup, and it most definitely is in the same category. The Porcelain Fuzz might sound a bit dainty, delicate or slightly breakable at first, but this three-knob wonder will annihilate anything that crosses...
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We always enjoy when a new type of device or way to add to your sound is unleashed on our community, and today’s effect(s) really take things up a notch. The crew over at Chaos Audio has designed the Stratus, a unit that allows to create an entire pedals board from one pedal and your phone. You control the effects in real-time from an app, chaining multiple pedals together in any way you choose. The app currently features over...
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We’ve had a blast checking out the lineup of pedals from the newly-revamped Maestro brand, and have a BIG surprise for you all today. They’ve just released FIVE new units, and we have got them all in one place for you. Today, we’re looking at the Orbit Phaser, Mariner Tremolo, Titan Boost, Arcas Compressor Sustainer and Agena Envelope Filter – 5 effects building on the first 5 pedals they initially released...
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(This article comes from our friends at GuitarTricks.com – check out their site for tons of guitar-related tips and tricks!!) Effects Pedals for the Guitarist Who Has It All By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer, the original platform for online guitar lessons. If you’re a guitarist who has moved beyond beginner guitar lessons, you might have all the standard guitar effects pedals you’d need. Now you may be...
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The innovative, creative team at Death By Audio have been supporters of Pedal of the Day for years, so when they released today’s limited edition pedal, we knew we had to snag one and help support them right back. The Exploding Head Triple Delay harkens back to a classic DBA effect, as well as celebrates a milestone anniversary for a landmark album. Just when you thought echo couldn’t go any further… “Long ago,...
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In all the years we’ve been demoing and reviewing effects units from our friends over at Strymon, we never delved into their beloved Flint – a crime, to be sure, but one that has been remedied today. The newer Flint Tremolo & Reverb V2 brings all the sonic glory of the original into focus, along with a slew of new upgrades and controls, for one of the most versatile, well-rounded pedals we’ve ever seen. Two...
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We recently got to check out our first pedal from the team at Colfax Recorders, the Apache Rose Preamp, and were more than a little impressed. Today, we’re venturing down their path once again, as we explore the Zephyr Overdrive. A versatile but easy-to-dial-in drive, this baby blue beauty adds the perfect dirt element to your pedalboard, and fits right in as your new favorite always-on effect… The Zephyr Overdrive with...
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Mario Marino has been creating products under the name Axess Electronics since 1998, crafting custom buffered splitters, routers, switchers MIDI foot controllers and more, for names like Alex Lifeson, Peter Frampton, Richie Sambora, John Petrucci, Dweezil Zappa and Eddie Van Halen. Bringing decades of expertise to the effects pedal world, he has released the AXSGTR OBViouS™ Boost/Overdrive, an option-filled beauty that dirties up your...
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Well, the groundbreaking, innovative team at Meris is up to it again, and this time around, they just might have created the *perfect* delay pedal. You’ve probably heard about the LVX Modular Delay System since its release earlier this year, and if you haven’t had a chance to sit down with it yet…let’s just say you’re gonna want to as soon as possible. There’s so much going on in this pedal,...
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The fine folks over at Eventide have been big supporters of Pedal of the Day for years now – we’ve reviewed just about every one of their modern pedals, and have been lucky enough to be included in their last several new release days as well. Today, we’re doing it once again, and with possibly their biggest, most grandiose effects unit to date. The H90 Harmonizer® takes everything that we all love about the...
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Continuing with our second of two new release pedals from our friends at Poison Noises, today we’re excited to bring you The Remnant Tape Delay. A perfect companion to yesterday’s Effluence Spring Reverb, this echo takes you back to the 70s with a quickness, providing classic, vintage delay tones around every turn. Listen for the fluttering echoes of a forgotten era, and follow them to the Remnant… The Remnant...
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After reviewing and demoing the newly released lineup of 15+ pedals from Poison Noises, we thought for sure they were done, but no. Today, we’re bringing you a brand new creation of theirs, The Effluence Spring Reverb. This effect has a great range of reverberation to explore, from simple tone-enhancing settings to full-on, blown out vintage reverb that lingers in your ears forever. Project sound into a reverb-soaked lucid dream...
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(This article comes from our friends at GuitarTricks.com – check out their site for tons of guitar-related tips and tricks!!) How Can Pedals Improve Your Guitar Playing? By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer, the original platform for online guitar lessons. Many guitarists use effects and pedals for emulating the playing of other songs. Whether it is just bedroom practice, beginner guitar lessons, or on-stage...
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The first round of Dept. 10 pedals released by Blackstar Amplification (Boost, Dual Drive, Dual Distortion) were full of options, HUGE tones and exquisite build quality. Those effects focused on boost, overdrive and distortion elements, showing how you could really push your amp and shape your tone with ease. The latest release from Blackstar sees them switching focus now to the actual AMP aspect of the chain, bringing you the...
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Last year, we were able to demo FOUR new pedals from Dreadbox, a synth-heavy company we had first worked with back in 2016, that had released a new lineup of effects. The Kinematic, Lethargy, Komorebi and Darkness were all unique and amazing-sounding, so we couldn’t wait to see what they had in store next. Today, we get to explore 2 more new creations from Dreadbox – the Treminator Smashing Tremolo and the Raindrops Stereo...
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Pedal of the Day has been fortunate to help with the promotion of each and every iteration of the wonderful Ampero series of multi-effects units from our friends at Hotone Audio, and we’ve got the newest one for you today. Following in the footsteps of the original Ampero, Ampero One and Ampero II, the Ampero Silver Edition Amp Modeler / Effects Processor somehow builds on the previous models’ functionality, options and...
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There are some pedal companies whose work you can instantly tell is theirs with just a simple glance, and our friends at Dophix fall squarely into that category. The no-nonsense silver enclosures, simple graphics and generally scaled-down control sections not only make for an easily recognizable brand, but also some downright impressive effect pedal creations. Today, we’re looking at a pedal of theirs with a lot of options and a...
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Jumping into a pedal like the Boss RE-202 Space Echo can be tricky – there’s so much going on, and so many sounds to discover, and so much nostalgia surrounding it, it’s a little daunting, to say the least. What we will say right off the bat is that IT IS INCREDIBLE. Ridiculously emulating the classic RE-201 Space Echo, this model brings all of the tone, delay and reverb from the original units to the table, but...
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I’ve never made any claim other than the fact that Delay is far and away my favorite effect, so when something like today’s pedal comes through the door, there’s a LOT to be excited about. The Thimble Wasp Effects Time Lapse Delay+ crams everything you love and would need about a delay pedal into one board-friendly enclosure, along with a slew of gorgeous sounds to spark your musical creativity. Let’s see what...
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Over the last 2 months, we’ve had the distinct pleasure to usher in a newly revitalized pedal lineup from our friends over at Poison Noises. Today marks our 17th review and demo from them, and we’re bringing it back to where our collaborative efforts began. The Crook Overdrive V3 was our first foray into the Poison Noises world back in February, so we’re ending this long run with its successor, The Crook Overdrive...
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Earlier this month, we were fortunate enough to be able to check out the Star Eater, a wild analog fuzz machine from Pigtronix, and really dug the new style of that pedal. Today, we’ve got their latest release, an intriguing, not really before seen effect that will take you on a musical journey like none you’ve encountered before. The Gloamer Polyphonic Amplitude Synthesizer Compressor isn’t as complicated as the...
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Our friends over at Poison Noises are releasing new versions of their entire lineup of effects pedals, and have asked us to help showcase these overhauled creations. Today’s pedal is a brand new one for them, not a revitalized version, and brings with it a control section not often seen. The Roscoe EQ is an equalization effect that definitely aims to please, as you’ll soon discover…. The Roscoe is a 6-band EQ that...
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Our friends over at Poison Noises are releasing new versions of their entire lineup of effects pedals, and have asked us to help showcase these overhauled creations. We’ve been checking out 2 pedals a week for the last couple months, continuing today with the Glutnik Fuzz V2. Suit up, space out and prepare to experience the full gravity of this one…. This new addition to the Poison Noises universe is our take on a Russian...
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