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“The soul – and snarl – of the original”: Jam Pedals resurrects the Octaurus octave-fuzz
By Jonathan Horsley published
Available in Standard and NOS editions, the Octaurus has switchable clipping and voicings, a super defined octave and wide-open dynamics

The Fortin Meshuggah head is the amp every metal player wants – now you can get its crushing tones in a pedal
By Jonathan Horsley published
Designed by Mike Fortin, US-made, featuring an active 3-band EQ and noise gate, the Meshuggah preamp/distortion pedal could be the gain monster you need to destroy, erase, improve your tone

Gamechanger Audio unveils the Motor Pedal – a real synth pedal with a “multi-modal gas pedal”
By Jonathan Horsley published
Forget synth emulation pedals, Gamechanger describes this mechanically powered stompbox as “the sound of a spinning brushed DC motor, pushed to the edge and tamed with precision control”

Chase Bliss teams up with Mike Piera for Analog Man collab based on the legendary King Of Tone
By Jonathan Horsley published
Years in the making, Brothers AM applies Chase Bliss’s expansive digital controls and a cornucopia of dip-switches to an overdrive classic – and it has a Beano Boost mode

Tone King offers up boutique tube amp tones for your pedalboard with the Imperial Preamp pedal
By Jonathan Horsley published
The tones of a Tone King Imperial MKII at your feet

Pigtronix’s Gas Giant is a high-gain fuzz pedal with a FET-driven onboard noise gate
By Jonathan Horsley published
This Big Muff-style fuzz pedal comes with two switchable voicings, switchable internal noise gate, and a simple three-knob layout

“The Ditto 2 is an evolution, not a revolution”: TC Electronic Ditto 2 Looper review
By Alex Lynham published
The original Ditto redefined both bang for buck and 'board space. So what's new with the Ditto 2?

Mythos and That Pedal Show team up for the Argo Boost Deluxe – an octave fuzz with switchable boost
By Jonathan Horsley published
Who couldn't use a COB-style octave-fuzz and boost with a bright red dial for the boost?

Great Eastern FX’s Focus Fuzz Deluxe has got boost, drive, octave, fuzz... everything
By Jonathan Horsley published
One of our favourite fuzz pedals just got expanded but can we call it a fuzz-box when it does so much more?

“This is the only tremolo pedal in the world that lets you plot your own waveform shapes using controls you first got to grips with as a child”: SoundLad Sketchy review
By Jonathan Horsley published
Don’t let the fun Etch A Sketch-inspired retro design fool you, this is a serious tremolo with serious capabilities
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