It’s hard to beat a good stereo Delay pedal – especially since Delays are my favorites, and the Stereo audio field usually makes everything sound amazing. Today, we’re bringing you the first pedal for a new collaborator of ours, Klowra, and their magnificent Everlast Stereo Delay. Featuring NINE different modes, stereo connectivity, expression control, ramping and more, there’s a lot to delve into here, so...
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After checking out their ODR-mini Natural Overdrive, DEL-mini Delay and ODR-mini2 pedals, I couldn’t wait to see what pint-sized creation Nobels would come up with next. Well, the answer comes to us all in the form of the small but amazing CHO-mini Stereo Chorus and Flanger. This modulated beauty provides a nice stereo spectrum sweep, along with three modes of operation that will satisfy the most staunch chorus and flanger fans...
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Pedals that combine two effects from different genres always present an interesting mix of sounds, and today’s pedal takes that concept up a notch or two. The Spicy Pedals Modulatron Overloaded Chorus/Vibrato & Overdrive, aside from having a great name, pushes the envelope as far as what’s possible in the worlds of modulation and dirt. Creating otherworldly tones and focusing on the experimenters in all of us, this...
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Sometimes, the pedal you need on your board doesn’t actually make any kind of noise or effect – such is the case with today’s pedal, the Yesterday Effects Color Theory All-Analog Parallel Processor & Signal Router. While big whooshing modulation, bold distortion or vintage tape delay sounds are not on the menu, this little box opens up your creativity, and lets you choose how to route your signals and sounds....
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If you love distortion and you love Frank Zappa, you’re gonna love today’s pedal. A mix of a couple different kinds of dirt, the Utility Muffin Overdrive Fuzz from Stomp Under Foot brings Zappa-esque tones to the forefront of your rig, presenting you with a wide range of tones to choose from. Although it only sports 3 knobs, this one has a lot of sounds under the hood, perfect for driving your favorite amp or getting a...
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It’s hard to believe that it has been an entire decade since I had a Devi Ever : FX pedal in the office, but I think you’re gonna dig this one. The Brown LP Overdrive Fuzz combines Devi Ever’s Electric Brown and LP Overdrive pedals into one small enclosure – but don’t be fooled, kiddos, this seemingly tame unit is anything but. Packing the auditory wallop and sonic punch you need, along with a special...
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Jamie and the gang at EarthQuaker Devices are usually known for wild, out-of-the-box kinds of effects pedals, but their latest creation is about as (seemingly) simple as it gets. The Easy Listening Analog Amp Simulator is small, with just one lone knob that controls the output level, but there’s a lot going on inside. Although you can’t necessarily easily detect how this tiny box affects your tone, it brings a new kind of...
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It’s New Pedal Company Day again, folks – today, we’re checking out the first release from Color Audio, coming to you all the way from fine Finland! The Cassette Preamp takes a portion of an old classic, rips it out, puts it into pedal form and modernizes it, for a unique and intriguing new device. Five knobs + a three-way toggle = wide tonal range and sonic exploration for days… The Cassette Preamp is the...
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Each release from Heather Brown Electronicals seems to top the previous one, starting with the Blessed Mother Overdrive, followed by the Sensational Fuzzdrive and the Spirit In The Sky Tremolo Fuzz. Heather’s latest release, the Volga Preamp, builds on the success of those previous three, providing a unique take on preamps and their relationship with your guitar and amplifier. With lots of knobs and switches, there’s...
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When a new pedal from Death By Audio shows up on the doorstep, you know you’re in for a real sonic treat – there’s just no way around it. Today, we’re looking at a special, limited edition collaboration they did with Levitation, an effect that bends space and time, and your brain, and your amp, and you eardrums…you get the idea. Grab your favorite flashlight and prepare to get lost for hours upon...
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It’s always a blast to meet new companies from all around the world, and I think today might be the first time I’ve had a pedal come my way via Turkey! The TolRed Pedal Germanium Fuzz is a take on a classic fuzz circuit, with some circuit changes and the addition of an extremely useful parameter to bring this sound into modern times. Three knobs, cool graphics and killer tones – what more could you want out of a...
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years ago, I had the opportunity to demo the Black Hole Symmetry Delay Reverb Fuzz from Collision Devices, and to this day it remains one of my favorite pedals ever (their Nocturnal Delay Tremolo Reverb wasn’t too shabby, either). Today, I’m so excited to bring you another wonderful creation from these guys – the robot-esque TARS DLX Dual Distortion/Fuzz w/Analog Filters. As you can see from the photos, this...
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The recently released NOTADÜMBLË from JHS Pedals is a DIY Pedal Kit that you can easily put together, and get great Dumble Amp-esque tones out of. It features two channels, but the original design only allowed the user to switch one on at any given time, perhaps short-changing the full potential of this pedal. Well, the fine folks at Cosmodio Instruments have changed all that – come along as we explore their Dumble and Dumbler...
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Our first foray into the world of Berserker Electronics was via their awesome Aquanaut Delay/Echo, and I couldn’t wait to see what they had in store next. Well, the answer is today’s pedal, the down-n-dirty Velcrow Gated Fuzz, another three-knob gem from this company in Seattle that takes this genre up a notch. Not sure if I’ve ever had a built-in gate function work as well as it does on this pedal, let’s let...
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Although we mostly see pedals here at Pedal of the Day, we love it when a company contacts us to demo an instrument, and we’ve got a great one for you all today. Small in size but large in stature, the Kala Brand Solid Body U•BASS® Short Scale Bass Guitar shrinks all your favorite aspects of the bass down into a comfortable, manageable package, perfect for beginners and seasoned vets alike. Simple but effective, looking and...
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I love a good 2-in-1 pedal, and today’s creation packs two incredible, classic circuits into one easy-to-use effect. The MonsterBoX Pedals Dirtbag Deluxe Dual Overdrive Fuzz flips what you thought you knew about dirt pedals around, with more switches and knobs than you’ll know what to do with, which I always take as a giant bonus. Lots to get into with this one – let’s see what the MonsterBoX folks have to say...
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I’ve been aware of and demoing the sonic creations from KMA Machines for over 10 years now, and am excited to have another of their pedals for you all today. The GEMINUS Stereo True Double Tracker beefs up your sound in a smooth and inviting sort of way, producing chorus and modulation tones, as well as doubling up your notes. This golden gem sounds awesome spread over a stereo field, let’s dive in and see what it’s...
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Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing and demoing many products from our friends at Hotone, and I’m excited to help introduce the next chapter in their audio evolution, the NeonGlow Series. The first release here is the Verbera Convolution Reverb, a space age, stereo reverberation unit that has more options, presets, IRs and sonic options than just about any reverb I’ve come across. Compact in size but...
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Our pal Mark at Summer School Electronics is back with another wonderful pedal creation today, and we’re here to help with its release! The Middle School Chorus combines two effects into one enclosure, taking your modulation game to the next level. As you navigate through high audio waves and big swells of sound, this effect will open up your creative avenues and re-ignite that musical spark… The Middle School Chorus is a...
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I love discovering new pedal companies, and the first pedal from the OC Pedal Co. is an absolute monster. The LA HABRA Hard Clipper Distortion Fuzz gives you 2 specific gain settings, plus 2 knobs you’d find on just about any drive/distortion pedal. However, there is something about this Orange County unit that just sparkles, and sends your amp’s tone into the musical stratosphere… The LA HABRA Hard Clipper captures...
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Some of the funnest and best-sounding effects to come through the shop over the last few years were from our friends at Supercool Pedals, and I’m excited to help with the release of their latest creation today. The Triniphase Multi-Stage Phaser has a simple layout, but within those few parameters lies a cornucopia of amazing modulation sounds to explore. While phasers aren’t for everyone (for some strange reason),...
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I love a good multi-effects unit, but many times they’re too big for a neat and tidy pedalboard. Today’s pedal throws all those rules out the window, providing more options than you’ll know what to do with in a package that’s about as small as it can be. The Valeton GP-5 Multi-FX Processor & IR Loader gives you advanced signal routing, a ton of effects, impulse response and much, much. more… Shop...
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This isn’t the first time we’ve encountered today’s pedal, the Lightspeed Organic Overdrive from Greer Amps. This gorgeous pedal first appeared on the scene over a decade ago, and has over time become a go-to for many players , from many genres, across the globe. The kind of pedal you just know is gonna be special right when you plug it in, the Lightspeed will jump through audio hyperspace in no time flat… Shop...
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I’ve had the pleasure to demo a couple of amps (the Grandville and Merino) and a killer overdrive (the Sahana Drive) from local legends Port City Amplification, and have been blown away by their builds, aesthetics and tones. Today, we’re taking a look at their latest pedal release, the Gain of Thrones Distortion & Boost, which combines an amazing dirt circuit with PCA’s Salem Boost. This 2-in-1 will certainly...
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Last week, I released a little something called The KLONE Project, where I compared 24 different Klone pedals to see how they stacked up against one another. Today, I’m happy to continue with the investigation into this wonderful circuit, by helping with the release of the latest from our friends at Keeley Electronics – the Manis Boost Overdrive. Not just another klone, folks, this one is the evolution of a mythical...
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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!! Today’s effects pedal has 2 knobs, a classic sound and an excellent price tag. Chicago Stompworks has been making handbuilt pedals at extremely affordable prices for years, and the Gray Speck OD250™ Overdrive is no different. With just a couple of knobs, it isn’t an effect that takes a ton of time to figure out, but you get great tone instantly, and a big spectrum of...
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We’ve got a special pedal for you all today, kiddos – a rare, sought-after dirty beast that pushes the sonic envelope in more ways than you can count. The Chase Bliss Dirt Bird Overdrive Distortion is a limited edition run of pedals that only resulted in 250 being made, worldwide, hence the rarity and intrigue. While this one is based on another now-discontinued Chase Bliss unit, it has a mind of its own, and will truly...
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Today, we’re doing something a bit different than usual, but I really think you’re gonna dig it. As some of you may be familiar, we have a series on our YouTube channel called ‘The Klone Wars’, where Klon clones of all shapes and sizes go head-to-head to see which one (in the opinions of the viewers) sounds better. As I’ve built up a sizeable Klone collection over the years, I thought it might be fun to...
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Our third and final Plugin Collection of this week brings some classic amplifier sounds that would cost thousands and thousands of dollars to purchase into your home studio and your desktop, for a small fraction of the cost of buying the actual amps themselves. The Universal Audio UAD Guitar Amp Bundle gives you access to four amazing sounds: the classic American tweed growl, ’60s tube shimmer and reverb, vintage Top Boost...
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Our second foray into the World of Plugins this week brings us a group of pedals that are well-known and great-sounding, and are a natural choice to transfer to the digital realm. JHS Pedals and mixwave have teamed up to create the Loud Is More Good Plugin Collection, bringing you 5 glorious effects and a rare amplifier right to your desktop. Compression, Boost/Overdrive, Distortion, Delay and Reverb effects make up a near-perfect...
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We’re jumping back into the World of Plugins today, as well as the next couple of days, starting with a new set of sounds that many, many of us have been waiting many, many years to be able to access. While the 8 effects in the Roland / BOSS Pedals Plug-In Collection are all pretty much classics, a couple of them are rare and expensive, but now we can enjoy them at a reasonable cost. These wonderful recreations bring the...
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One of my very favorite effects creators from the last few years is Cosmodio Instruments, who build pedals that are meant to be unconventional, out of the norm and made for experimenters and knob-turners. Continuing in the tradition of their Pet Yeti Distortion Fuzz and Gravity Well Wavefolder, Tremolo and Sonic Refractor, their latest release (out today) melts faces and scares those unfamiliar, as it should. The Glitch Witch Analog...
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I love when you turn on a pedal for the first time and it instantly captivates your brain and eardrums. Such is the case with today’s effects unit, the Amplified Nation Bigger Bloom Overdrive Preamp. Based on the D-style amp sound, this four-knob, two-switch streamlined silver beauty gives you great sounds at any settings, providing a wide range and killer tones for days… The Bigger Bloom is an Overdrive Preamp pedal that...
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Through the years, I’ve had the pleasure of demoing and reviewing every single pedal release from Horrothia FX, including the Type One, Teeth, Berkeley and Triage. Super excited today to be continuing that tradition, as we bring you their latest creation, the Lutz Fuzz. Not your run-of-the-mill fuzz pedal here, kiddos – this one has a huge range of sound, a couple surprises and even a feature I’ve never seen before...
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DI boxes can be used in a multitude of musical settings, and are always a great help to advance your tone and sonic presentation. Today, we’re teaming up once again with our pals at Sweetwater to bring you the ART Tube MP Studio V3 Mic Preamp and Instrument DI, an excellent little box that can be used for acoustics, electrics, vocals and much more. With a bunch of specifically-tailored presets, multiple connection options and a...
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Modulation pedals can instantly inject some sparkle into even the most dull or incomplete riff, chord progression or musical idea. Today’s pedal, the Lichtlaerm Audio Nostalgia, features aspects of Chorus, Vibrato, Double Tracking, Ring Modulation and more. Never a boring moment with this one, lets dive in and check out this brand new, innovative modulated machine, shall we? The Nostalgia is a very complex pedal that can do a...
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The 3 Series from JHS Pedals is a fantastic and affordable way to get into this crazy effects world we all live in, and I’m excited to check out another one of them today. The Harmonic Trem gives you a simple, 3-knob and one switch control layout, which lets you easily conjure up gorgeous tones in mere seconds…literally. Harkening back to some of the most coveted vintage sounds out there, this clean white beauty looks and...
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After you hear about certain pedals for a while, even years, you start to wonder if, when you actually get a chance to play them, they’ll live up to the hype. Today’s pedal answers that question with a resounding YES, giving me all that I can handle and more, much to my delight. The Elektron Analog Drive Multi-Circuit Distortion brings together all the elements of dirt effects you could want, wide-ranging and expanding...
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I love the old Power Series pedals from Ibanez, as do many players and collectors around the planet. Produced in the ’80s, this lineup features just about every effect you could want, and a couple you probably never knew even existed. Today, we’re looking at the SS10 Session-Man Distortion Chorus, one of the rarer and more sought-after units from this series. Instant nostalgia and vintage tones are the focus here, and I...
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Let’s face it: you absolutely DO NOT have to spend an exuberant amount of cash to get some good sounds onto your pedalboard, and today’s effects unit shows that fact without any doubt. The Levitate Delay Reverb from Sonicake gives you 2 effects in one pedal, with a massive amount of delay time, sweet oscillating echoes and reverb that will rival your favorite $600 pedal (well, almost). And at a base price of around 50...
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The crew at Analog Music Company, based out of Kyiv, Ukraine, have always pushed the sonic and aesthetic boundaries of what is capable in an effects pedal, and I’m happy once again to bring you another of their creations today. While it make look a little more toned-down than some of their other units, the Notorious Rabbit Octave Fuzz is a pedal that’s anything but basic. The range of sounds pouring out of this black...
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We’re back today with another wonderful piece of gear from Boss’ Waza Craft collection, one that I’ve been wanting to get my hands on for quite a while. The VB-2W Waza Craft Vibrato brings classic modulation warble to the forefront of your sound, providing a uniquely vintage tone to spice up how you approach writing music. The original pedal this one is based on has become an expensive, sought-after unit – get...
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After diving into the new Brothers AM from Chase Bliss a few days ago, I thought it would be a great day to release another Analog Man collaboration pedal review and demo, ’cause why not? Today, we’re going to take a look at the MXR / Analog Man Duke of Tone Overdrive – while the Brothers AM is a tribute to the King of Tone, this one takes after it’s little brother (pun intended), the Prince of Tone. Another...
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One of the most talked-about pedals of the last few weeks has most certainly been the Brothers AM Dual Overdrive Distortion Boost, a collaboration between Chase Bliss and Analog Man. Five-plus years in the making, this new release brings all the classic sounds and functionality of Analog Man’s King of Tone to the table, and adds more to this already amazing and revered circuit. In their usual fashion, Chase Bliss takes...
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After being one of our favorite brands for the first couple of years when Pedal of the Day first started, FoxPedal was absorbed by Creation Music Company several years ago, and has since, unfortunately, closed permanently. When they announced the closure, I scooped up the last version of one of my favorite pedals of theirs, The Wave Dual Delay Reverb Modulation, to have a little piece of that history in the shop. Finally getting...
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Not being an engineer, or particularly skilled in the ways of electronics creation, I have never built an effects pedal. I love how they sound and what they can do, but their innerworkings completely baffle me, and I’m not alone. For all of us who want to tinker and experiment a little, without having to do too much actual work, Josh and the JHS Pedals crew have created the NOTADÜMBLË DIY kit, a boost/preamp/overdrive based on a...
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Sometimes, when you just see a pedal, before having heard it or knowing 1 single thing about what it does, you know you need to check it out ASAP. That was the case with today’s pedal, the NoiseKICK FX Diabeetus Tremolo Fuzz, a bold-looking and sounding effects unit that pays homage to a classic actor, while giving you some incredible sounds to play with. With just a couple of knobs, buttons and switches, there’s a lot...
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The Danelectro Cool Cat Stereo Chorus and Dan-Echo Delay Echo are two of the coolest pedals that have ever existed, right? That said, today’s pedal is often in any conversation involving those two as well, as they all come from the same classic lineup. The Daddy O DO-1 Overdrive doesn’t just have a rad-sounding name – it has a ton of rad-sounding sounds inside, as well… The Danelectro Daddy-O is an overdrive...
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It’s always fun to check out pedals that have a little bit of hype around them, and I’ve seeing today’s effect pop up in discussions for a while now. The Aspen Overdrive from Case Study Effects definitely lives up to the hype, combining four kinds of dirt into one gleaming white enclosure. Don’t let the outside of this one fool you – there’s more dirt going on under the hood than you can...
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Today’s pedal is kind of a special one – last fall, I donated money to a raffle that Waterslide Guitars was having to benefit the World Central Kitchen, who have helped feed people in and around Asheville, NC, where I happen to live, in the wake of Hurricane Helene. To my surprise, my name was chose as the winner of the Greer Amps Black Mountain Crunch Drive, and I couldn’t have been happier. It’s been a while...
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