As far as heavy, instrumental, post-metal music is concerned, the dudes in Pelican are in the upper echelon, and have been at the forefront for 25 years. Today’s pedal sees them collaborate with Dead Air Studios to bring us the Resonance Reverb, a seemingly simple pedal that is anything but, fitting their specific style of music to a T. If you like metal music, ambient stuff or just adding another layer to your sound or style,...
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It’s never a bad time for a Death By Audio pedal to arrive at your doorstep, and I’m particularly excited about today’s wild effect from our friends, and one of the craziest builders on the scene. The Infinity Verb Endless Soundscape takes whatever you assumed you knew about reverb and tosses it all out the ambient, noisemaking window. Part of DBA’s Destroyer Series, this limited, exclusive pedal was only...
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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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Luis over at Lefa Pedals makes some of the most unique, noisy, innovative and often downright scary pedals on the market today (see the I DEEP THFUZZ and Destroy The Day for past examples), and I love ’em all. Today, they’ve sent over their Retardante MKII, an updated version of one of their popular units, one that combines distortion, delay, drones and more into one raucous effect. This pedal is loud, is obnoxious and it...
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Multi-effects are never boring, let’s face it – usually loaded with a bunch of different effects and fun presets to explore, you can get lost pretty easily in one of these types of machines. That is an giant understatement when talking about today’s pedal, the ENDORPHIN.ES GHOST Stereo Effects Processor. A collaboration with YouTuber and musical explorer Andrew Huang, this silver gem takes effects, signals, routing,...
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In continuing with our theme of unique and inspiring pedals this week, we’ve got another weird, wild effect for you today. From the amazing and disturbing mind of Lefa Pedals, the I DEEP THFUZZ combines elements of fuzz, distortion, octave and more into one HUG box. This one doesn’t f*ck around, folks, crushing and destroying everyone and everything in it’s musical path. Lots to explore, let’s jump right into...
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Any kind of pedals that push boundaries and make us think a little differently are always welcome here at Pedal of the Day. Forcing us to approach how we think about and create music helps keep it all fresh and in perspective, and that’s exactly what today’s piece of gear does. The Fairfield Circuitry Hors d’Oeuvre? Active Feedback Loop lets you put together as many of your favorites pedals as you’d like, then...
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