The new Wampler Gearbox overdrive pedal combines two popular drives in one housing. It includes the Tumnus and Pinnacle circuits. Oh, and it’s the new signature Wampler pedals from country shredder Andy Wood. If that doesn’t sound promising! Okay, we admit: The name didn’t mean anything to us so far and we had to do a little internet training. Andy …

The Orange Acoustic Guitar Pedal board is a preamp for acoustic music instruments in the footstep format. It is based on the Acoustic Pre TC and the Crush Acoustic 30. The British amplifier manufacturer is probably best known for dirty rock sounds but has taken a look at the acoustic sound market from time to time in the recent past. …

After the Blackhole released in 2020, the second stompbox pedal of the dot9 family follows with the Eventide MicroPitch Delay pedal. The MicroPitch Delay has been introduced with the H910 and H949 effects processors and cemented its place in music history as a valuable studio tool there and in the later H3000 Harmonizer. So now it should live on as …

The SolidGoldFX Imperial MKII Fuzz pedal is aimed at anyone looking for a snotty, brute fuzz with good manners or on the hunt for Gilmour-Esque solo sounds. Its model is a rare device from the 1970s, which nowadays achieves high prices for enthusiasts on the used market. Oh yeah, we really like the charming retro look of the four fader …

The new Wampler Ratsbane Overdrive Distortion pedal packs the classic RAT sounds that we all know and love into a wonderfully compact mini pedal. Can it compete with the original or is it maybe even better? Let’s find out. After the Plexi-Drive Mini and Belle Overdrive, another distortion pedal in mini format from Wampler comes here. It is made in …

This new Wah Wah Pedal not only has perhaps the longest product name of all time but also has some great special functions under the hood. Curtain up for the Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Badass Dual-Inductor Edition Wah. The Cry Baby Custom Badass Dual-Inductor Edition Wah (what a name!) brings together the two most iconic wah voices in history: …

Wow, what a surprise! After Warm Audio, another manufacturer of studio equipment is making its debut on the guitar market. The Universal Audio UAFX Reverb, Effects, and Delay Pedal models are three exciting floor kicks with digital replicas of legendary effects devices. As expected, UA is targeting the upper class. Can the devices convince you despite the high price? When …

Here comes a special kind of reverb pedal. The EarthQuaker Devices (EQD) Astral Destiny combines octave and reverb effect in one device. Even when trying to break down the functions of the new EQD effect into a crisp description, it becomes clear that this is a complex device for sound tinkerers who like to experiment. The Astral Destiny is a …

NUX has had interesting effects, amps, and helpers in its range for a long time. Now the company is again devoting itself to the spectrum of effects and introducing the Duotime, a digital stereo delay pedal that should make some friends, not least because of the price. The structure is typical of NUX, with 7 controls, display, and two-foot switches. …

The Californian amplifiers, which were built between 1937 and the 1970s, sometimes sound warm and delicious. The amps are traded between 500 and 5000 bucks, depending on the condition and series, the more expensive ones are mostly new models after the revival in 2013. Reason enough to look for a more up-to-date, more flexible, and cheaper variant such as the …