Find the right gear for you.
The new Catalinbread Limited-Edition Dirty Little Secret Red Mod is their modded version of an already super popular ‘Plexi-style’ overdrive pedal. This little secret will be out pretty soon with a limited release of only 100 units being made available worldwide. Catalinbread Limited-Edition Dirty Little Secret Red Mod The standard Dirty Little Secret MkIII is one of the […]
EarthQuaker Devices already has a highly regarded Tubescreamer in the Palisades pedal range. But the new Plumes is cheaper, more compact and has its own approach to the Tubescreamer circuit. EarthQuaker Devices Plumes The new Plumes pedal is an independent interpretation of the venerable Tubescreamer circuit – ” More headroom, less noise and much better sound quality.” In reality this means they’ve done away with […]
The Canadian company Revv is above all known for its Generator tube heads. In 2018, the company released its first pedal, the G3. It went on to introduce the G4 at NAMM this year, a high-gain pedal aimed at metal and hard rock players. The G2 is a different, perhaps tamer, animal and captures a particular Revv amp sound in […]
US pedal maker Fulltone has just unveiled what it calls“the ultimate OCD”: a new Custom Shop model of the OCD pedal called the CS-OCD-Ge overdrive. Fulltone CS-OCD-Ge The new Fulltone CS-OCD-Ge is the latest incarnation of Michael Fuller’s famous OCD drive pedal. This new version is a limited Custom Shop edition and has two MOSFETs, plus two germanium diodes. […]
There’s been a bit of a sprinkle of bass focused software and hardware lately. The latest is the Monoment Bass virtual instrument from Softube and is dedicated to producing huge, solid bass tones with complex organic overtones, washed with dedicated effects and production ready for modern bass usage. Monoment Bass The sound source is all […]
Nylon from Wave Casual is a cool looking synthesizer that uses oscillators based on geometry to define the timbre via a circular path. Then it’s all morphing, modulation and movement for there into unexplored sounds. Nylon Now, this is a lovely looking piece of software, all clean lines, soft greys and gorgeously animated bezier curves. […]
Keeley’s new DDR Drive Delay Reverb is designed to be “the only pedal you may ever need”, combining the three most common effects into one compact unit. Keeley DDR Drive Delay Reverb The concept is simple enough: put the three most commonly used effects into one compact pedal and make it simple to setup and […]
Swedish company Elektron is known for its excellent synthesisers and drum machines. The Analog Drive 2016 was their first outing in the direction of the guitar universe. Unfortunately, it was launched with a price of just under 400 euros, which was quite high priced. Now three years later Thomann is selling them for under EUR 90 a pop, […]
Eurorack is, of course, the new rock ‘n’ roll and Kith Ruina is here to prove it with a classic guitar tonestack of single-knob distortion and a simple EQ. Rock on. Kith Ruina One knob for Drive, two knobs for EQ and you have the classic guitar amp configuration. Noise Engineering believe that this can […]
Mercuriall Audio make some absolutely fantastic plug-in emulations of classic guitar gear. This time the firm has chosen to tackle the classic Boss Metal Zone MT-2 pedal. The new Metal Area MT-A is – hold on to your hats – a free download! Mercuriall Audio Metal Area MT-A The Boss MT-2 is a bit of […]