Mooer Ocean Machine - "Incredible Sound Scapes is only the beginning"
SOUND: Although you can use this reverb + dual delay in a very subtle way (a bit of reverb or delay) you will be addicted to hours of play and experimentation as you turn up the mix and mess around …
Keeley Electronics Aria Compressor Drive - "Natural Compression with Biting Drive"
SOUND: There are two things that comprise the Keeley Aria. First, the Compressor side of the pedal is one of the best available. Keeley Electronics is known for its compressor and I suspect becaus…
Mooer Funky Monkey - "A great pedal at a great price"
UTILIZATION This is a small pedal. If you do not like small pedals, then this will not be for you. Don't buy a pedal that you know in advance is small and then complain about it's size. Even th…
Mooer Black Truck - "Great Tone and Packed with Features"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iPVXK469W8&feature=youtu.be The Black Truck offers plenty of tone sculpting possibilities. The Hi-Gain component, for example, allows you to either hump…
Empress Effects Heavy - "From biting sizzle to massive tones"
SOUND: There are some good demos of the HEAVY and playing one live does not disappoint. However, it does proves that YouTube compression does not do HEAVY justice. As the manual indicates, Channel …
G-Lab WW-1 Wowee-Wah - "Diverse Setup Options and Ultra-Clear Signal"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0etQ9C5NeJw&feature=youtu.be Some wahs have a growl or dirt to them, which is fine, but I found with the Wowee-Wah is how it stood out in the mix due to i…
IdiotBox Aquabox - "Fat Distortion + 3 Octave Variations"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGnPeHYlU1A&feature=youtu.be The Aquabox can sound heavy to downright massive, although it depends how far you want to push any of the octave controls and…
Tapestry Audio Fab Suisse - "Great Sound that Enhances Your Current Gear"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgroQE8HHPA&feature=youtu.be Tapestry Audio developed an amazing sounding overdrive. Definitely not a one-trick pony, you have three types of drive with …
IdiotBox Dark Waves - "Warm and Lush while Blending Chorus with Echo"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tXP3HoxReM&feature=youtu.be A cross between classic and ethereal, Dark Waves allows you to add echo… or chorus… or both. Considering the Echo first, it …
Morley Mini George Lynch Dragon 2 Wah - "Multi-Functional Wah with Noiseless Operation"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk1ux33wFvM&t=1s Around since 1969, Morley is known for its wah pedals. They have a very distinct ‘whaaah’ quality that isn’t mild and meek like a Cry Ba…
Carl Martin Atlantic Chorus - "Warm and Lush while Blending Chorus with Vibe"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba52eALo_Ms The Atlantic Chorus is another in the line of great sounding vintage pedals by Carl Martin. And although considered a chorus pedal, it morphs…
Keyztone EXchanger - "Make any guitar more versatile with pickup/tone variations"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4tEvDp1UMQ&t=1s The EXchanger has one primary focus: Due to a pickup’s behavior you are able to dial into an ideal or different sound better. To make th…
Spiral Electric FX Black Spiral Fuzz - "Diverse Fuzz for modest boost to full-out Sizzle"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUMk0UZdc7U What impresses me about the Black Spiral Fuzz is its diversity and quality of sound - not only do you get a host of different tonal variations…
Carl Martin Noise Terminator - "Two-Stage Noise Reduction"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK9xi7e9P6c The Noise Terminator is a great tool when you want to remove unwanted background noise from your gear. The effect from this pedal can range fro…
Doc Music Station Vintage Fuzz II BC208 - "Early Pink Floyd/David Gilmour in a Pedal"
SOUND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7GZZAOCrdI David Gilmour and that early Pink Floyd fuzz tone shines through with the BC 208 version of Vintage Fuzz II. There are other Vintage Fuzz pedal…