This pedal reminds me a little of the recent EHX Pico Atomic Cluster Sonic De-Rezzer and Atomic Frequencies Oscillator. Both are a little Lo-Fi and essentially drop the Resolution of the output in slightly different ways.

This SMPLoFi features 2 Core Modes - Mode 1 is a Bitchrusher - and if you hit the Red Button - you get Mode 2 Reverb and Band Pass Filter. Both Modes have the Blue Knob Dry > Wet Mix as a common element.

This pedal is very much 80’s / Nintendo inspired - sort of chip-...

This post has much to do with one Scotty Smith - the engineer behind the original Manticore. He’s always been a great engineer, but somewhat suspect on the business front - with a number of of bankrupt / failed and indebted businesses to his name. He last ended up at Pogo Pedals - most famous for their Zen Ray Overdrive, while that business has fallen by the wayside too. His current whereabouts are unclear.

He first released the 4-knob V1 Manticore back in 2017 - with the 5th knob V2 ...

So this is the first selection here where I only own a handful of the candidates - it’s easier to say what is in the reference collection than out :

• Boss RE-2 Space Echo Compact - $249
• Boss RE-202 Space Echo Deluxe - $399
• Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII Stereo Magnetiser - $399
• Chase Bliss Habit The Echo Collector - $399
• Meris LVX True Stereo Modular Delay System - $599
• Old Blood Noise Endeavors Screen Violence Stereo Saturated Modulated Reverb Pedal - $279

Of those the Gen Loss II ...

There seems to be something of a renaissance currently for reverse delays and reverbs, and Mojo Hand have done a great job in engineering a really neat and elegant version of Reverse Delay - which can be either pitched up or down an Octave - via slick push-button control.

Controls - Rate, Mix, Octave : Up / Down, Feedback.

The 4 controls could not be simpler - essentially standard Delay Rate and Feedback with Mix control and Octave Up / Down selector. The Mix control here is Dry/Wet ...

I had been meaning to do this exercise for quite some time - and have had a number of readers chasing me up about it - since my last Dumble Style Pedal overview was way back in February of 2019, and where I listed my then 9 favourite candidates - including three that I owned. This time around I’ve thrown 18 hats into the ring or twice as many as the last roundup.

The delay occurred  in part because I was waiting for my friend Brian Mena to officially launch his V2 Dumbstruck pedal - which ...

It was evident fairly early on - that 2021 would be a significant year for Phasers, and as I kept adding them to my collection that kind of underlined the pertinence of those sentiments. So I’ve rounded up most of the usual suspects - and as many as I could comfortably fit into a visual - or 16 candidates - I may well add a few more as bonus rounds, and do note that the PastFX Foot Phaser Deluxe is from very late last year (December 29) which totally makes it eligible for this selection, which ...

This is probably the most anticipated of my 12 Degrees roundups - and is a touch more complex and different to the other 2 in the series. Within each category here there can be a huge difference in character and output - for instance with Fuzz Faces going from quite mild to rather searing Meathead and Regulus VIII levels of aggression. So the gradual step up in gain per category doesn’t apply here. And because of circuit variations and differences in components and construction, each and every ...

I’ve had something of a David Gilmour and Pete Cornish fixation of late - obviously interrupted by homage to and celebration of the late great Edward Lodewijk Van Halen. There is just one final closing chapter on the Pete Cornish phenomena which is my listing of near match and sound-alike alternatives.

Pete Cornish pedals - the neater Deluxe line in particular are some of the very finest effects pedals ever created in terms of their beautifully and richly nuanced output - and ...

It’s been a couple of years since I last did one of these particular genre roundups and this year has seen a number of new entrants into this category which really makes this worth visiting again right now. I’ve already done a feature on the larger dual-channel Bluesbreaker style pedals this year - KOT etc. While the Fredric Effects Blue Monarch, Jackson Audio Golden Boy and Siren Pedals Juneau are the newbies for 2020.

Moreover - the much loved Bondi Effects Del Mar has been reissued in ...