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Eventide's Preset Overlays for its mid-size pedals, including the Tricerachorus - are an ingenious innovation that everyone should copy!
I obviously slept on this when it was launched back in the Autumn of 2021 - as I’ve long owned the H9 Max, and now the H90 - so I wasn’t initially overly taken by the stand-alone Eventide Devices - while I so like the Tricherachorus that I will for sure get more of this series.
The Preset overlay cards are genius - and perfect for pedals which have two layers of controls - i.e. secondary / alt parameters. I’ve always preferred dual concentric pots - and don’t understand why pedal builders ...
Dawner Prince spins out its potent evolved Eclipsa Triple Rotary Speaker Emulator
While this new Eclipsa is based on a different model to the Pulse predecessor - Dawner’s two iterations of rotary effect devices do have a fair amount in common (at least superficially), with the newer device being the more evolved, granular, and refined - with additional controls - while both have the same 5 key controls - Slow Speed, Fast Speed, Distance, Intertia, and Blend / Mix.
Both devices also have two footswitches - with similar functionality. While the Eclipsa has an additional ...
2 Editions of the Dr Scientist 9-Mode Reverberator are now available at Joe's Pedals in the UK
Here we have a revival of the near decade and a half old Dr. Scientist Reverberator 9-Mode Reverb. It’s a versatile mono pedal with 8 x Reverb Modes, and a 9th bonus chorusey Rotary Mode.
We have a very elegant control topology with just 4 controls - Mix, Level, Delay Time : Short / Long, and the 9 x Modes.
Controls - Mix, Level, Delay Time : Short / Long, MODE : H1 Bright Hall / H2 Warm Hall / R1 Bright Room / R2 Standard Room / R3 Warm Room / P1 Standard Plate / P2 Bright Plate / P3 ...
Fjord Fuzz beautifully combines authentic Throbbing Uni-Vibe and Swirling Reslytone Rotary style Tones in the singularly vibrant Frøy Resly-Vibe device, perfectly complimented by the new V4 Odin Octave Fuzz
The new style of enclosure has come a long way since the original gloss black and copper face-plate early devices. I’ve enjoyed every era of Fjord Fuzz, and the new standard is every bit as striking - and as instantly recognisable. You can still spot a Fjord Fuzz pedal from a mile off. And Daniel typically removes all brakes and limitations for each circuit - so you always guarantee a fuller flavour!
This is the 4th or 5th iteration of Vibe circuit - where the last 2 iterations (Frei & ...
End of Year Pedal Chain Update - Class of 2025
New Pedals in the Class of 2025 Pedal-Chain Snapshot = 41
[OCTOBER] = 9
[NOVEMBER] = 6
[MARCH] = 5
[SEPTEMBER] = 5
[AUGUST] = 4
[JANUARY] = 3
[FEBRUARY] = 3
[APRIL] = 2
[JUNE] = 2
[MAY] = 1
[JULY] = 1
[A-Z by Brand]
- Becos FX CompIQ Pro Yuna Soft Knee Blackmer VCA Studio Style Compressor [SEPTEMBER]
- Blue Colander Grimrobe Dual Cascaded Super Rat [OCTOBER]
- Blue FX Devices Fuzz Fields Ultimate Modulated Fuzz [SEPTEMBER]
- Boss RT-2 Rotary Ensemble Leslie / Rotary Speaker
2025 Best New Modulation, Pitch, Utility and Multi-FX Pedals of the Year
This has turned out to be the largest category for 2025 with 38 pedals in this selection. As I favour those pedals that I own first, and then the more pedalboard-friendly editions - inevitably there would be some casualties for the year. With the most significant of those being the larger format Meris Enzo X, and the Polyend MESS Multi-Effect Step Sequencer. I know there are some who favour each of those - but they just aren’t targets for me personally.
I always talk about having a lane - ...
Colortone Pedals rolls out to further dealers in Europe including now at Joe's Pedals in the UK, and Effekt Boutique in Germany
All the new dealers - including Joe’s Pedals and Effekt Boutique will feature the two most recent Colortone Pedals - the Vibroverb (£219 / €289), and ZeroSum (£219 / €289), while some - like Joe’s Pedals will also have the Lo-Fi Delay (£239) and Spring Reverb II (€179).
All 4 of those pedals sound every bit as good as they look!
Northern Stomps’ new website is due to go live on this coming Friday (31st) - with those Colortone Pedals featured for launch.
There’s a few more dealers ...
Colortone's VibroVerb is a really smart and lush sounding full stereo LFO Multi-Modulator with Optical Tremolo, Harmonic Tremolo and RotoVibe / Rotary Modes onboard - and 3 Presets
The VibroVerb is essentially a massively extended range reboot of the Colortone Roundhouse pedal - but with some very significant changes.
As its heart - this is a Stereo LFO Multi-Modulator with markedly expanded control parameters - across 2 layers of operation. The 3 core waveforms remain - Square, Triangle, Sine - where we also have further shaping of the Sine Wave (’Q’) via secondary setting on the Speed knob.
We have 3 exquisite Modes here - Optical Tremolo, Harmonic Tremolo, and ...
2025 Strymon Capsule Collection
My Strymon journey started in December of 2016 - of course with the ’Stryfecta’ of BigSky, Mobius, and TimeLine. That was my first foray into Strymon, as well as the first of my Workstation pedal types - where I’ve favoured Stereo BIG-BOX solutions for Modulation, Delay and Reverb ever since. You can see the Stryfecta was a very significant part of my first official pedal-chain arrangement - first shared in April of 2017 - as below!
AD Hauser further levels up his Colortone Imprint with his newest superior evolved Stereo VibroVerb Multi-Modulator and ZeroSum Dual-Head Delay - which both sound every bit as good as they look!
Every couple of years AD Hauser massively evolves and levels up his pedal creations - now in their 5th or 6th iteration overall from when the brand started. Where the symbol on the ZeroSum is slight reminiscent of that on the former Preacher 58 Mic Link pedal, while the artwork here is much further evolved, and a step away from the geometric patterns of its forebears.
I can imagine these in Brass - looking slightly Steam-Punk-ish in this new format! There is a degree of retro-futurism here ...
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