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Mythos releases new and improved R.J. Ronquillo 3-in-1 treble boost/drive/echo signature pedal, the SusMaryOsep! V2
By Matt Owen published
Ronquillo's upgraded signature stompbox swaps sliders for knobs, features an updated overdrive circuit and boasts a handful of functional improvements

Way Huge celebrates 30 years of pedalboard goodness with the WM23 Smalls Red Llama overdrive
By Jonathan Horsley published
The first ever production line stompbox returns in a smaller housing, same tweedy crunch and touch-sensitive drive

CopperSound’s Strategy V2 is the two-channel preamp and overdrive pedal with a monster 30dB of boost and audiophile build
By Matt Parker published
Strat super-fans will love the enclosure design, but electric guitarists of all stripes will find a pedal like this useful, be it as a drive, boost, or always-on tone sweetener

Gurus Double-Decker MkII and SexyDrive MkII review
By Trevor Curwen published
A pair of boutique dirtboxes from the Italian amp and pedal maker bearing heady Marshall and Dumble vibes respectively

Maestro Ranger Overdrive review
By Trevor Curwen published
The revived Gibson brand’s overdrive is now available for double shifts on your pedalboard – and it might just be amp-flatterer you’ve been looking for

Boutique effects for a good cause: Electric Love's Play for P.I.N.K. stompboxes raise money for breast cancer research
By Jackson Maxwell published
Ben Carlin turned to the guitar, and making pedals, as a positive outlet for dealing with stress during his wife's battle with breast cancer. Now, he wants to use that creative outlet to help others

Heather Brown Electronicals unveils new, Reverb-exclusive Sensation Fuzzdrive pedal
By Jackson Maxwell published
Brown describes the pedal as a "tool to push your signal hard without the chaos" that "goes from fuzzy low-end to crisp, overdriven mids"

EarthQuaker Devices promises "an overdrive you can trust" with the Special Cranker
By Matt Parker published
The all-discrete analog distortion pedal is designed to rough up and boost but not obscure your existing tone

Funny Little Boxes 1991 review
By Rob Laing published
The sound of Pearl Jam's Ten in a compact pedal

Catalinbread launches the Tribute, an overdrive pedal with “a supercharged one-band parametric EQ”
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Tribute Parametric Overdrive offers Peter Green out-of-phase and Schenker-style cocked wah tones, fattens up single-coils to taste, and does a whole lot more
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