13 new pedals and effects units: August 2018

From Misha Mansoor comes this versatile preamp stompbox that’s able to transform your clean tone into a heavy, ‘djenty’ beast.

Two channels—each with its own “Volume” and “Drive” knobs—new clipping modes, and a smaller enclosure make the Full-Drive 2 V2 a step up from its predecessors.

Besides the lack of a battery compartment and FX Link connector, the slimmer Shiba Drive Reloaded Mini packs all the dynamic, tube amp-like overdrive tones as its bigger brother.

Combine a three-band EQ and an overdrive pedal and you’ll get the Trident. There are three drive circuits, each pegged to a distinct frequency band, that you can manipulate and blend together.

Modeled after the Green Russian Big Muff Pi, this stompbox from the new Asian boutique company offers fat, smooth fuzz tones with an improved bass response.

Designed in collaboration with Joe Bonamassa, this slim new overdrive box is essentially a hot-rodded version of Way Huge’s Green Rhino Overdrive.

Vertex contends its Ultraphonix OD is able to accurately emulate the tones of the fabled Dumble Overdrive Special amplifier.

This unique filter modulation stompbox is capable of producing far-out, experimental sounds, including the Shepard Tone.

Here’s a tape-emulating digital delay that lets you dial in ‘lo-fi’ grittiness and warped modulated decay.

Tap out your beat pattern on the mahogany surface, sync it to one of the 16 pre-installed percussion sample groups, and loop an infinite number of overdubs with the QUANTUMloop.

This is a looper pedal with a difference: It can track tempo and automatically adjust loops—all in real time.

The upgrade of the Supa-Trem1 has three waveforms and a far wider range of speeds. Besides these, the tremolo pedal is identical to its predecessor, using the same JFET preamp and Opto-1 photocell.

Designed for the founding member of the Grateful Dead, this acoustic preamp promises a clear, feedback-free volume boost.