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 - ...

This Cauldron Parallel Blender device really could not be simpler - it’s something that Wub has always wanted for his own needs - and provides a simple single Mono Parallel Channel solution at an affordable level - of £120.

The Cauldron has just 2 Knobs - Loop Boost and Dry / Loop Mix - alongside the regular TS Ins and Outs - and also of course that FX Send-Return / Insert Loop - which interestingly connects to the top mounted jacks! It’s often the other way around - with the dry signal up ...

This is the only brand that could dream of mashing up a crossover frequency filter with a savage Fuzz circuit. You should be familiar with the concept of a Crossover Circuit - as I covered my good friend David’s Great Eastern FX XO Variable Crossover Splitter + Blender not so long ago.

The big difference here is the addition of Resonance control - which makes the output more textured and gnarly, and you then split the frequency into dual Fuzz Channels which further clip and shape those ...

So - early this morning Chase Bliss announced 2 new pedals. I already have the Reverse Mode C Multi-Direction Stereo Delay in original edition, while I recognise that this newer second batch / edition has a slightly more attractive colourway than the original Chase Bliss always said it would release another batch of the Revers Mode C - and the new edition looks glorious! What a gorgeous colour combination!

At the same time we have the brand new Lost + Found Multi-Modulator / Multi-FX - ...

It’s about time I did a rundown on my MXR Pedals - where this episode was mostly triggered by the arrival of the Bass Synth - where I landed one of the first examples of those to land in the UK, landed with me on July 4th. I was doing some brand research on Reverb.com and I serendipitously came across the one pedal that had made it to Coda Music. It was already in someone’s cart - but evidently I completed the transaction quicker and it was mine.

I’ve adde 6 MXR’s to the collection this ...

So the Kilter is a unique Modulator which modulates 2 Insert Loops - back and forth, and where you set the waveform for that modulation, the speed of back and forth transition, and the Blend / Mix between those two signals. On its own it can be used as a very unique Tremolo / Ring Mod - wile the more interesting stuff happens when you have 2 different pedals loaded in Loop A and B!

What’s new in V2?

• The main differences with the V2 are the smaller footprint and the top mounted expression

This project was triggered by 29 Pedals wanting a stereo version of the Signal Blender for studio work. And the collaboration led to all manner of cool editions - including phase inversion and trails options for each of the 2 Parallel FX Loops.

Your core Clean / Dry Signal gets loaded into the In Clean port - and can be either TS or TRS, as can the Output. You then have A and B Send / Return FX Loops - which allow you to combine 2 further effects signal paths with the Main Clean input.

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Following on from my March feature on the Parallelarator - there have been a number of follow-up questions. So obviously my initial post didn’t quite cover all the angles - hopefully this piece will better help you make up your mind!

I have had a few questions as to whether the Parallerator’s buffers colour the output in some way - where I can’t discern any noticeable colouring, in fact for me the use of this devices has been all-round beneficial - not just net beneficial. The main benefits...

This was an unusually busy month - with 3 significant Guitar / Pedal Shows and in-depth show reports by me for each - which I’m incredibly proud of - no one does those to the same degree of detail as I, and for the Birmingham show I really lucked out with some amazing pictures - including of me and TheGigRig Crew.

Fuzzes are very significant this month - with a 10 Unit Fuzztopia acquired overall - of which I could only fit 6 on the board in the end - where all of those though had an innings...