These Hangman fx pedals have been doing the rounds somewhat of late - both Emily Hopkins and the Superfunawesomehappytime chaps received bumper care package of these fairly recently. And Intheblue’s Shane Diiorio and Mike Hermans have at least one apiece.

I do hope Guitar Pedal X can be more involved at the front of these sorts of brand launch events. I mustn’t grumble really - I do get included in many a release schedule, and plenty gets sent my way - but weirdly I still feel like I’m ...

I made a post very near the start of this year - which featured mostly the same visual, now a little more refined - where I indicated a desire to land the latest Nichols 1966 variant. Intriguingly Danelectro picked up on my visual and used is a couple of times on their social media - so I thought I was surely in for a discount on the Nichols 1966 - the third in the series. But no - despite some gentle nudging - Danelectro weren’t about to offer me an ounce of generosity - win some loose some as...

When I did my recent ’9 Notable Brazilian Guitar Pedal Brands’ overview - a reader noted that I should have included Cachalote Audio also (Sperm Whale in Portuguese!) - which at the time was wholly unknown to me. They do have worldwide ambitions though - having an English language Website also, and a presence on Reverb.com - which I noted previously is fairly rare for Brazilian brands - who mostly seem to keep themselves to their native MercadoLivre Marketplace.

In any case - having been ...

So I’ve obviously covered each of these pedals individually and in real depth - so please refer to the earlier articles if you need more details. The purpose of this exercise is to pick out my favourite/s from the series - which is really about comparing those 4 pedals head-to head across my 2 favourite settings for each - pitting one against the other - back and forth - until we have a preferences.

Note - that if you want to skip all the preamble - you can just scroll down to the bottom ...

I had become aware of Fjord Fuzz really in mid to late 2018 onwards - it took me a little while to tune into the brand - in terms of its constant prototyping and iteration - and at the time where the only official retailer for that brand was based in Sweden. It wasn’t until 2019 that I was able to get hold of my first Fjord Fuzz Pedal - where I picked up the early version of the Bifrost Fuzz-Delay on UK Reverb.com - where a UK pedal builder had either bought or exchanged a pedal with Daniel, ...

The small but intriguing Québec-based team of Mike and Simon has been experimenting with guitar pedals for 15+ years now, where they created Fish Circuits in 2021 to launch their first official pedal - the Model One Classic Natural Overdrive. The Brand name is derived from Mike’s surname - Poisson, which of course is French for ’Fish’!

I first contacted Mike and Simon in October of last year, the last communication from Mike was ’Yeah that works, I’ll send you a pedal once I can clear some ...

In the wake of the release of the Seattle Driver - which replaces and reboots 2 of my favourite but discontinued  Drunk Beaver Pedals, along with the fact that Drunk Beaver is now my second most populous brand - it seems only fitting that I should pick out some of my favourites from that range across the 4 years of my involvement.

I first spotted Drunk Beaver Pedals when doing research on the Boss DS-1 back in October / November of 2020. Drunk Beaver had its V1 extended take on the Boss DS-...

So this article was triggered by two events - firstly my good friend Guillem posted up the below referenced ’Family Portrait’ image of his current Decibelics Range. So I firstly thought I should do a Family Portrait of my own Decibelic Pedals!

Secondly, some ’rando’ on Pedalboards of Doom was going on about how his Mosky Golden Horse had a better output profile than the masterpiece that is the Decibelics Golden Horse! Obviously a cloth-eared individual - where I never confront those ...

I meant to report on this a lot earlier - about how I love that two of my good friends have connected - and that those fantastic Canadian True North Pedals are available in the UK. I have two of those to-date - which I got direct from mr True North - Sheldon Ens - my Tweed Drive dates back to 2018, and I snagged the Rocky Mountain Fuzz a year later - when that came out - both fantastic pedals.

The Tweed Drive - wrapped in that signature Tweed Amp style fabric is a beautifully balanced and ...