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Pedals

Pedals news, new models, gear, players, and releases — everything Guitar Radar has covered about pedals guitar.

Guitar Radar has 28 stories and 28 product releases tagged Pedals, collected here from across every section of the site. Most of it sits under gear. The most recent story, from Oct 14, 2026, is “Walrus Audio Rebuilds Lore and Fable as Stereo MKII Ambient Pedals”. Coverage here goes back to Aug 24, 2026. The newest product in the releases catalog is the Jade Electric Pedals The Blackboard Outlaw Overdrive.

Stories

Gear

Green Walrus Audio Lore Stereo Reverse Soundscape Generator MKII pedal.
Gear

Walrus Audio Rebuilds Lore and Fable as Stereo MKII Ambient Pedals

Both $349.99 pedals add stereo processing, MIDI, expression control and 127 MIDI-accessible presets to their multi-algorithm soundscape designs.

Oct 14, 2026

Black Jade Electric Blackboard Outlaw Overdrive pedal with five white control knobs.
Gear

Jade Electric Adds Clean Blend and Two-Band EQ to the Blackboard Outlaw Overdrive

The $175 Bakersfield-built pedal is designed to retain pick attack while moving from a clean push to a more forceful overdrive.

Oct 14, 2026

Sonic Research M400 Turbo Tuner pedal viewed from above.
Gear

Sonic Research and MXR Bring the M400 Turbo Tuner to Wider Distribution

The true-strobe pedal combines ±0.02-cent accuracy, a switchable buffer and USB programmability in a compact $149.99 enclosure.

Oct 14, 2026

EL AMIR holding the red Fire & Flames signature distortion pedal
Gear

EL AMIR and LuxuryToneFX launch the hand-built Fire & Flames distortion

The Spanish boutique pedal targets articulate high gain with a pre-gain dynamics filter and low-noise power design.

Oct 8, 2026

Keeley Compressor Plus Germanium pedal in brushed aluminum finish
Gear

Keeley puts germanium at the heart of its 25th-anniversary Compressor Plus

The $189 Compressor Plus Germanium changes both the output and side-chain feedback circuits while keeping the familiar four-knob layout.

Oct 7, 2026

Warm Audio The Black Keys Peach Fuzz pedal in peach-colored flocked finish
Gear

Warm Audio and Dan Auerbach launch the limited Black Keys Peach Fuzz

The $199 velvet-covered fuzz adds switchable momentary or latching octave-up control to Warm Audio’s ’70s-inspired circuit.

Oct 1, 2026

Warm Audio WA-C1 Mod analog chorus and vibrato pedal
Gear

Warm Audio adds preamp bypass to the compact WA-C1 Mod chorus and vibrato

The $199 analog modulation pedal keeps independent chorus controls and stereo outputs while adding a Vintage/Modern preamp switch.

Oct 1, 2026

Warm Audio Centavo Mod compact overdrive pedal
Gear

Warm Audio shrinks the Centavo into a pedalboard-friendly Mod edition

The $189 Centavo Mod keeps the original recreation’s circuit and bass-extension switch while moving to a slimmer case with top-mounted jacks.

Oct 1, 2026

Mr. Black CAT Distortion pedal photographed against a neutral gray background
Gear

Mr. Black rebuilds a classic high-gain idea for the limited CAT Distortion

The Portland builder’s 48-unit analog run keeps the familiar raunch but adds far more output, lower noise and a low-impedance output for modern pedalboards.

Sep 30, 2026

Strymon La Brea analog tape drive pedal resting on reels of magnetic tape
Gear

Strymon turns vintage tape saturation into the all-analog La Brea drive pedal

The second Series A pedal blends multi-stage tape-style saturation with an in-phase dry path, switchable high-frequency contouring and enough gain to reach fuzz territory.

Sep 30, 2026

The Cornerstone Gladio MKIII double preamp pedal
Gear

Cornerstone revives its Dumble-style Gladio pedal as the MKIII, with per-channel compression

The reissued double preamp — discontinued since 2022 — adds separate Deep and Ratio controls and lets both channels chain in either direction.

Sep 27, 2026

The JAM Pedals Wahcko Mk.2 wah pedal
Gear

JAM Pedals' Wahcko Mk.2 rebuilds a fan-favorite wah around a custom inductor

The updated wah swaps in a JAM-designed inductor inspired by vintage TDK components, adds an internal Q trimmer and a rubber-topped treadle, and adds bass mode.

Sep 27, 2026

Tone King Royce Preamp prototype displayed beside Imperial and Royalist preamp pedals at Guitar Summit 2026
Gear

Tone King previews the AC30-inspired Royce Preamp at Guitar Summit

The surprise amp-in-a-box prototype combines two channels with switchable treble boosts, reverb and tremolo ahead of a planned November launch.

Sep 27, 2026

Polyend Loop performance looper and drum machine viewed from above
Gear

Polyend Loop combines four audio loopers, four drum tracks and more than 100 effects

The $599 standalone pedal turns live looping and sample-based rhythm sequencing into one synchronized performance instrument.

Sep 27, 2026

The Flattley Reaper Dual Mode Distortion Anniversary Edition pedal
Gear

Flattley revisits its first pedal with the 10th-anniversary Reaper

The British builder’s new Reaper uses hard and soft clipping plus a high-output boost mode around an op-amp distortion core.

Sep 25, 2026

The BOSS EX-4 Effects Expander pedal
Gear

BOSS packs 120 effects into the compact EX-4 pedalboard expander

The new EX-4 runs four effects at once, adds flexible routing and MIDI, and is designed to slot into an existing pedalboard rather than replace it.

Sep 25, 2026

Behringer revives the treadle-controlled Mu-Tron flanger idea with the B-Flanger
Gear

Behringer revives the treadle-controlled Mu-Tron flanger idea with the B-Flanger

The new B-Flanger pairs an all-analog BBD circuit with a full-size optical treadle, bringing a rare late-1970s modulation format back into production.

Sep 23, 2026

The Mad Professor Milestone handwired germanium fuzz pedal
Gear

Mad Professor's Milestone fuzz puts germanium after buffers without losing its touch response

The Finnish builder's new handwired fuzz uses a transformer circuit to make vintage-style germanium behavior far less fussy on modern pedalboards.

Sep 22, 2026

MXR Slash Signature Talk Box in Candy Apple Red
Gear

MXR and Slash launch a 150-unit signature Talk Box exclusively through Reverb

Slash's $499.99 limited-run Talk Box hot-rods the classic Heil concept with a guitarist-selected loudspeaker, revised tube adapter and Candy Apple Red enclosure.

Sep 17, 2026

Electro-Harmonix gives Adrian Belew his own limited-edition Echoflanger
Gear

Electro-Harmonix gives Adrian Belew his own limited-edition Echoflanger

The $239 all-analog signature pedal expands the cult EHX modulator with Belew-specific combination modes, stereo outputs and deeper control over its modulation.

Sep 17, 2026

SolidGoldFX launches FUZZBOX, a modern-board take on Tone Bender Mk II fuzz
Gear

SolidGoldFX launches FUZZBOX, a modern-board take on Tone Bender Mk II fuzz

The Montreal-built silicon fuzz adds bias, sag and a Vintage/Modern input mode to a compact Tone Bender-inspired circuit.

Sep 12, 2026

Keeley Tube Drive Twin Triode dual overdrive pedal with visible 12AX7 tube
Gear

Keeley's Tube Drive Twin Triode runs a real 12AX7 next to a Super Phat Mod circuit

A dual-overdrive pedal that pairs a genuine high-voltage tube stage with one of Keeley's best-known drive voices, built in Oklahoma.

Sep 2, 2026

JHS AT Mini overdrive pedal, front view, showing Volume, Drive, EQ and Air controls
Gear

JHS shrinks the Andy Timmons signature drive into a $129 mini pedal

The AT Mini keeps the original AT V1 circuit fixed in its 100-watt voicing, dropping the AT+'s wattage toggle and boost to fit a smaller enclosure.

Aug 31, 2026

MXR Mr. TalkBox Signature Talk Box in gold finish
Gear

MXR builds Byron Chambers a signature talk box with double the M222's headroom

The Mr. TalkBox Signature runs on 18 volts with a 25-watt preamp, adds a neodymium driver and two rear switches, and ships in gold with a black tube.

Aug 30, 2026

JAM Pedals Tiny Amp Destroyer overdrive pedal
Gear

JAM Pedals and King Gizzard's Stu Mackenzie Release the Tiny Amp Destroyer

A three-footswitch gain pedal built to recreate the blown-out sound of a cheap pawn-shop practice amp, developed with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's Stu Mackenzie.

Aug 30, 2026

Close-up of the Walrus Audio Canvas Expression pedal in warm grey
Gear

Walrus Audio's Canvas Expression pedal drops the pot for a contactless magnetic sensor

The $299 expression pedal reads its position with a magnetic sensor instead of a potentiometer or gears, and carries Expression, MIDI, USB-C and CV outputs plus a web editor for tapers and assignments.

Aug 29, 2026

DOD DRAG analog delay guitar pedal
Gear

DOD's DRAG Delay Bolts Pitch-Bending Chaos Onto a Bucket-Brigade Circuit

The new $219.99 analog delay keeps BBD warmth but adds hold-to-warp Friction modes, octave pitch bends and four modulation shapes.

Aug 29, 2026

Death By Audio x Rainger FX Amp Crash pedal, front view
Gear

Death By Audio and Rainger FX Put a Real Amp, Speaker and Mic Inside One Pedal

The $395 Amp Crash makes distortion physically: a 3-watt amp drives a 2-inch speaker while a built-in mic captures the result.

Aug 24, 2026

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