Pedal News
In this edition: New products from Klowra, Summer School Electronics and Missing Link Audio
Klowra
Retailing at under £100 each, 5 new mini pedals join Klowra’s best-selling range.
Dive combines ultra-fast polyphonic pitch shifting, dual drop-tune presets and expressive glide control in a compact, performance-focused pedal. Designed for down-tuning, it tracks cleanly across an extended range of up to three octaves down. Its Tight and Sub algorithms offer either high-end “wood and air” clarity or massive, synth-like sub-bass.
Hane Filter is a highly expressive envelope filter and auto-wah built around touch sensitivity and dynamic response. Inspired by classic analogue tracking, it reacts naturally to every nuance of your picking attack.
Three modes offer:
LFO: Timed sweeps and stable cyclic modulation with Tap Tempo sync
Envelope: Velocity-driven touch-wah for expressive playing
Dual Modulation: Combines rhythmic wah with deep envelope response for complex filter textures
Leap Octave delivers studio-grade polyphonic octave processing in an ultra-compact format, with fast tracking, freeze functionality and layered modulation. Create everything from chimey 12-string simulations and tight bass emulations to delicate organ and synth textures.
South Zoo Voice Synth is a curious menagerie hidden in your signal chain. This sophisticated polyphonic synth blends surreal animal-inspired vocal textures with advanced DSP. Explore cat, frog and horse synth voices, then hold the footswitch to trigger dramatic reverse pitch swells and infinite wails via signal freeze.
Whorl Rotary recreates the dimensional movement of classic rotating speakers using detailed physical modelling. By simulating the mass and movement of the treble horn and bass drum, it captures an authentic 3D Doppler effect.
With three precision-modelled cabinet configurations, Whorl Rotary reimagines the psychedelic sounds of late-'60s studio legends, putting the feel of a real Vibratone/Leslie-style setup at your feet.
Summer School
One classic circuit. Twice the possibilities.
The new Double Major from Summer School Electronics reimagines one of the most iconic transparent overdrive circuits of the last 30 years, then doubles it.
Built around two identical, fully independent K-style circuits, the Double Major lets you dial in two favourite sounds and use them individually or stack them together for even more tonal flexibility. The red and black control sets keep each side clearly defined, while the stacking options open up a seriously wide range of possibilities.
Set one side as a clean boost and the other as your main drive. Choose hard clipping on one channel and soft clipping on the other. Or create two complementary gain stages designed specifically to be stacked.
However you configure it, the Double Major takes a familiar, much-loved transparent drive sound and gives you far more ways to make it your own.
Features:
Volume, Drive and Tone controls for each channel
Selectable soft or hard germanium diode clipping on each channel
Two fully independent, stackable channels
Red and black controls for easy channel identification
Hand-built in Syracuse, New York
Double the circuit. Double the options. RRP £259
Missing Link Audio
The ZeppTone from Missing Link Audio — a highly interactive drive and fuzz designed around the explosive, touch-responsive tones of early Jimmy Page.
Think “Communication Breakdown,” “Good Times Bad Times,” and “Dazed and Confused”: cranked-amp character, raw saturation, plenty of harmonic bite and that unmistakable feeling of an amp being pushed hard. ZeppTone captures that spirit, then takes it somewhere considerably more versatile.
Drive meets fuzz—with plenty of control
Rather than stacking separate overdrive and fuzz pedals, ZeppTone combines both into one interactive gain circuit. Gain controls the amp-like drive and breakup, while Fuzz adds saturation, harmonic density and sustain. The two controls interact, giving you everything from gritty, articulate rhythm tones to thick, aggressive lead sounds.
Shape your sound
The Body and Shift toggles provide two distinct voicings, making it easy to move between tighter, more focused tones and fuller low-end, or between open, cutting mids and a thicker, more forward response.
The result is a remarkably flexible foundation for everything from riff-heavy rhythm work to soaring lead tones inspired by classics like “Heartbreaker” and “Whole Lotta Love.”
More than just a volume control
ZeppTone features Output and Level controls that interact with the circuit and each other, allowing you to control not only volume but also how hard you push your amp or the next pedal in your chain. Dial in more compression, punch and sustain—or recreate that pushed-amp feel without having to crank your amplifier.
The Bias control lets you fine-tune the fuzz character, from smoother and more compressed to rawer and more aggressive, while Tone gives you straightforward control over brightness and makes it easy to match the pedal to different guitars, pickups and amps.
Key Features
Interactive Gain and Fuzz controls for layered saturation
Body and Shift toggles for multiple tonal voicings
Output and Level controls for shaping volume, compression and amp interaction
Bias control for detailed fuzz texture
Thick, punchy response that cuts through the mix
Cranked-amp character at any volume
Operates on standard 9V DC centre-negative power
Also accepts a 9V battery
Power supply not included
Built to turn simple ideas into massive statements.
Whether you're chasing early Page tones or looking for a highly responsive drive/fuzz that can cover considerably more ground, ZeppTone is ready to get loud, get dirty and get creative.
Now in Stock - Guitar Effect Pedals
We now have the full range of Thermion pedals available, alongside the complete Mad Professor Handwired Series. These are premium, handwired pedals with an RRP of £299 each.
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