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Electro-Harmonix Now Shipping Switchblade Pro Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Electro-Harmonix Now Shipping Switchblade Pro Pedal

Electro-Harmonix is now shipping the Switchblade Pro, a pedal for switching that has features including true mechanical bypass, soft switching, and high quality/low noise buffers. It also has volume controls for all input signals.

Zorg Effects Unveils the Glorious Basstar 2 Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Zorg Effects Unveils the Glorious Basstar 2 Pedal

France’s Zorg Effects has updated their flagship bass pedal with the Glorious Basstar 2. New features include a vertical enclosure with top-mounted jacks and an optional soft switch relay true bypass. It still retains its sonic features with a three-band overdrive. “It cuts the signal in three frequencies bands: bass/mids/trebles,” Zorg writes. “Each band can then be saturated independently and...

Radial Engineering Revamps Bigshot i/o
Pedals & Effects

Radial Engineering Revamps Bigshot i/o

After introducing the EFX version earlier this year, Radial is continuing to work on its Bigshot pedal series with a new redesign of the Bigshot i/o. The stompbox is a instrument selector that allows for switching between two basses plugged into the same amp. Each input can be selected quickly via footswitch. Input 2 is fitted with a level control...