Since the turn of the millennium (that’s the year 2000 for you guys who like numbers) Emma Electronic out of Aarhus, Denmark have been making some of the most fun and awesome-sounding pedals known to music-kind.

Founder, electronics engineer and owner of one of the best music stores in Denmark, Jan Behncke isn’t like other pedal makers. Where others may have started out by making their take on the holy grail of distortion, Jan took a road less travelled and instead sought to make the world’s best envelope filter – and boy did he succeed!

The DiscumBOBulator still stands as a true landmark in the auto-wah world, just look at the rigs of Ida Nielsen, Pino Palladino or Adrien Belew for a testimony to that, but Jan has also churned out some of the most ambitious amp-like drive pedals throughout the years.

From the versatile boost and crunchy drive tones of the OnoMATOpoeia and StinkBug, the righteous roar and heavy grind of the ReezaFRATzitz and PisdiYAUwot, the subsonic fire of the Okto-Nøjs octave/fuzz and all the way to the magical and atmospheric Navigator Delay, Emma’s names may be hard to pronounce, but the tones are more than easy to love.

In addition, Emma Electronic also has created the AmARHyll range of pedalboards. All sport a classy minimalistic Scandinavian design and are built from high-quality powder-coated aluminium, which results in highly roadworthy yet lightweight boards.

Now add the excellent TransMORGrifier compressor to the line-up and you have one of Denmark’s best kept sonic secrets.

Navigator Delay

Your new echo expedition awaits

The Navigator Delay is the pinnacle of elegant simplicity. It offers everything you need in a compact delay pedal and nothing you don’t. Dual delay heads, tap-tempo, modulation, beat-splits, trails, wet/dry outputs, all this and more in a neat yet pedalboard friendly package and in a pedal that’s really simple to use.

Combining the best of analog and digital technology, the Navigator Delay offers practical and usable delay functions in a unique configuration that can generate classic delay tones, as well as many unique new sounds. While the Navigator’s hybrid circuit keeps the dry signal path 100% analog, to avoid signal latency and digital sterility.

The delayed signal is created using a custom-coded DSP that allows for delay times of up to 1 second which can be adjusted via tap-tempo and also beat-split to create rhythmic, “multi-tap” effects. This is then fed back into the analog realm where Color, Level and Feedback controls add additional warmth and realism to the effect. In addition, a digital modulation section can create a variety of optional secondary effects to the delay repeats. From tape echo “warbles” to lush chorus and flanging, they’re all here in spades to provide you with all the gooey warmth you could want.

Adding to the pedal’s feature set, is a separate Level control for the second, beat-split delay repeats, which perhaps is the most unique feature of the Navigator Delay. This option allows the user to emphasize the second delay voice or to turn the main delay off entirely, allowing you to create interesting and all new rhythmic effects. The second delay has the option to be set at one-half, two-thirds or three-quarter intervals against the main delay, allowing for “dotted eighth” and other classic multi-tap delay sounds.

The Navigator may very well be the most feature-laden, yet simple to use compact delay pedal on the market. More importantly though, it simply sounds gorgeous.

If you’ve been lost in the sea of digital despair, let the Navigator lead you home to a land of tonal bliss!

Main Features

• Super versatile and musical dual delay pedal
• Color dial – go from pristine digital delays to warm analog-voiced repeats at the turn of a knob
• Modulation – Depth and Speed controls lets you go from subtle wow-and-flutter to wide and lush chorus tones
• Tap tempo and beat-split toggle – for cool rhythmical multi-tap delays
• Tail toggle – turns delay trails on or off
• Top-mounted I/O
• Wet/Dry Outputs – Splits the wet and dry signal to separate outputs when runing in stereo
• Handmade in Denmark

Okto-Nøjs

Subsonic Power Punch

Just when you think you’ve seen and heard it all in an over flooded pedal market, from the deep rises a bass behemoth so crushingly brutal that it makes Godzilla look like the easter bunny. The Okto Nøjs takes your signal and turns it into pure subsonic fire. It spits and sputters sizzling, synthy octa-fuzz tones left and right, all while running it through an earthshakingly deep analog octaver for unprecedented levels of bass brutality.

Some pedals just want to watch the world burn, and the Okto-Nøjs is a true firestarter!

• Analog Octaver and Fuzz in one pedal – Use independently or together
• Dead-on octave tracking – Tracks perfectly down to the low-E of a bass
• Ultra-versatile octa-fuzz – Goes from smooth drive to fuzzed-out synth tones
• Intuitive controls set – For a world of never-heard-before tones
• Handmade in Denmark – using only high-quality components
• True-Bypass switching

The Okto-Nøjs is actually two pedals in one – a super-accurate, fast-tracking Octave down (the Okto) combined with a dynamically re- sponsive, synth-like Octave-Fuzz (the Nøjs). Both sides of the circuit are 100% analog and feature high-quality buffers and true bypass switching for the best sound quality possible.

StinkBug

The Pride And Joy Of Overdrive

StinkBug is the embodiment of everything you’ve come to expect of a great overdrive and then some. It spits out warm amp-like drive tones and just adds that lovely touch of mid-presence that’ll make you cut through a mix like nobody’s business. But… and this is a good but, it does all of this without ever compromising the natural timbre and sound of your instrument, leaving you with an overdriven sound that’s as dynamic and articulate as your own playing style.

• Chock-full of classic amp-like overdrive tones
• Perfect mid presence – cuts through the mix while retaining your core sound
• Highly sculpt-able EQ and wide gain range – From low-gain to blistering blues-rock tones. It’s all there!
• Very intuitive control set – dial in amazing tones quick and easy
• Top-mounted I/O
• Handmade in Denmark
• True-Bypass switching

The idea behind the StinkBug was to create the ultimate “classic” overdrive pedal. Something that beautifully distils the best parts of a vintage drive pedal, while alleviating common issues like overbearing mids and nasal, fizzy tones on higher gain settings. Hence a lot of work was put into getting the mids and gain structure just right, all while keeping the body and character of your instrument completely intact. The Low and High EQ dials give you a ton of different tones on tap. Turn them both down and the midrange comes out, but without being nasal. Turn them up and the mids gets slightly scooped, while still keeping the sound full and punchy. Oh and then there’s the gain! Oooooh boy, it’s warm, smooth but with that sweet harmonic tube-like crunch that we all know and love. Just picture the bluesy bite and dynamic drive tones of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and John Mayer and you know what you’re getting yourself into with the StinkBug.

So if you’re into blues, pop, rock or just filthy-good tones in general, then this is definitely the drive you’re looking for!

OnoMATOpoeia

The Sonic Boom!

The OnoMATOpoeia is basically a sonic super hero. Clean boost by day, dirty overdrive by night and with some serious superpowers hidden up its sleeve.

It’s the secret sauce your pour on your tone when you want that extra Oomph! That extra Kapow is what you kick in when you need your solos to soar or your rhythms to roar!

• From clean boost to gritty overdrive in one pedal
• Saturation control – alters the gain structure for a world of old-school and modern drive tones
• Unique seesaw tone control – for well-balanced vintage tones to crisp and sparkly modern tones
• Highly intuitive control set – dial in amazing tones quick and easy
• Top-mounted I/O
• Handmade in Denmark
• True-Bypass switching

The goal with the OnoMATOpoeia was to create a pedal that every player out there would benefit from having on their board. Something that would sweeten up the sound no matter if it was used subtly or shamelessly. The result: a unique and versatile boost/overdrive pedal that can do anything from adding a little push to lift solos or rhythms off the ground, to adding some glorious tube-like grit.

With the addition of a wide-ranging “seesaw” tone control and a saturation knob that changes the gain structure from loose, old-school and slightly fuzzy to tight and modern, this pedal has a tonal trick available for any musical trade out there.

AmARHyll Pedal Boards

Put your pedals to the metal

Emma Electronic’s founder, Jan Behncke didn’t feel that any of the boards on the market offered a good enough solution to house and transport his pedal creations, hence he took it on himself to make the perfect modern pedalboard. Something that looked elegant all while being lightweight, sturdy and flexible enough to serve musicians and their changing needs for a lifetime on the road.

The result? The super classy AmARHyll pedalboard range.

The lineup features 4 different sizes, AmARHyll 44, AmARHyll 61, AmARHyll 61 Deep and AmARHyll 76. All sport a classy minimalistic Scandinavian design and are built from high-quality powder-coated aluminium, which results in a highly roadworthy yet lightweight board.

The AmARHyll boards angled designs leave ample room for even big and clunky power supplies underneath, so they don’t end up taking precious pedalboard real estate , while at the same time making cabling simple and safe.

On top of that, each board comes supplied with velcro, cable strips, torx wrench and a durable hardcase. The front profile protects the cable connections and the flanges underneath make it possible to attach all your cables with the strips provided.

• High-quality powder-coated aluminium pedalboards
• Comes in four sizes (44, 61, 61 Deep and 76)
• Classy Scandinavian design
• Will easily house most power supplies underneath the board
• Comes with a rugged and roadworthy case

This beautiful pedalboard series by Emma Electronic is shipping now.