Chris over at Rockett Pedals is looking for some input on the name of the company’s new delay pedal. The pedal is a true analog BBD delay with 900 ms of delay time, modulation with separate speed and depth controls, tap tempo, three-way EQ switch and thee usual Delay Time, Repeats and Mix controls. Head over to Rockett’s website and sign up for their newsletter. Once you do that, you will be able to make you name suggestion. The winner will get one of the new delays and $30 off each one of Rockett’s Pro Series pedal line. Sounds like a helluva deal to me!

Chris over at Rockett Pedals said today that the company will be discontinuing the Rockett Boost – one of two current pedals in the company’s Masterbuilt line. With that bit of news also comes word of a new addition to the line – an overdrive that the builder feels is the ‘Godzilla of ODs’! No firm word on pricing other than it is expected to be fairly expensive. Rockett is shooting to have the new drive available sometime during the first quarter of 2010. Rockett had previously toyed with the idea of shutting down the Masterbuilt line to concentrate on the Pro Series line, but said customer demand prompted a change of heart.

Rockett Pedals will officially debut its new Animal overdrive pedal at the Arlington Guitar Show this weekend. The stomp sports four knob controls – Volume, Gain, Bass and Treble – and a mini-toggle dubbed Snarl. The Animal was designed to capture the spirit of an old ‘68 Plexi in a stompbox. The Snarl switch allows the user to toggle between a standard and ‘hot-rodded’ Plexi tone. This pedal replaces the ‘68 Stiff Arm stomp listed as ‘coming soon’ on the company’s website. Rockett recently brought pedal guru Tim Jauernig (of Gristle King, DGTM fame) as a partner and is working on a series of signature pedals for the likes of Greg Koch, Josh Smith and Greg V.

Brian Wampler aka Indyguitarist, founder of Wampler Pedals, sent out a terse e-mail to his mailing list today announcing the dissolution of his partnership wth new-launched DYI pedal company Tone Clone Pedals and Rockett Pedals. The Rockett tie-up was announced just eight months ago. The Tone Clone venture just three months ago. In his words: “Unfortunately, I have no future plans on partnering with Rockett Pedals or Tone Clone pedals. I will no longer be designing any future circuits for their use.” No details on the nature of the split – possibly artistic differences, or not. Brian is directing questions concerning Rockett Pedals and Tone Clone to their respective websites.

Rockett Pedals has a new boost stomp available now – the Lemon Aid. The pedal offers a clean boost, treble boost and full boost all in one. Each boost position is adjustable via mini-toggles that can thicken or thin out you tone or cut the overall output to make the effect more subtle. The combinations of all of the available settings give you a myriad of boosts and tone shapes. The pedal is available now through the Rockett Pedal website for $189. While there, check out the other upcoming Pro Series stomps from Rockett including the 10 Ton Hammer, Chicken Soup and Blue Note. Peep a video demo of the Lemon Aid after the jump!

Pedalsmith Brian Wampler has teamed up with the crew at California-based Rockett Pedals to create ‘a monster of an overdrive’ dubbed the Flex Drive. According to the partners, the stomp is a mixture of opamp and discrete clipping circuitry that gives off a warm and responsive feel. The pedal has three different overdrive textures as well as three different EQ options – giving the player nine distinct voicings from a thick, but crunchy overdrive all the way to an amazing open clean boost. The pedal is expected to be available in February and cost $189. We’ll post more info, and a pic of the pedal, as soon as we get it!

Jay Rockett and crew at Denver-based Rockett Pedals have a pair of demo videos up showing off the company’s upcoming Afterburner overdrive pedal. The company said the new stomp is designed to be used in tandem with the Rockett Boost pedal as a line buffer or to better shape the OD’s tone. “With this combination of pedals and the guitar volume I can get country punchy cleans, blues tones and down right mean Van Halen brown sounds all with the twist of one single knob on a Strat!” said Rockett of the dual stomp set up. No pricing information is available for the Afterburner, which according to the company’s website is coming soon.