“The most famous high-gain amp to emerge in 1992 was the 5150, and that’s exactly the character the Anti pedal offers”: Universal Audio UAFX Anti 1992 High Gain Amp pedal review

Universal Audio expands its superlative UAFX amp modelling pedal lineup with a high-gain tribute to a Eddie Van Halen’s fire-breathing Peavey 5150

Universal Audio UAFX Anti 1992 amp pedal
(Image: © Olly Curtis / Future)

Guitar World Verdict

Anti pedal provides all of the tones and performance of a full high-gain rig based on the classic 5150 amp along with various speaker cab emulation options, TS and TC overdrives, noise gate and more. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, as much as we guitarists love big, heavy tube amps, their days are numbered when all of those great sounds and performance can be packed into a box like Anti, that fits in a gig bag pocket.

Pros

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    Genuine aggressive tones of a classic.

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    Built-in noise gate.

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    TS/TC overdrive functions.

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    User-configurable presets.

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    It's the size of a regular pedal.

Cons

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    Only one preset can be accessed from the pedal in addition to the live control settings.

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Maybe it’s a generalization, but I’ve noticed that many guitarists who prefer modern high-gain amps also tend to be more open-minded about using amp-modeling technology.

As a result I’ve found it a little perplexing that Universal Audio’s UAFX pedals only offered emulation of amps from the ’50s and ’60s. Fortunately, that just changed with the recent introduction of the UAFX Anti 1992 High Gain Amp pedal, which rounds out the UAFX line with its rip-roaring bona fide high-gain guitar amp tones and more.

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Chris Gill

Chris is the co-author of Eruption - Conversations with Eddie Van Halen. He is a 40-year music industry veteran who started at Boardwalk Entertainment (Joan Jett, Night Ranger) and Roland US before becoming a guitar journalist in 1991. He has interviewed more than 600 artists, written more than 1,400 product reviews and contributed to Jeff Beck’s Beck 01: Hot Rods and Rock & Roll and Eric Clapton’s Six String Stories.