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Best octave pedals 2025: fast track your way to fat guitar tone with these powerful pedalboard additions
By Matt McCracken Last updated
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“It can make you a legato monster like Satch, give you EVH-level tapping skills, or turn your guitar into a synth sequencer”: DigiTech HammerOn review
By Matt McCracken Published
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TC Electronic upgrades its beloved looper with the Ditto 2 – but can it keep up in an increasingly competitive market?
By Phil Weller Published
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Benson Amps and Deep Sea Diver guitarist Jessica Dobson launch the Fuzz-Echo pedal
By Jenna Scaramanga Published
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Old Blood Noise Endeavors turns its flagship oil-can delay into a dark and mysterious “multi-tool”
By Phil Weller Published
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“The X100 is very good at what it does – some might say even too good”: MXR Rockman X100 review
By Amit Sharma Published
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John Mayer names the pedal he thinks every young guitar player should consider buying
By Jenna Scaramanga Published
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Amp Modeler Pedals
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John Mayer names the pedal he thinks every young guitar player should consider buying
By Jenna Scaramanga Published
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IK Multimedia answers players’ prayers and gives its best-selling TONEX units their biggest upgrade to date – a dedicated editor
By Matt Owen Published
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"Aggressive, heavy, and with enough gain to sink a battleship, this model is designed for high-intensity riffing": Walrus Audio Mako Series MKII ACS1 review
By Daryl Robertson Published
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"While sound quality was once something that held modelers back, it is now a big reason to buy": 5 reasons you’re better off with an amp modeler than a tube amp
By Connor Godfrey Published
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IK Multimedia launches a Joe Satriani signature TONEX One loaded with presets designed by the guitar great – and yes, it’s chrome
By Matt Owen Published
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Mooer raises the stakes and guns for TONEX and Neural DSP with an AI-equipped modeler that can profile your gear
By Matt Owen Published
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Why Rhett Shull thinks amp modelers will fall out of favor in the future
By Phil Weller Published
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Neural DSP co-founders reflect on the negative response to their Nano Cortex video campaign – which went viral for all the wrong reasons
By Janelle Borg Published
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I went completely ampless for the first time this year – and with huge Black Friday discounts on Line 6 Helix, TONEX, and Quad Cortex modelers, now is the perfect time to join me
By Matt Owen Published
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Guitar Pedals
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Old Blood Noise Endeavors turns its flagship oil-can delay into a dark and mysterious “multi-tool”
By Phil Weller Published
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Why Wampler thinks its Swiss army Cryptid fuzz pedal is a “classic in the making”
By Phil Weller Published
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Joe Bonamassa now owns Rory Gallagher’s Number 1 Rangemaster
By Phil Weller Published
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Tech 21 says it has “cracked the code” for digital guitar gear with Marty Friedman’s new signature SansAmp
By Phil Weller Published
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Behind the rise of Pedal Pawn, the British stompbox brand loved by Eric Gales and SRV fanatics
By Amit Sharma Published
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"The legendary amp maker is taking aim at other Marshall-in-a-box pedals with a new lineup that is diverse, well-made, and very well-thought-out": Marshall 1959, JCM800, JCM900, DSL, and JVM overdrive pedal review
By Daryl Robertson Published
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“It was too good to keep to ourselves”: MXR gives Eddie Van Halen’s favorite orange box the golden touch with its 50th Anniversary Phase 90
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“Hands free hammer-ons”: DigiTech’s latest pedal is a 7-in-1 pitch-shifting monster that lets you play the impossible
By Janelle Borg Published
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DigiTech teams up with MonoNeon on a triple-octave Whammy for both guitar and bass – and it even comes with custom gaffer tape
By Janelle Borg Published
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Multi-effects Pedals
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Mooer’s Prime M2 crams amps, cabs, effects and a looper into an ultra-light, pocket-sized pedal with a touchscreen and rechargeable battery
By Matt Owen Published
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Best budget multi-effects pedals 2025: access a world of effects at a reasonable price
By Alex Lynham Last updated
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“A great way to get maximum bang for your buck”: TC Electronic Plethora X1 TonePrint Loader review
By Chris Gill Published
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“Full of classy-sounding effects”: Fractal Audio VP4 review
By Trevor Curwen Published
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Best multi-effects pedals 2025: replace your rig
By Alex Lynham Last updated
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"Gives you more features than the comparable Boss and Line 6 units": HeadRush Flex Prime review
By Matt McCracken Published
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TC Electronic’s Plethora X1 takes the fight to the Line 6 HX One – and it costs over $100 less
By Matt Owen Published
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Mooer drops the Prime M1: a 12cm multi-FX pedal for $100 – and it’s packed with features
By Phil Weller Published
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I'm sorry, my beloved AC30, but I've found $150 off your digital replacement this Cyber Monday, and that means your days are numbered
By Daryl Robertson Last updated
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Pedalboards
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Best pedalboards 2025: perfect platforms for your pedals
By Jonathan Horsley Last updated
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Best pedalboard power supplies 2025: juice your ‘board with pro-grade power
By Michael Astley-Brown Last updated
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“An all-in-one power solution, on or off the grid”: D’Addario’s rechargeable XPND Pedal Power promises to make your ’board more portable – but only if you daisy chain
By Phil Weller Published
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How Truetone’s game-changing 1 Spot Pro series is continuing to provide pro pedalboard power to the masses with the new CS11 and XP5
By Matt Owen Published
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Featuring a Joe Bonamassa wah and an overdrive gifted by Jeff Beck, Carmen Vandenberg’s pedalboard is a tour de force of tone
By Jenna Scaramanga Published
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Serena Cherry shares her pedalboard secrets, says she’d feel naked without “big, cavernous reverb”
By Andrew Daly Published
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Steve Morse reveals what’s on his pedalboard and the secrets behind his wet/dry rig
By Andrew Daly Published
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Did Walrus Audio just drop the ultimate compact power supply for amp modelers and multi-FX rigs?
By Michael Astley-Brown Published
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D’Addario just launched a mic stand that attaches directly to your pedalboard
By Phil Weller Published
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John Mayer names the pedal he thinks every young guitar player should consider buying
By Jenna Scaramanga Published
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Mark Tremonti is road-testing his highly anticipated pedal line on tour with Creed
By Jenna Scaramanga Published
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“You may never want to live without it on your pedalboard”: Abasi Concepts Micro-Aggressor review
By Paul Riario Published
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