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Friedman and Jake E. Lee’s signature IR-J looks to deliver the guitar tones of “two great eras” in a single pedal amp
By Matt Owen published
Lee's newest signature Friedman unit offers decades-spanning guitar tones from the comfort of a tube-loaded preamp pedal
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
The Bones UK and Morrissey guitarist is one of the most exacting tone connoisseurs in the game, with some quietly radical picks and some familiar favorites
“Delightfully gnarly tones”: Electro-Harmonix Lizard King Octave Distortion review
By Chris Gill published
Voiced for bass but awesome on guitar, this pedalboard Godzilla might just take the crown as this year's must-have octave fuzz
“Supremely dynamic and touch-sensitive”: Interstellar Audio Machines Supernova Zoeldrive review
By Paul Riario published
Greetings, Earthlings, here comes a boost/overdrive fresh from the final frontier bearing all the tonal hallmarks of the reassuringly terrestrial Fender Tweed drive
Chase Bliss is on a mission to make you rethink clean tones with the “fun” Clean compressor
By Phil Weller published
The pedal “swells, sags, smooths, pans, and filters”, promising to bring your clean tone to life like never before
Richie Kotzen explains why he ditched a regular pedalboard for an all-in-one pedal from the creator of the SansAmp
By Andrew Daly published
Once upon a time, Kotzen went into Home Depot and made this bespoke ’board for his effects, but with a little help from Andrew Barta, it is now a very pro all-enclosed unit, and it's pretty much everything he needs
Mooer's massive up to 30% Amazon Prime Day effects sale includes Devin Townsend's formidable Ocean Machine II
By Matt McCracken published
If you’re after some cheap guitar pedals there are loads of great deals in the Amazon Big Deal Days event
Mark Hoppus explains why he switched to Kemper and Quad Cortex for blink-182’s mammoth arena shows
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The blink-182 bassist conducted tone tests to make sure the modelers could match his previous tube rigs
With $200 slashed off the Fender Tone Master Pro, I'm considering ditching the amps and finally going digital
By Daryl Robertson published
Unlock a wealth of tones for a lot less with a sizable discount on one of our favorite multi-effects units
Paul Davids' new signature ambient pedal is inspired by a nuclear power plant
By Phil Weller published
Austria’s inactive Zwentendorf nuclear plant plays host to what might be the world’s most awe-inspiring natural reverb, and now its essence has been bottled for Cornerstone’s first signature pedal
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