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“We didn’t want to just make a one trick pony octave up device”: Jimi Hendrix, Tony Iommi and Josh Homme all championed the octave pedal – now KMA Machines’ Mandrake Octo-Shrieker looks to take the effect to new heights
By Matt Owen published
Simple yet effective: the user-friendly Mandrake updates an existing KMA circuit and attempts to solve a key issue of orthodox octave up pedals
Origin Effects Halcyon Gold Overdrive review – finally, a Klon-inspired drive pedal that’s much more than just a clone
By Trevor Curwen published
Origin Effects takes on the infamous golden overdrive and makes it more versatile than ever
An arena on your ’board: this guitar pedal recreates the gigantic ’80s reverb beloved by Bruce Springsteen and Phil Collins
By Matt Parker published
Want to get your guitar sound in the air tonight? Catalinbread’s CBX Gated Reverb will channel your inner stadium rocker
“It can do so much more than the originals could”: Strymon gives the iconic Uni-Vibe a 21st century twist with the compact and affordable UltraViolet Vintage Vibe
By Matt Owen published
The pedal popularized by Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower and David Gilmour gets the Strymon treatment, with the brand continuing its small form factor renaissance
“It’s the greatest wah, for me, that’s ever been made”: Kirk Hammett owns 200 wah pedals, but this is his studio go-to – and it’s not his signature Cry Baby
By Matt Parker published
The Metallica guitarist says he uses someone else’s signature wah every time he’s in the studio
“Like playing molten lava”: Is Way Huge’s new Stone Burner Sub Atomic Fuzz its heaviest octave fuzz pedal yet?
By Matt Owen published
The effects specialist has unleashed another Dune-inspired stompbox – and it's got all the hallmarks of a future fan favorite fuzz
Shure GLXD16+ Dual Band Digital Wireless Guitar Pedal System review
By Paul Riario published
Ditching the cable has never been more attractive with this fuss-free pedalboard-friendly system
The Catalinbread Carbide takes a fully cranked Boss HM-2 and makes its chainsaw tones (moderately) more usable
By Matt Parker published
This vicious new metal distortion takes the HM-2 build in the opposite direction of EHX’s recent Hell Melter
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