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Behringer rolls out a $65 Tone Bender copy
The budget pedal offers two modes inspired by different iterations of the legendary fuzz stompbox, as well as a smaller ergonomics to maximize pedalboard space
Brian Wampler conquers a career-long challenge with the Catacombs – a hybrid delay/reverb pedal he almost didn’t release
A range of popular reverb and delay effects can be harnessed from the Catacombs, which looks to deliver complex sounds in a not-so-complex package
With Boss stompbox deals like these, I'm afraid you’re going to need a bigger pedalboard – up to $250 off at Sweetwater ahead of Black Friday
From FX icons to modern recreations of legendary studio gear, Sweetwater’s early Black Friday sale is your chance to upgrade your pedal game
“Garage and lo-fi pedal junkies are going to flip”: Anasounds La Grotte Analog Spring Reverb review
Jack White's maverick collaboration puts real mechanical spring reverb on your pedalboard and pairs it with a tone-sweetening preamp
Supercool Pedals puts a new spin on the famed distortion box beloved by James Hetfield and Dave Grohl
With the help of expanded controls and a new Turbo mode, the Barstow Bat promises to nail the ProCo Rat’s tones and then some
A tribute to a Eddie Van Halen’s fire-breathing Peavey 5150: 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
Adrian Thorpe on how he made Chris Buck’s awesome, tube-equipped signature pedal, Electric Lightning
Adrian Thorpe of ThorpyFX remembers the flight path – and turbulence – behind Chris Buck’s Electric Lightning overdrive/boost, named after a fighter jet and packing a bona fide valve
JHS Pedals launches Lari Basilio’s first-ever signature stompbox – and it offers “a new take on distortion and overdrive”
Basilio has been using a prototype of The Violet on almost everything she's played since mid-2022 – and now the core of her celebrated guitar tone has been given a signature release
"The articulation is sensational even with the overdrive knob cranked, and every note rings true no matter what you’re playing”: Universal Audio UAFX Enigmatic ‘82 Overdrive Special pedal review
Has UA committed heresy with its digitization of the holy grail of guitar tone? We find out…
