Effect & Pedal Reviews
Latest Effect & Pedal Reviews

“A flexible vintage-flavoured asset for your signal chain”: Beetronics Larva Morphing Phaser review
By Trevor Curwen published
Beetronics’ latest offers a pair of different phaser/vibrato settings with footswitchable morphing between the two

“Sonically excellent”: Hamstead x That Pedal Show Redwing Analogue Stereo Modulator review
By Trevor Curwen published
A collaboration with That Pedal Show, Hamstead’s Redwing is an all-analogue modulation monster that captures the best of vintage Boss and EHX tones

“This is a powerhouse of a stompbox that manages to keep things simple while offering endless inspiration”: Strymon EC-1 Single Head dTape Echo pedal review
By Daryl Robertson published
Strymon brings its beloved dTape technology to a smaller format stomp creating one of its most inspiring delays to date

"The amount of functionality stuffed into this mini pedal is, quite frankly, astounding": IK Multimedia Tonex One Joe Satriani review
By Pete Emery published
IK Multimedia and Satch's partnership continues to blossom with the guitar icon lending his ear to create 20 presets preloaded into a limited edition pedal

“Great two‑in-one value in a compact box that won’t hog space”: EarthQuaker Devices Gary review
By Chris Gill published
Lee Kiernan of IDLES' signature pedal is a Jekyll and Mr Hyde drive/fuzz twofer inspired by EQD's legendary Gray Channel

“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
Time to get wacky with this unique legato-generating, pitch-shifter-slash-sequencer

“The X100 is very good at what it does – some might say even too good”: MXR Rockman X100 review
By Amit Sharma published
The legendary Tom Scholz headphone amp and signal processor gets reborn in pedal form

“You may never want to live without it on your pedalboard”: Abasi Concepts Micro-Aggressor review
By Paul Riario published
Tosin Abasi's gear company drops a new type of compressor for 21st-century playing styles – and it could be the tone-sweetener you've been looking for

Angus Young's AC/DC tone in a box? – Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker review
By Trevor Curwen published
A one-box recreation of Angus Young’s AC/DC guitar sound for those about to rock

“These $99 pedals are excellent not only for their price, but also their sounds”: Keeley x Sweetwater Soft Reverb, Super Bass Overdrive Aand Distortion and Suns Ultravoid Fuzz review
By Alex Lynham published
Three all-American boutique pedals, at under $100 a pop. Too good to be true?
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