Latest Effect & Pedal Reviews
"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
Walrus might have hit a new gold standard with this gilded amp modeler
“For players who want to get lairy, experiment with the interactions between stompboxes, and create auditory chaos”: Eventide x Third Man Hardware Knife Drop review
Time to get weird with this synth/octave/overdrive from FX masters Eventide and Jack White's Third Man Hardware
"Throw your Cantrell staples at the Dirt, and you’re rewarded with authenticity": Funny Little Boxes Dirt pedal review
Funny little Boxes' tone quest continues with an attempt to recreate Jerry Cantrell's guitar tones from Alice in Chains' Dirt, but it's really a great all-rounder
“Well beyond the typical Klon-style proposition”: Walrus Audio Voyager Preamp/Overdrive MKII review
Walrus Audio revitalises its very first pedal, the Klon-emulating Voyager, with some tasty additions
“Full of classy-sounding effects”: Fractal Audio VP4 review
Fractal Audio puts its Axe-Fx III effects in a conveniently sized stage-ready floor unit – could it be the only effects unit you need?
Walrus Audio Mako M1 MKII High-Fidelity Modulation Machine review
A studio-quality greatest hits of modulation, now with a two-inch OLED screen
“Sonic wizardry at its finest”: Electro-Harmonix POG3 review
Updated and enhanced, this latest version of the POG takes its pitch-shifting and tone-shaping possibilities to the limit
“The tonal character and responsiveness is indeed quite tubular”: Vox Valvenergy 2nd Series pedals review
Compact pedals with real tubes and real tube energy – are these the missing link between your guitar and amp? We give the Valvenergy 2nd Series pedals a test run
