Effect & Pedal Reviews
Latest Effect & Pedal Reviews
J. Rockett HRM V2 review: a beautifully voiced Dumble-style drive pedal of the sort that encourages you to keep playing
By Trevor Curwen published
With its latest HRM V2 pedal, J. Rockett refines the Hot Rubber Monkey-modded Dumble sound
Beetronics Octahive V2 review: a sonically striking octave fuzz with some notable upgrades
By Trevor Curwen published
Beetronics presents a vintage octave fuzz with all the modern benefits of convenient switching technology
Electro-Harmonix Andy Summers Walking on the Moon Flanger review
By Paul Riario published
Somebody call the Police! This flanger is a steal at this price, and nails those classic Andy Summers tones. If only those Add9 power chords were as easy
Electro-Harmonix Slap-Back Echo review – a delay, boost and tonal thickener in one
By Trevor Curwen published
Electro-Harmonix resurrects a rare pedal from 1978 and puts it into a modern, ’board-friendly format for what could be the stompbox sleeper hit of the year – and not just for rockabilly
Warm Audio ODD Box V1 and Mutation Phasor II review – near-faithful recreations that sound convincingly close to the real things
By Paul Riario published
The Texan effects and audio specialist takes on the Fulltone OCD and the Mu-Tron Phasor II, and reinvents them for today's players. But do they hold up to the originals that inspired them?
Universal Audio Galaxy ’74 Tape Echo & Reverb, Del-Verb Ambience Companion and Max Preamp/Dual Compressor review – downsized pedals, era-defining sounds
By Trevor Curwen published
The UAFX range expands with a Space Echo emulation, reverb and Echoplex-style delay in one pedal, and an all‑encompassing compressor
DigiTech Trio+ review
By Matt McCracken published
With this band in a box, who needs a bassist and a drummer anyway?
Origin Effects DCX Boost review – a pedal that simply improves your tone just by being active
By Trevor Curwen published
This classy tone-shaping boost and drive from Origin Effects is based on a vintage valve-powered preamp
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