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January 2025

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January 27
- “I’ve never heard Xotic’s Raw Vintage RV-PAF in action, but now I’m floored by its harmonically rich voice”: Xotic XSS Super S-Style review
January 25
- "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
January 23
- “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
January 22
- "The tone these amps produce is classic Orange": Orange Baby 100 Series review
January 20
- “Good weight, versatile sounds and a far from ‘shredder’ neck… It’s a very credible, classy instrument”: Jet Guitars JS-45 Elite review
January 19
- “A less idiosyncratic, more intuitive but still distinctly handsome machine. It plays and feels like a much more modern proposition”: Gretsch Professional Series Hollow Body Tennessean review
January 17
- "Throw your Cantrell staples at the Dirt, and you’re rewarded with authenticity": Funny Little Boxes Dirt pedal review
- “Walrus has gone well beyond the typical Klon-style proposition”: Walrus Audio Voyager Preamp/Overdrive MKII review
January 15
- “What ran the risk of being a toy-like guitar actually proved to be some serious fun”: Lava ME Air review
January 14
- “This cutaway format is a real winner. What’s even more remarkable is that the Studio version is every bit a champ”: Gibson Acoustic Hummingbird Studio EC and Hummingbird Standard Rosewood EC review
January 13
- “The asking price represents a sizable outlay, but it’s justified by the sheer range of quality effects”: Fractal Audio VP4 review
January 11
- “One of the best compact wireless systems you can buy”: Xvive A58 Guitar Wireless System review
January 10
- "Grants you access to serious guitar tones, crystal-clear vocals, and bags of volume, all in a lightweight, portable package": Positive Grid Spark Edge review
- “Give it some time and you’ll find a guitar sound you have never heard before. We need pedals like this”: Walrus Audio Mako M1 MKII High-Fidelity Modulation Machine review
- “Sonic wizardry at its finest”: Electro-Harmonix POG3 review
January 9
- “It’s a modern clean machine, but there are plenty of twists to create a clear and powerful rock machine. A unique and frankly inspiring instrument”: Cream T Astra Custom ‘Decades’ review
January 8
- "This could well be Harley Benton's most impressive electric guitar platform yet when it comes to value": Harley Benton ST-Modern HSS review
January 7
- “Plentiful bass, well-rounded trebles, bags of toneful volume… there’s really not much more you could ask for”: Atkin Dust Bowl 0012S and 00014 review
January 6
- “One of Supro’s finest combo offerings thus far”: Supro Black Magick Reverb TB review
January 3
- “Allow you to focus on your technique rather than trying to hold onto the pick”: Bog Street Picks review
- "I'm not a big amp plugin user beyond recording – but my time with these three changed my playing habits": Universal Audio UAD Dream '65 Reverb, Ruby '63 Top Boost and Lion '68 Super Lead Amplifier plugins review
January 2
- “The tonal character and responsiveness of all four pedals is indeed quite tubular”: Vox Valvenergy Fuel Injector, Tone Sculptor, Power Burst and Smooth Impact review