DigiTech has introduced several new generations of the Whammy pedal since the first version was discontinued, in 1993. Despite the new features and improvements introduced with each new model, Whammy connoisseurs still consider the original the one to own. That sentiment may change, thanks to the new fifth-generation Whammy pedal. Its sound quality rivals that of the original Whammy, and it has a wide variety of cool new features that will earn the pedal its own new generation of fans, who will likely consider this DigiTech’s best Whammy pedal yet.

While software developers have created some cool guitar apps for the iPad, they’re not exactly easy to use onstage due to the lack of foot controls and the fragility of the typical guitar-to-iPad audio interface. However, DigiTech’s new iPB-10 elevates the iPad’s live performance functionality to professional quality by using the device as a processing engine and command center for DigiTech’s impressive effects, amp and cabinet modeling software and placing it in a durable, roadworthy floor-mounted controller with heavy-duty footswitches, a sweepable control pedal and numerous output options.

Last night, DigiTech unveiled the iStomp in a move they called the "future of the stompbox." And perhaps rightfully so.