
Trevor Curwen
Trevor Curwen has played guitar for several decades – he's also mimed it on the UK's Top of the Pops. Much of his working life, though, has been spent behind the mixing desk, during which time he has built up a solid collection of the guitars, amps and pedals needed to cover just about any studio session. He writes pedal reviews for Guitarist and has contributed to Total Guitar, MusicRadar and Future Music among others.
Latest articles by Trevor Curwen

Flatley The Ace review
By Trevor Curwen published
When it comes to dealing out boost and EQ, the only card you might need is Flattley’s The Ace

MXR Super Badass Dynamic O.D. review
By Trevor Curwen published
With the latest in MXR’s Super Badass series, you’re set for a dynamic and flexible drive

Soldano Super Lead Overdrive Pedal review
By Trevor Curwen published
You can now get the legendary high-gain sounds of Soldano’s Super Lead amplifier at your feet

Free The Tone Cosmic Wave CW-1Y Multiple Filtering Delay review
By Trevor Curwen published
It might be small, but Free The Tone’s latest pedal has all the facilities to comprehensively shape the sound of your delay trails

Kernom Ridge Augmented Analog Overdrive Pedal review
By Trevor Curwen published
Is this the most versatile analog overdrive pedal ever built? A new approach to clipping circuits aims to offer all the drive sounds you need in a single stompbox

KittycasterFX Tremdriver and Groovy Wizard review
By Trevor Curwen published
There’s no pussyfooting around for former Catalinbread circuit guru Howard Gee’s new company as it hits the ground running with a pair of serious tone-shapers

Walrus Audio Eons Five-State Fuzz review
By Trevor Curwen published
Walrus Audio adds to its Five-State range of overdrive and distortion effects with this quintet of fuzzes in one box

Boss DS-1W Distortion review
By Trevor Curwen published
The iconic orange distortion has been on sale since 1978, but now Boss has revamped its best-selling compact pedal – with spectacular results

Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive review
By Trevor Curwen published
The Tube Screamer is the starting point for this ultra-responsive evolution from Origin Effects

TC Electronic Plethora X3 review
By Trevor Curwen published
TC's TonePrint pedals flexibly arranged in one compact unit for maximum effect

MXR Duke of Tone review
By Trevor Curwen published
Forgo the five-year waiting list for Analog Man’s elusive King of Tone and give this collaborative MXR mini pedal a go instead

Orange Phaser review
By Trevor Curwen published
Orange's long out-of-production Phaser returns in a new old-school style, offering simple operation and a choice for pedal fans – which orange-colored box would you prefer?

Orange Sustain review
By Trevor Curwen published
The Vintage Series from Orange Amps revisits the archive for a trio of retro stompboxes – none more classic than this optical compressor

Beetronics Zzombee Filtremulator review
By Trevor Curwen published
Take a flight of fancy into filtering, fuzz and frequency shifts with the latest from the bee-fixated boutique builders

Orange Distortion review
By Trevor Curwen published
After putting out a successful call for examples of rare 1970s originals, Orange has reissued its Distortion for the modern market – with heaps of retro cool

Electro-Harmonix String9 String Ensemble review
By Trevor Curwen published
Electro-Harmonix adds another string to its bow with this versatile emulation pedal for lush synth and orchestral tones

J Rockett Uni-Verb review
By Trevor Curwen last updated
J Rockett has upped the game of the classic analog Uni-Vibe and added a spring reverb emulation for that extra vintage flavor

Aclam The Woman Tone review
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Eric Clapton adjusted his guitar’s knobs to get that signature sound, and now it can be yours by stomping on a footswitch

ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic review
By Trevor Curwen last updated
One man’s quest for early Pink Floyd sound resulted in this stompbox emulation of a long-forgotten 1960s British amp

Universal Audio UAFX Amp Emulators review
By Trevor Curwen last updated
These ‘one amp per box’ emulators aim to capture the sounds of the world’s greatest vintage guitar amplifiers – meet the Woodrow ’55, Dream ’65 and Ruby ’63

Walrus Audio Lore Reverse Soundscape Generator review
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Walrus Audio takes you on an ambient adventure with five programs that mix reverbs and delays

Fender Hammertone pedals review
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Nine pedals in one hit! Fender’s sleek new effects range makes its debut with affordable price tags and ’board-friendly footprints

Walrus Audio Mako M1 High-Fidelity Modulation Machine review
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Walrus Audio’s new Mako series pedal presents a greatest hits of modulation and offers multiple adjustable parameters to shape your tone
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