<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Electro-harmonix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/electro-harmonix Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:25:15 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Tight harmonies that can sound like two (or three!) guitars playing together”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/electro-harmonix-pico-intelligent-harmony-machine-review 7naU6uvigU5Hck7f2RBSd8 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:25:15 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:41:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every once in a while a pedal comes along that takes you by surprise. It’s a pedal I didn’t even know I needed”: Electro-Harmonix Effects Interface review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/electro-harmonix-effects-interface-review F6yhYSsiLtCVs3RFVGWzqK Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:02:58 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:33:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were packing up, then all of a sudden he goes, ‘Have you been down to the basement?’” The iconic EHX Holy Grail has been championed by Jim Root and John Frusciante – and now the lost prototype has been found ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/electro-harmonix-holy-grail-reverb-prototype 2CH2Wkiwe8qyp3gEMVhXz3 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It might just be the coolest offset guitar ever. And it’s finally back”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including some huge early NAMM releases ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-gear-round-up-2026-week-2 JcdcxBf8pnBxPs6G7N8aBb Sat, 17 Jan 2026 11:25:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “First of its kind”: Electro-Harmonix’s Effects Interface turns your pedals into plugins – and puts your prized plugins on your pedalboard ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/electro-harmonix-effects-interface DfxSS7pJdAALUBL3rm7p5J Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:44:11 +0000 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:44:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It may be based on a Tone Bender, but it can also be considered a generic fuzz – and we mean that in a good way”: Electro-Harmonix Bender Royale review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/electro-harmonix-bender-royale-review c9a6wgvYYwE6cJZsBLtvxD Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:43:18 +0000 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:43:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ With Electro-Harmonix pedals from just $53.95 at Sweetwater, it's time to kick off 2026 with a proper tone upgrade for your 'board ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/electro-harmonix-pedals-sale-sweetwater ursoraWLiVYvEhx8VokoZZ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:48:07 +0000 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:39:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We found it. We built it”: A forgotten design for the Big Muff 2 spent 50 years buried in dust – now JHS Pedals and Electro-Harmonix have unearthed it and turned it into a reality ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/jhs-pedals-ehx-big-muff-2 h6a8ErD2mbq5PXQW5Gf76g Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:01:55 +0000 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:22:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We are building a system to stimulate and retrieve energy to Earth”: Electro-Harmonix wants to harness the magnetosphere’s energy to solve the AI power crisis ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/electro-harmonix-mike-matthews-ai-power-plan XVRfTuqnqhmgcK5azLzuHW Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:31:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A really musical effect, perfectly implemented in a tiny footprint”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Swello review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/electro-harmonix-pico-swello-review BqSZpUtkLVkTorJCvjPeqf Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:24:00 +0000 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:48:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s the guitar pedal equivalent of the Ark of the Covenant”: 50 years ago, Electro-Harmonix set the template for the future of guitar stores – then it disappeared without a trace. This is the story of the Hall of Science ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/electro-harmonix-hall-of-science hSLsYLdpqHW78jaPwSD3S Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:59:11 +0000 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:25:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “From the simplest reverb to complex shifting ambiences, there’s something here for everyone”: Electro-Harmonix Oceans Abyss review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/electro-harmonix-oceans-abyss-review cLRLR43CiBcAQydxENTCdd Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:51:16 +0000 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:32:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ I track pedal deals year-round and the Electro-Harmonix Lizard Queen octave fuzz for just $39.60 is next-level cheap ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/electro-harmonix-lizard-queen-deal 2gdcfzipbt7kq4aFCwsCwe Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:35:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Dive deeper into the depths of ambience”: Electro-Harmonix launches the Oceans Abyss – taking on the likes of Strymon and Meris with an immersive ambient reverb ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/electro-harmonix-oceans-abyss tucP8jXGXv3hhmFpqNhhA8 Tue, 20 May 2025 10:19:32 +0000 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:11:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimi was staying at a hotel in Times Square. He had his hair set in pink curlers and we would just talk band drama”: Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews on befriending Hendrix, booking Chuck Berry and the birth of pedal culture ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/mike-matthews-electro-harmonix-talks-hendrix-and-over-50-years-of-pedal-culture 7aQsFvNeGgfXPK3BzUft9G Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:04:55 +0000 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:05:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The hotshot guitar player at our gig said, ‘Your guitar sounds terrible. You should leave that thing on.’ So I turned on the Big Muff…” How a heckler helped J Mascis unlock his Dinosaur Jr. guitar tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-a-heckler-helped-j-mascis-unlock-his-dinosaur-jr-guitar-tone ymuEWScmgjR8Rr9mXXD2kQ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:32:41 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:33:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Hendrix said, ‘Mike, I gotta quit. I want to form my own band.’” I said, ‘Then you’ve got to sing’”: Why Jimi Hendrix might never have started his solo career if it weren’t for Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-jimi-hendrix-might-never-have-started-his-solo-career-if-it-werent-for-mike-matthews XpPtcG7jfeiRMd2mgQ4qgJ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:56:31 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:10:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ll have to scratch my chin to think about it. Can I still make a profit?” Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews reveals legendary pedal firm’s struggles in the face of Trump’s tariffs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/electro-harmonix-mike-matthews-tariffs-impact cNKnN67kujbjsDTAxqLuY9 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:54:08 +0000 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:58:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was too good to keep to ourselves”: MXR gives Eddie Van Halen’s favorite orange box the golden touch with its 50th Anniversary Phase 90 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/mxr-gold-phase-90-50th-anniversary duseDboYFY9Bso3dYTKf6U Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:32:35 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Ohio supports their own, Alaskans have expensive taste”: Reverb reveals the most popular effects pedals in each US state – and a quarter of the country favors one brand in particular ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/reverb-most-popular-pedals-in-each-state GdPmnSTdyVjYpX8AnEZD3i Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:53:25 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Sonic wizardry at its finest”: Electro-Harmonix POG3 review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/electro-harmonix-pog3-review N4jTVbgsd7RbzSTxLtB2ri Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:15:35 +0000 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:43:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of our best-selling pedals for over a decade with an updated feature set”: Electro-Harmonix responds to sky-rocketing looper competition with the Pico 360+ – can this mini looper take the crown? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/electro-harmonix-pico-360-plus-looper 6753BAR3X3CqiGVbxGHCGG Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:20:56 +0000 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 08:52:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I hope I don’t sound too French... but we already know how most typical guitars sound. Why stick to someone else’s palette?” Meet Lizzard’s Mathieu Ricou, the delay-keen guitarist whose giant tone defies the power trio format ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/lizzard-mathieu-ricou-mesh 5dd4NaLfoKjxNQTpz2EMd4 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:58:19 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You could describe it as an early ‘boutique’ pedal company… but its products were made in a damp, rat-infested basement”: Loved by Nuno Bettencourt, Jeff Beck and Kurt Cobain, the ProCo Rat graduated from dank basements to the world’s biggest albums ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/proco-rat-pedal-history DzLkKVJrr2rxiPoSAG4ik5 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:28:50 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The finest tone we’ve ever achieved. It’s knocking industry titans off pedalboards”: Keeley has launched a new Rotary pedal – and it could be the brand’s most significant launch in some time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/keeley-electronics-rotary-pedal ZrJnxrAqKeQLAfWxmKhLMR Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:49:04 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ I’ve been reporting on Cyber Monday guitar pedal deals for 7 years – and I’ve never seen discounts like these ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/cyber-monday-pedal-deals-best-ive-seen UkFXWFWDgWci65mTDpcqdH Sun, 01 Dec 2024 20:20:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ This Black Friday hack at Musician’s Friend gets you an iconic EHX reverb circuit and a Klon-style drive – for a fraction of the usual price ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/electro-harmonix-musicians-friends-black-friday-turnip-greens ECtu2Mx7swde26rvENKg5n Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:26:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “An OCD through a Marshall is the Pixies sound”: Joey Santiago on why he’s a stompbox convert – but still hates the “coffee shop” chorus pedal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pixies-joey-santiago-pedalboard 98CX79RQfAdrFHQ5Hk9rAj Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:32:19 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ "As ridiculous as it might seem to recommend a product with Hello Kitty on the front as a decent option for woolly stoner metal riffs, we’re going to do it": Fender Hello Kitty Fuzz pedal review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/fender-hello-kitty-fuzz-pedal-review TLWKTPDbXJbCnNVgSPwWzW Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:23:50 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar World deals of the week: get a half-price EHX pedal, $280 off a Fender Player Series guitar, plus all the best deals ahead of Black Friday ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-world-deals-of-the-week-get-a-half-price-ehx-pedal-usd280-off-a-fender-player-series-guitar-plus-all-the-best-deals-ahead-of-black-friday s7Swzee9rftg5TT9pdYC3K Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:30:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We're aware that an overdrive pedal this tiny is a bit ridiculous, but it also makes it pretty awesome”: Meet the Olinthus Cicada, the world’s smallest overdrive pedal with “the roar of a lion” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/olinthus-cicada-overdrive zDV7woYFeZwteqRiKDKw9j Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:53:15 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I've not got a huge history with Gibson, but this one I bought to have a different tone”: From a forensic Black Strat replica to a Gibson that caught his ear and a ‘90s Zoom unit, here's everything David Gilmour used on his new solo album, Luck & Strange ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-guitar-gear-list iWMySyPNYyyhJpvaqb4f8F Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:36:11 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I haven't used the Big Muff since 1993. I don’t use that many pedals anymore, but I use them live”: Billy Corgan shares his pedalboard secrets, including the $1,000 pedal he stole from his dad ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins-2024-pedalboard d3PQgExW8zqUfnmfK9ofxQ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:58:56 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got really obsessed with fuzz when I got into stoner rock. I’d never heard a sound like it before”: He’s jammed with Tony Iommi, recorded at Abbey Road, now he’s cooking up hairy stoner riffs with Torus – and Alfie Glass is just getting started ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/torus-alfie-glass S2HCqbBS7uMih7AvfLnUrG Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:13:47 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “In a world full of complex effects, we worked hard to bring you the opposite”: JHS Pedals’ Flight Delay bucks the trend of ultra-complicated pedals by delivering 3 iconic delays in a frills-free form factor ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/jhs-pedals-flight-delay kqL4iUbj4K4t6NFB7XLueZ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:11:53 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Massive tones that obliterate like Godzilla bouncing the bullet train to oblivion… it’s completely unlike any other fuzz and/or octave effect out there”: Electro-Harmonix Lizard King Octave Distortion review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/ehx-lizard-king-octave-distortion WhGgTw7FurxDp2gKmeNdEE Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:52:05 +0000 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:23:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The decline of America’s biggest guitar companies during the ’70s was essentially a hangover from the over-ambitious reaction to the Beatlemania-inspired guitar boom of the ’60s”: Why the ’70s was a time of innovation and folly for guitar gear ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/70s-guitar-gear p8zv2gy62Pp27QEJgu8hmD Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:43:34 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:18:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One thing I won’t waver from is achorus effect on my clean tone. I love the underlying sadness it gives, even if you’re playing something happy”: Los Bitchos guitarist Serra Petale on repurposing ’80s sounds and the tone so good she wanted to eat it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/los-bitchos-serra-petale-talkie-talkie xFgr8PrnpYLPw43rUAWUEZ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:33:46 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Borland isn't just a guitarist. He’s redefining what it means to be a rock star”: Wes Borland’s go-to Limp Bizkit amps and effects pedals have made available as a signature Tonality plugin by STL Tones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/stl-tonality-wes-borland-plugin zA9grSZEVkC57vNZhbUfk5 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:29:27 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It actually goes up to infinity, which is what true tape flanging sounds like”: Beloved by Pat Travers and Adrian Belew, the A/DA Flanger was one of the greatest guitar effects of the ’70s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/ada-flanger-history-and-legacy gR6DwhoP2mvZ6Y64yhCj6m Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:49:26 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can dial in a potent boost, but also set the pedal to use purely for tonal tweaking”: Electro-Harmonix LPB-3 review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/electro-harmonix-lpb-3 MFb2dhVNVWwYsp9kKFGgoe Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:10:44 +0000 Fri, 06 Sep 2024 07:55:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The main secret behind those classic grunge sounds is that they were loud. You need a high-volume amp…” Enumclaw are on a quest for alt-rock tone nirvana – using other people’s guitars and The Smashing Pumpkins’ fuzz pedal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/enumclaw-home-in-another-life KQfgDEw6qeUbbmoUHs4mKh Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:20:39 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The most powerful polyphonic octave generator ever”: Electro-Harmonix unveils the POG3, the latest generation of the trailblazing octave pedal beloved by Joe Satriani and Jack White ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/electro-harmonix-pog3 KrxBq4YcaUkAxPDRyXAsL5 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:24:26 +0000 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:01:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t know what I’m trying to portray, but it’s always going to be uncomfortable and vulnerable”: Meet Heartworms, the six-string experimentalist who went from busking for rent to playing the Royal Albert Hall with St. Vincent ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/introducing-heartworms 5jyszEcgr4p3YeefPZoPnf Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:59:52 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:23:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The first pedal of its kind”: Even Eric Clapton is into lo-fi guitar tones now – and Source Audio’s Artifakt promises all the broken-sounding weirdness you could ever want ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/source-audio-artifakt ZHEWnavWRoZmNctBrttiDo Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:24:59 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to play Come As You Are on guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/how-to-play-come-as-you-are-on-guitar KCMQJ96WWJAaaXaSG7JmTQ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:23:07 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A gnarly octave fuzz tone that interacts with your dynamics, optimized for bass”: Is octave fuzz the pedal your bass ’board is missing? Electro-Harmonix sure thinks so ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ehx-lizard-king-bass-fuzz KzvM4EZz7jTLYWxafgchm8 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:50:31 +0000 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:31:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender just dropped the biggest Tone Master Pro update since the launch of its flagship amp modeler – including all-new models for the first time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender-tone-master-pro-new-models-update jfHFmTeCjL6oKbDuTj84V5 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:12:17 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The AC30 works in a different way from most guitar amps”: Used by The Beatles, Brian May and The Edge, the Vox AC30 is one of the all-time great amp designs – but what makes it sound so good? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/what-makes-a-vox-ac30-sound-so-good vitWkRLuVqBbQCAWAuxg8Z Thu, 23 May 2024 14:52:56 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Before there was Muff, there was boost”: Electro-Harmonix has reimagined the 1968 effect that launched the brand as a tone-shaping powerhouse – and it could become your pedalboard’s secret weapon ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/electro-harmonix-lpb-3-linear-power-booster MDqw9rXfuLVd7m6X8AtGdn Fri, 10 May 2024 09:00:10 +0000 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:16:26 +0000