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IK Multimedia’s touchscreen TONEX Board is its most ambitious modeler to date – and it’s biting at the heels of its biggest rivals
The sub-$1k modeler puts the entire TONEX ecosystem into one pedal and looks like a dangerous competitor
Inside the making of the ThorpyFX Kudu – the pedal that makes everything... better?
Adrian Thorpe designed the Kudu to be a different type of overdrive, a flatter of amps with switchable clipping and a name from the safari
Thorn Soundlabs Flex Series pedals review
This new range of pedals straight out of Music City, USA, is designed for flexibility – meet the Bad Cash, Silver Spurs, Black Swamp, The FreaQ, Steam and Tremonator
"A touch-responsive, dynamic drive that reacts like a good amplifier": Warm Audio Dirty Boy Jr. Overdrive review
Warm Audio teams up with a boutique legend to bring a sought-after drive to the masses
"An unusual pedal that's trying to do something new": DOD Drag Analog Delay Pedal review
The spiritual successor to the DOD Rubberneck is just as weird
“The leading mini-modeler has reached another level”: Neural DSP Quad Cortex mini review
Its CorOS 4.1.0 firmware update raises the level of an already highly impressive multi-effects and amp modeler
John Mayer’s Neural DSP plugin joins the Quad Cortex as part of biggest firmware update in company’s history
A load of signature plugins and key workflow improvements have been added to the Quad Cortex and Quad Cortex mini
Best overdrive pedals 2026: from mid-hump to transparent tone
My pick of the top-rated overdrive pedals will get your gain tones on point
