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16 awesome pedals for any type of guitar player, but what does your pedalboard say about you?
Reverb unveils the best-selling pedals of 2025 with more categories than ever before
Last year’s winner falls to fourth, while there’s a surprise victor among the most popular used pedals
“In my experience, it's the easiest modeler to use live”: Line 6 Helix Stadium XL Floor review
With a massive touchscreen, new ‘Agoura’ amp modeling, a more compact size, and a host of other features, Line 6 looks to take the modeling crown with the sequel to the Helix
The Line 6 Helix Stadium has already been updated – and it finally rolls out one of the next-gen modeler’s most anticipated new features
Showcase can serve as the beating heart of your entire live rig – and can help look after much more than just your guitar tones
How Line 6 and Kemper’s early releases inadvertently inspired the creation of their biggest rival
Neural DSP CEO Doug Castro looks back on the company’s beginnings
“Could arguably be the new gold standard in Tube Screamers”: TWA Source Code review
Is this the Screamer Killer we’ve heard about?
“It stacks brilliantly and the additional modes are super useful”: DOD Overdrive Preamp 250-X review
The DOD 250 gets modernized, with two additional modes. Is the workhorse showing its age? We find out
