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Supercool Pedals puts a new spin on the famed distortion box beloved by James Hetfield and Dave Grohl
With the help of expanded controls and a new Turbo mode, the Barstow Bat promises to nail the ProCo Rat’s tones and then some
A tribute to a Eddie Van Halen’s fire-breathing Peavey 5150: Universal Audio UAFX Anti 1992 High Gain Amp pedal review
Universal Audio expands its superlative UAFX amp modelling pedal lineup with a high-gain tribute to a Eddie Van Halen’s fire-breathing Peavey 5150
Adrian Thorpe on how he made Chris Buck’s awesome, tube-equipped signature pedal, Electric Lightning
Adrian Thorpe of ThorpyFX remembers the flight path – and turbulence – behind Chris Buck’s Electric Lightning overdrive/boost, named after a fighter jet and packing a bona fide valve
JHS Pedals launches Lari Basilio’s first-ever signature stompbox – and it offers “a new take on distortion and overdrive”
Basilio has been using a prototype of The Violet on almost everything she's played since mid-2022 – and now the core of her celebrated guitar tone has been given a signature release
"The articulation is sensational even with the overdrive knob cranked, and every note rings true no matter what you’re playing”: Universal Audio UAFX Enigmatic ‘82 Overdrive Special pedal review
Has UA committed heresy with its digitization of the holy grail of guitar tone? We find out…
"This is an unusual pedal": Boss SDE-3 Dual Digital Delay review
Somehow Boss has condensed an iconic '80s rack unit down to a compact pedal – has something got to give?
Ibanez reimagines its beloved Tube Screamer into its most high-end format yet – with a $300 hand-wired TS808
New components and a fresh lick of paint have helped Ibanez reboot the flagship TS808, but it comes at a hefty price
The Noise Pedal offers a “new take on the iconic Whammy sound” and transforms your tone into a nightmare
Metalcore group Alpha Wolf and Tallon Electric have bottled some nightmarish Whammy pedal effects into a stompbox that has parameters for Chaos and Panic
Jack White's Third Man Hardware teams up with Eventide on Knife Drop – a sub-octave fuzz and analog synth powerhouse of a pedal
The Jack White-certified pedal is all about extreme experimentation – with dual octave control, precise filtering options, flexible expression pedal integration and an intuitive preset system
