Effect & Pedal Reviews

Named after a huge antelope, the colourful new ThorpyFX drive pedal is a versatile tone-enhancer designed for stacking

Does this John Mayer pedalboard mainstay still hold up to scrutiny in this day and age?

Big-box reverb workstations can bury their best sounds in menus. We put Strymon's dual-engine BigSky MX through its paces to see if it falls into the same trap

A more affordable way to gain entry to the factory floor

This mid-scooped fuzz has been around for nearly 60 years, and it deserves to be around a whole lot longer

The firm’s celebrated Spark series of modelers and multi-effects units finally gets an amp-in-the-box format

Old Englund reckons his pedal is the new gold standard for pitch shifters, but can it oust Boss and DigiTech from the top of the de-tuning tree?

With world-class, studio-grade algorithms in a pedalboard-friendly chassis, Eventide's new multi-FX is built to handle any style or genre

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

Warm Audio teams up with a boutique legend to bring a sought-after drive to the masses