Latest Effect & Pedal Reviews
“Nearly impossible to produce a bad tone”: Xotic AC Booster V2 review
Xotic revamps its classic boost pedal after 23 years – and it’s all but guaranteed to improve the relationship between your guitar and amp
“Arresting, unsettling, sometimes unpredictable… nails the Deftones brief”: KHDK Digital Bath review
This signature stompbox recreates one of Deftones’ dreamiest tones – but is it more than just a one-trick (white) pony?
"Featuring an array of genuinely useful extras, this is a surprisingly versatile and natural-sounding analogue overdrive": Nobels ODR-1X review
Building on the ODR-BC, Nobels adds some extras to their legendary overdrive tone
“Proper spring reverb that fits on any pedalboard”: Danelectro Spring King Junior review
Danelectro brings back its real spring reverb pedal in a more compact ’board-friendly form
“There are many reasons to love the Anagram – it’s a pretty comprehensive set of sounds, aimed at bassists first”: Darkglass Anagram review
Darkglass turns its attention to providing you with a do-it-all solution for practice, studio and live use
“There’s something here for all drive lovers. Bit of a game-changer, this one”: Crazy Tube Circuits Venus review
Crazy Tube Circuits takes on a classic tube overdrive pedal and makes it accessible and relevant for the modern ’board
“It can definitely zero in on the Beatles’ retro tones. But there’s more to it than that”: Aclam Go Rocky Go review
Aclam releases its third pedal inspired by vintage Vox amps and the Fab Four’s guitar sound
“A vast universe of distortion and fuzz effects and much more”: SOMA Harvezi Hazze review
Behold, a distortion pedal with waveshaper designed around a "relic" from the early days of semiconducters – and yes, it sounds like nothing you've ever heard before
