Effect & Pedal Reviews

A bucket-list item for many players arrives in an affordable pedal format. But does it stack up with the rack-mountable unit that inspired it?

EHX serves up boost with an EQ section for powerful tonal shaping from a compact pedal

Nostalgic digital modeling with hands-on control, the POD Express is big on sounds, small in footprint

J Rockett’s latest offering for your ’board takes its inspiration from a legendary compressor from the ’50s

EQD’s Jamie Stillman and DBA's Ollie Ackermann put their heads together and design a pedal that will blow your mind

Want to Fender-ize your amp? Here’s a pedal that will add real spring reverb and all the flavors of vintage tremolo to your tone

A brilliant but pricey dirt box from Italy – with two layers of fuzz

Warm Audio's latest hot plate of vintage-inspired effects pedals presents us with a three-circuit Tone Bender-style fuzz and an all-analog Moog-inspired ring mod – and an abundance of mojo for our 'boards

With full stereo and mono operation, programmable presets, selectable waveforms and tap tempo, the new Walrus Audio tremolo is monumental indeed

IK Multimedia shrinks its AI-powered modeling tech into a micro pedal – and it sounds as awesome as anything in the TONEX family