Effect & Pedal Reviews
Latest Effect & Pedal Reviews

“An excellent all-rounder”: Line 6 POD Express review
By Stuart Williams published
Nostalgic digital modeling with hands-on control, the POD Express is big on sounds, small in footprint

“Any clean tone would benefit from some Airchild tonal enrichment”: J Rockett Airchild 660 review
By Trevor Curwen published
J Rockett’s latest offering for your ’board takes its inspiration from a legendary compressor from the ’50s

“Expand your mind and your sonic palette”: Death By Audio/EarthQuaker Devices Time Shadows II review
By Chris Gill published
EQD’s Jamie Stillman and DBA's Ollie Ackermann put their heads together and design a pedal that will blow your mind

“Fender-ize your amp with real spring reverb and tremolo”: Crazy Tube Circuits White Whale V2 review
By Trevor Curwen published
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

“An astoundingly great fuzz”: Dophix Medici More Fuzz review
By Paul Riario published
A brilliant but pricey dirt box from Italy – with two layers of fuzz

“Faithful reproductions at a affordable prices”: Warm Audio Warm Bender and RingerBringer review
By Chris Gill published
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

“Monumentally flexible and practical”: Walrus Audio Monumental Harmonic Stereo Tremolo review
By Trevor Curwen published
With full stereo and mono operation, programmable presets, selectable waveforms and tap tempo, the new Walrus Audio tremolo is monumental indeed

“The most powerful amp modeler for its size, bar none”: IK Multimedia TONEX ONE review
By Alex Lynham published
IK Multimedia shrinks its AI-powered modeling tech into a micro pedal – and it sounds as awesome as anything in the TONEX family
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