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IK Multimedia ventures into the world of hardware guitar effects for the first time with the AmpliTube X-Gear pedal range
By Matt Owen published
The software stalwart's first-ever 'board-friendly effects family offers up overdrive, reverb, modulation and delay pedals, each boasting 16 all-new algorithms, USB compatibility and versatile preset saving powers

Catalinbread unleashes Ritchie Blackmore-inspired double-pedal boxset
By Matt Owen published
These trippy-looking offerings aim to sound as good as they look by way of period-accurate appointments and like-for-like preamp and treble booster circuitry

Sony seeks to shape the future of effects manipulation with the wrist-worn Motion Sonic controller
By Matt Owen published
A prototype of the prospective product was put through its paces, demonstrating how the innovative controller can trigger anything from reverbs to distortions with a flick of the wrist

ThorpyFX debuts feature-packed, fully analog phaser pedal, the Pulse Doppler
By Matt Owen published
The first ThorpyFX offering since Lovetone legend Dan Coggins joined the brand updates the Lovetone Doppleganger for a new generation

Strymon seeks to make your pedalboard smarter with its new Conduit MIDI Hub pedal controller
By Matt Owen published
The compact, USB-C-equipped unit boasts a total of 6 MIDI ports and easy-to-configure preset-controlling capabilities

Smooth Hound Innovations debuts the Siva, a Helix-style multi-FX and amp modeler with built-in wireless system
By Matt Owen published
The British-built design promises component-by-component reproductions of classic circuits, and a huge array of amps and effects

Glou-Glou debuts feature-packed stereo looper/delay pedal, the Loupé
By Matt Owen published
Versatile offering comes equipped with nine assignable controls, a host of sound-sculpting effects and functionality based on the Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro

Boss Waza Craft TB-2W Tone Benders are now available – and already being sold for $2,000 on Reverb.com
By Matt Owen published
The pedal giant’s president Yoshi Ikegami voiced his dismay at the marked-up four-figure price tags, saying, “We don’t make pedals for such scalpers”
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