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Best pedalboards 2025: perfect platforms for your pedals, tested
By James Grimshaw last updated
I used 10 pedalboards from Fender, D’Addario, Pedaltrain and more at home, in the studio and on stage to find out which ones are worth stomping on

Synergy teams up with Wampler and Friedman to launch its machine-learning power amp
By Phil Weller published
A new Friedman IR-Loaded and Wampler Pedalhead are the first new products to benefit from the new tech

Buy a Friedman amp for $99 in this bonkers Black Friday deal
By Jackson Maxwell published
Dave Friedman’s amp sorcery was long a closely guarded secret for many of the world’s top players, but the BE-Mini Head brings it to the masses – and at $99 this Black Friday, those mythical tones have never been cheaper

Friedman and Jake E. Lee’s signature IR-J looks to deliver the guitar tones of “two great eras” in a single pedal amp
By Matt Owen published
Lee's newest signature Friedman unit offers decades-spanning guitar tones from the comfort of a tube-loaded preamp pedal

Friedman's PLEX is a “sonic twin” of the amp that kickstarted Dave Friedman's tone obsession
By Phil Weller published
The 50-watt, two-channel amp head is a meticulous recreation of Friedman’s favorite amp, which kicks off the firm's new Vintage Collection

Friedman’s expanded IR-D puts a cult classic amp mod into a tube preamp pedal
By Matt Owen published
Two independent channels, genuine tubes and state-of-the-art digital tech come together for another neat release from the boutique amp specialist

“IR-X isn't simulating a Friedman tube preamp. It is one”: This new pedal amp puts boutique tube tone on your ’board – for under $500
By Matt Parker published
Want a tube-driven Friedman rig that doesn’t break the bank? With impulse responses thrown into the bargain? Meet the Friedman IR-X

“Dave Friedman has done it again”: Friedman unveils new Jake E. Lee signature amp head – and it combines 2 specific eras of classic rock tones
By Matt Owen published
The 20-watt head – which has separate Plexi and JEL channels – is accompanied by a matching cab

How Dave Friedman became Steve Stevens and Jerry Cantrell’s favorite amp builder – and built one of the world’s best best boutique amp companies
By Charlie Wilkins published
Friedman is an amp legend who has been been building high-end guitar amps for more than two decades – we joined him to learn more about his design process and working with some of the biggest names in guitar
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