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"A triumphant first all-analog pedal from Strymon, which will inject your rig with some impressively usable and versatile drive tones": Strymon Fairfax Class A Output Stage Drive pedal review
Strymon's unexpected departure from its usual DSP-led design is a recreation of Randy Bachman's Garnet Herzog – and the result is something rather stellar
All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a long-awaited Lamb of God Les Paul
All-new drops from Kiesel, Manson, Gibson, Eastman, Taylor and more…
Loved by Frank Zappa, Bootsy Collins, Steve Vai and more, how the Mu-Tron III became a vintage pedalboard icon
Mike Beigel's groundbreaking envelope filter made the world a funkier place
The maker of the cult classic King of Tone pedal is thinking of hanging up his soldering iron
Analog Man founder Mike Piera is facing an uncertain future amid increasingly unpredictable manufacturing costs
The Frog Pedal is a surprisingly versatile octaver that makes your guitar sound like, erm, a frog
The monophonic octave pedal from Jordan Wav and FruitFX turns your guitar signal into a frog – but this isn’t a mere gimmick
“An incredibly powerful, immensely versatile pedal that crams gold-standard modeler experiences and sounds into the smallest form factor possible”: Neural DSP Quad Cortex mini review
Neural DSP's third hardware launch is the one everyone has been waiting for. But what does a stripped back control layout mean for the overall playing experience?
“Runs the gamut from boost through to fuzz-flavoured distortion”: Dinosaural Hypoid Drive review
Dan Coggins makes the drive section of his award-winning Cogmeister powerhouse available as a pedal of its own
The iconic EHX Holy Grail has been championed by Jim Root – and now the first prototype has been found
The classic reverb pedal can be found on pedalboards the world over, but JHS Pedals' Josh Scott has tracked down the first one
“Those cleaner tones are very characterful and usable, evoking classic tube-driven bass amps”: Ashdown Geezer Butler Pedal of Doom review
Geezer Butler helped invent heavy metal. Here’s a slab of heavy metal bearing his name.
“A brand-new guitar shape from one of the world’s oldest guitar companies. Will wonders never cease?” 10 things we learned at NAMM 2026
We scoured every corner of the Anaheim Convention Center to scope out the latest and greatest gear – and there were some telling signs about the current state of the guitar world
