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DigiTech Drop Black Edition
"I need to be honest about how well this pedal holds up for down-tuning against the newer competition it faces": DigiTech Drop Limited Black Edition review

By Rob Laing Published

The Polyphonic Drop Tune pedal first landed in 2014, and now a limited run in a new finish gives us a good opportunity to check where it stands today

Effects & Pedals
Faith PJE Legacy FG4 Earth
“It really has everything going for it”: Faith PJE Legacy FG4 Earth review

By David Mead Published

Patrick James Eggle’s take on the OM body shape is built by Faith’s facility in Indonesia and based around PJE’s Linville model from his acoustic-building days. But does it rock our world?

Acoustic-electric Guitars
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 30th Anniversary
“It’s the same, loud, high headroom amp but with a more open-sounding clean tone that boasts a little extra life”: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 30th Anniversary review

By Pete Emery Published

Fender celebrates 30 years of the ubiquitous Hot Rod Deluxe with an Anniversary edition that boasts a speaker change and a classy aesthetic

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Combo Amps
EarthQuaker Devices Towers
EarthQuaker Devices Towers review

By Matt Owen Published

The latest entry into EarthQuaker Device's range of revolutionary ambience machines will make you rethink your relationship with reverb

Effects & Pedals
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Bass Pi 2
“The best Big Muff there’s ever been for bass”: Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi 2 review

By Connor Flys Published

A long-lost EHX Big Muff variant, made real – and now made for bassists to enjoy too.

Effects & Pedals
Flattley The Outlaw – the red-pink boost/drive twofer is decorated in Mexican Day of the Dead inspired graphics
“Arguably the most practical single pedal you can put in front of an amp”: Flattley The Outlaw review

By Trevor Curwen Published

Flattley combines the functions of two of its pedals into one chassis to create a Marshall-flavoured drive and boost

Guitar Pedals
Wampler Golden Jubilee
"It’s one of the most satisfying stacking combinations I’ve encountered in a dual-channel pedal for a very long time": Wampler Golden Jubilee review

By Daryl Robertson Published

Wampler is going for gold with a versatile, fun and pretty great-sounding dual drive pedal

Effects & Pedals
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi 2 Dual Op-Amp Fuzz is built from a lost schematic that's 50 years old but the form factor is familiar for contemporary EHX stompboxes, a three-knob fuzz, red enclosure.
“More aggressive, more physical, more raw and in tune with the animal kingdom”: Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi 2 Dual Op-Amp Fuzz review

By Jonathan Horsley Published

A schematic, lost in the shuffle, resurfaces with the help of JHS Pedals supremo Josh Scott, and presents us with a fresh slice of Pi

Effects & Pedals
Beetronics Bee Bee Dee
“Lo-Fi and Pitch modes take you well beyond the usual analog delay paradigm”: Beetronics Bee Bee Dee review

By Trevor Curwen Published

The first delay pedal from Beetronics offers analog sound with digital control for some time-warped creativity

Guitar Pedals
PJD Origin Series Carey & St John Apprentice
PJD Origin Series Carey Apprentice and St John Apprentice review

By Dave Burrluck Published

It may appear stripped down and basic, but PJD’s new Origin Series Apprentice is sharply built – and seriously affordable. A new standard for affordable craft?

Electric Guitars
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