Sinvertek Drive N5 review By Michael Astley-Brown Need a dirty channel for your clean amp? Take 5 with this superlative distortion pedal
Electro-Harmonix Mod 11, Nano Operation Overlord and Bass9 Bass Machine review By Trevor Curwen We take a closer look at three essential new pedals from EHX
Supro Blues King 8 review By Stuart Williams Retro amp maker Supro joins the low-wattage, all-tube combo party
Woodpecker introduces the Travel Koa mini guitar - because you will leave your home again one day By Richard Bienstock New 31-inch model boasts all-solid koa body, African blackwood neck and fretboard
Fender Mustang LT25 review By Stuart Williams Fender makes modeling, effects and recording a cinch with this compact digital combo
Fret-King 'Black Label' Country Squire Semitone Special review By Dave Burrluck Possibly the most over-looked brand in the history of overlooked brands, Fret-King continues to offer affordable and intelligently designed guitars. This one’s rather special...
Way Huge has built a pedal covered in chalkboard paint, so you can give it whatever ridiculous name you like By Michael Astley-Brown The highly limited Chalky Box is an aesthetic reimagining of the Saucy Box
Origin Effects RevivalDRIVE Compact review By Trevor Curwen The Origin Effects family welcomes a new arrival with a smaller and more affordable version of a classic drive
Electro-Harmonix just announced its most advanced reverb pedal ever - meet the Oceans 12 By Michael Astley-Brown With two separate reverb engines, could this be the ultimate reverb for shoegaze and ambient players?
Squier 2019 Starcaster models - review round-up By Amit Sharma Famously used by bands like Depeche Mode and Radiohead, Fender’s answer to the Gibson semi-hollow ES series returns…
Vintage Reissued V100PBB and V100MP review By Dave Burrluck Brit-conceived and long-running lookalike brand Vintage is going places – particularly across the pond in the USA. Is now the time to reconsider the copy? We think so…
TC Electronic’s Plethora X5 TonePrint Pedalboard might just be the multi-effects pedal you’ve been waiting for By Michael Astley-Brown Every TonePrint pedal onboard, 5 MASH footswitches, FX loop and much more
Blackstar’s Fly 3 Acoustic brings the game-changing mini-amp to fingerpickers By Michael Astley-Brown Switchable EQ shapes and onboard echo promise “revolutionary sonic performance”
Hudson Electronics Broadcast-AP review By Trevor Curwen Ariel Posen gets a signature version of Hudson's very special drive pedal
Jackson Spectra Series JS3 bass review By Joe Daly This slinky Jackson bass steps away from the brand’s heavy metal heritage
NAMM 2020: Vox unveils affordable Cambridge50 modeling amp with Nutube By Michael Astley-Brown 11 amp models and 8 built-in effects onboard
NAMM 2020: Is AMT’s Pangaea VirginCab the most fully featured compact IR cab sim yet? By Michael Astley-Brown 16 impulse response slots with two footswitchable sections could make this a pedalboard essential
NAMM 2020: Ibanez debuts mini Tremolo and Flanger pedals and revives the Echo Shifter By Michael Astley-Brown New downsized classics and the return of a cult delay favorite
NAMM 2020: Electro-Harmonix debuts ludicrously affordable mini tuner pedal By Michael Astley-Brown $39 EHX-2020 tuner boasts true bypass switching, tiny footprint and even includes a power supply
NAMM 2020: Mooer expands its multi-effects line-up with the nicely priced GE250 By Richard Bienstock New offering sports 70 amp models, Tone Capture technology, impulse responses and much more
