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    DIY Effects Pedals

    Building Your Own Stompboxes

    Making your own pedals can be a lot cheaper than buying them — and with many of the self‑build kits now available, you won’t even need a deep knowledge of electronics.

    Techniques Apr 2024
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    Meris MercuryX

    Stereo Effects Pedal

    Although, at heart, this is ‘just’ a stereo reverb pedal, it’s capable of some very unusual sonic treatments...

    Reviews . Apr 2024
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    Electro Harmonix Pico Attack Decay

    Envelope Pedal

    Like the original, this Pico pedal identifies individual notes extremely well and it has plenty of attack range, from just softening the attack transient to a slow bowing type of fade‑in.

    Reviews Apr 2024
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    Electro-Harmonix Pico Deep Freeze

    Sound-sustaining Effect Pedal

    Many of EHX's Pico pedals are stripped‑back versions of their larger counterparts, but the Deep Freeze combines features of their Freeze and Superego pedals.

    Reviews Mar 2024
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    Fender Tone Master Pro

    Amplifier, Cabinet & Effects Modeller

    Guitar giants Fender join the modelling pedal party with this powerful and comprehensive floorboard. We put it through its paces...

    Reviews . Feb 2024
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    Strymon Ultraviolet

    Uni-Vibe Emulation Pedal

    The Ultraviolet is the third pedal to join the ranks of Strymon’s new compact line of ARM‑powered processors.

    Reviews Nov 2023
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    Boss GM-800

    Guitar Synth

    It’s nearly half a century since the first guitar synth became available commercially — and, boy, have they come on a long way since then!

    Reviews Nov 2023
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    Strymon Zelzah

    Modulation Pedal

    The Zelzah will take you to places conventional phasers can only dream of...

    Reviews Nov 2022
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    Zoom B6

    Bass Processor

    Zoom’s new multi‑effects pedal is both a problem‑solver and a source of inspiration.

    Reviews Aug 2022
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    TC Electronic SCF Gold

    Stereo Chorus-Flanger Pedal

    TC Electronic’s first chorus device dates back to 1976 and is now reborn in the form of their SCF Gold all-analogue pedal.

    Reviews Aug 2022
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    Using Guitar Pedals In Parallel

    Practical Tips & Techniques

    Parallel processing while mixing is a common technique — so why not try it with your pedals when recording?

    Techniques Jan 2022
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    Aum Guitars Vibraslide

    Guitar Slide & Sustainer

    The Vibraslide is a genuinely unique and impressive take on the guitar sustainer concept.

    Reviews Sep 2021
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    Hotone Audio Ampero

    Amp Modeller & Effects Processor

    Hotone believe you shouldn’t have to tweak a million virtual components to find a great guitar tone...

    Reviews Aug 2021
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    Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff Pi

    Distortion/Fuzz Pedal

    The 1973 version two Big Muff Pi — with a ram's head printed on the casework — was used on so many classic records that EHX have decided to bring it back.

    Reviews Apr 2020
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    Nobels ODR-Mini

    Overdrive Pedal

    The ODR‑Mini is essentially a slightly tweaked version of Nobels' ODR‑1 overdive pedal (by all accounts extremely popular with Nashville musicians), with true bypass and a tightened low end, but squeezed into a mini‑format case.

    Reviews Apr 2019
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    Headrush Gigboard

    Amp Simulator & Effects Processor

    The Gigboard crams the processing power of Headrush's flagship Pedalboard into a compact and easy to use format.

    Reviews Feb 2019
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    Tone City Summer Orange

    Phaser Pedal

    This four-stage analogue phase-shifter pedal delivers the kind of chewy swirl that we all know and love...

    Reviews Jan 2019
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    Electro-Harmonix Operation Overlord Allied Overdrive

    Stereo Overdrive, EQ & Boost Pedal

    Electro-Harmonix’s Operation Overlord Allied Overdrive is a slightly unusual overdrive pedal, in that it has full stereo capability.

    Reviews Sep 2017
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    HeadRush Pedalboard

    Modelling Guitar Processor

    Building on Avid’s Eleven Rack technology, this new hardware amp modeller promises to combine great sound with ease of use.

    Reviews Sep 2017
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    Electro-Harmonix Synth 9

    Guitar Effects Pedal

    This stompbox aims to put the sound of classic analogue synths at guitarists’ feet.

    Reviews Jun 2017
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    Finhol Classic Overdrive

    Guitar Effects Pedal

    Designed and built in Germany, and paying tribute to the Tube Screamer sound...

    Reviews Feb 2016

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