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As far as guitar effects pedals go, there’s no shortage of simple stompboxes that distort the instrument’s sound, add a delay or an echo, or other basic modifications. Then there are others that take ...

No, not on a new album by King Crimson, but in this, our round up of the latest new guitar pedals coming to your feet in 2023! Universal Audio UAFX Del Verb, MAX Compressor and Galaxy '74 This year's ...

Guitars Fender adds analogue heat to the Hammertone lineup with the budget-friendly $99 Breakup Drive and Boost pedals Electric Guitars Thomann's Guitar Days sale just hit up to 70% off with £474 off ...

Learning to play guitar is a lot of fun (and easier than ever), but somewhere around my 500 th attempt at the main riff from “Black Sunshine” I got frustrated. I was playing the right notes, but it ...

When I reviewed the ZOIA, I said there was nothing else quite like it on the market. And that’s still largely true, but the Beebo from Poly Effects is at least a close relative. It’s, in theory, a ...

“When I was in second grade, my parents gave me one of those little kits you get for kids to learn about electricity,” Zack Vex explains as he leads me through his office in a suburban Minneapolis ...

Effects pedals: for some an object of overwhelming addiction, but for many, an opportunity to hack. Anyone who plays guitar (or buys presents for someone who does) knows of the infinite choice of ...