Ed Mitchell

Along with Lambretta scooters, Steve Marriott haircuts and scrapping with rockers on Brighton's seafront, the RAF roundel has come to define the 60s mod era and Britishness in general.

Assembled in Long Island, the Supro 1695T Black Magick is a recreation of the amplifier Jimmy Page used in the early days of Led Zeppelin.

While the original MXR Carbon Copy has many admirers, taste is subjective, and some users pined for a brighter-sounding analogue delay.

The cocked wah' sound has been heard on many a classic track – from the opening riff of Dire Straits' Money For Nothing to Mick Ronson's tone on Ziggy Stardust.

A classic vocal effect comes alive again

This sturdily-built, true bypass stompbox from DigiTech offers three vibrato and rotary effects.

The condor is a big feathery vulture thing that conducts its business in South America.

Apparently inspired by the profile of an Ancient Greek harp called a lyre, no less, the original '58 Danelectro Longhorn Series was populated by three instruments.

The new Dirty Robot pedal from DigiTech is typically robustly built, and it's here to make your guitar sound like a synthesiser.

The WireTap is a mains only, ultra-compact stompbox that allows you to capture song ideas as you play.

A reboot of the PDF-1 distortion – the first Stone classic launched in 2010 – the aptly stamped PDF-2 trumps the performance of its Josh Homme-beloved older brother with some added gain.

Fig Fumb is an anagram of Big Muff, but this is no clone.

The Kliptonite is a two-for-one deal featuring superb-sounding overdrive and fuzz circuits in a single box.

The new Washburn Woodline 10 Series is a range of affordable but well-appointed guitars based on the vintage Martin OM body style.

Sinking our teeth into a new Resonator

There was a time when Paul Reed Smith guitars were seen by some as elitist playthings - too expensive for the working guitarist, and too pretty to risk pranging at a gig.

If you've spent any time in a recording studio, you'll recall that after laying down a great rhythm track the engineer will normally ask you to play it again, man.

Matt Bellamy of Muse is Manson's most famous customer, and this new DR-1 is the fourth signature model currently offered by the Devon firm.

Following the classic Danelectro blueprint

This San Dimas echoes the Pro Mod spec sheet – Duncan pickups, neck profile and compound radius, switching arrangement – of the hardtail model, right until you get to the bridge bit itself.

Whammy, denied!

The So-Cal defines the 'SuperStrat' concept as originally nailed by Eddie Van Halen in the late 70s.