Trevor Curwen

Trevor Curwen has played guitar for several decades – he's also mimed it on the UK's Top of the Pops. Much of his working life, though, has been spent behind the mixing desk, during which time he has built up a solid collection of the guitars, amps and pedals needed to cover just about any studio session. He writes pedal reviews for Guitarist and has contributed to Total Guitar, MusicRadar and Future Music among others.

Articles by: Trevor Curwen

Acoustic guitar on the Bose L-1

Best PA speakers 2023: compact and mobile active sound systems for bands and buskers

By Trevor Curwen last updated

These PA systems and speaker setups are ideal for amplifying vocals and instruments – including Roland, Bose, Yamaha and JBL speakers

Rode NT1 review

Rode NT1 review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £239
  • €269
  • $395

A revamped classic condenser mic that's just perfect for vocals and a lot more besides

Let us talk you through how to power all of your pedals from one supply, and point out some useful buying options…

Guitar effect pedal power supplies: what you need to know

By Trevor Curwen published

Power all your pedals from one supply

Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £110
  • €129
  • $125

A new version of EHX’s long-lost volume envelope-manipulating pedal

Effectrode Phaseomatic Deluxe 2019 review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £110

The all-valve phaser returns with even more modulation control

ThorpyFX The Deep Oggin review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £249

Thorpy’s home-grown fully analogue chorus and vibrato pedal

Free The Tone Future Factory FF-1Y delay review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £399

Combined modulated delays set the stage for unique ambiences

Effectrode Delta-Trem review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £369

Time to get swampy

Seymour Duncan Dark Sun review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £499
  • €366
  • $369

Delay and reverb ambience designed with Periphery’s Mark Holcomb

Beetronics Swarm review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £269
  • €289

Forget honeyed tone - this apian fuzz harmonizer mimics an angry hive

IK Multimedia Axe I/O review

By Trevor Curwen last updated

  • £369
  • €379
  • $349

Axe to grind

Eventide Rose review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £359
  • €399
  • $349

By any other name, would this new modulated delay sound as sweet?

Danelectro The Breakdown review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £149
  • €125

A two-knob pedal that resurrects an original drive for today’s ’board

Dunlop Siete Santos Octave Fuzz review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £219
  • $199

When Billy met Jimi

Walrus Audio Slö Multi Texture Reverb review

By Trevor Curwen last updated

  • £192
  • €199
  • $199

Saturate your sound

Brantone Electronics Vintage Tweed review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £170

Bring the Tweed to your ’board

ThorpyFX The Fat General review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £219
  • €241

A collaboration with Dan Coggins that channels the Dinosaural OTC-201

Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £399
  • €433
  • $399

Ancient analogue echoes revisited using modern digital technology

Pigtronix Resotron Tracking Filter review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £299
  • €285
  • $332

Bring the sound of 70s synths to your ’board with a pitch-tracking feature

Wampler Fuzzstration review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £189
  • $197

A do-it-all fuzz with EQ that goes from classic rock to hell-breaking doom

Keeley Eddie Heinzelman Signature Vibe o Verb Workstation review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £299
  • €341
  • $299

This reverb/tremolo bundle brings variation and tweakability to the fore

Mad Professor Loud‘n Proud review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £225
  • €249

Mad Professor’s latest sounds and behaves like a vintage Marshall amp

Boss DC-2W Dimension C review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £202
  • €229
  • $339

This knob-free 80s flashback recreates its forebears’ spatial sounds

Supro 1313 Analog Delay review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £259
  • €285
  • $249

MN3005 bucket brigade chips ensure an all-analogue, all-authentic sound

Friedman BE-OD Deluxe review

By Trevor Curwen published

  • £269
  • €289
  • $269

British gain sounds abound in this twin-channel drive pedal

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