Trevor Curwen

It certainly looks cool, but how does it perform?

A stripped-back offering from Wampler

If you fancy a delay pedal with sounds a little different from the normal digital delay fare, the Strymon DIG – might be just what you're looking for.

Where the Golden Brownie does the high-gain-amp-in-a-box thing, the Tube Squasher falls squarely into the low- to medium-gain overdrive category.

The DynaTrem offers tremolo and reverb, although the reverb is only available in one of three modes, either with tremolo or by itself.

The Flint seems designed for habitual Fender amp users who are faced with the problem of having to use a hired/ borrowed amp, and features both reverb and tremolo, individually footswitchable.

So, you want to add a bit of ambience to your sound and are looking at getting a delay or reverb pedal?

Get a scale from just one note...

The Bit Commander is a monophonic analogue synthesiser that will give you square-wave synth tones from your guitar notes.

The Afterneath is designed to provide otherworldly reverb effects, created by a collection of short delays working together and set up by juxtaposition of its six knobs.

There are plenty of delay pedals out there that aim to emulate the sound of delay and echo units of years gone by.

Bass players probably have a right to feel hard done by when it comes to stompboxes, because there are far more pedals designed for guitar than specifically for bass

While we've all seen plenty of treble boost pedals from manufacturers at pretty much every price point, midrange boost pedals are a bit thinner on the ground

Simple, clean boost pedal

A multiple-pattern large- diaphragm condenser mic is pretty much an essential item for a busy studio, with a stereo pair being even better.

With its AMPLIFi line, Line 6 moved the emphasis away from direct hands-on control of its hardware to wireless app tweakability on a smartphone or tablet

Compact pedal powerer

One-stop audio/video shop

If there's one Keeley pedal that has captured the imagination of musicians, it's the Keeley compressor, itself based on modifications to the classic MXR Dyna Comp/Ross grey compressor circuitry

Robert Keeley has been modifying Tube Screamers since 2001, and has seen Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, among others, use his modded pedals

The Mini Katana puts Keeley's dual-class A JFET-equipped Katana clean boost into a mini pedal, while adding a pair of internal DIP switches that can be combined for a choice of four sounds

Several of the pedals Valeton's new Coral series have Modern or Vintage as a prefix, including two overdrive pedals

Forget about hiring some top session pros - for a lot less money, and 24/7 availability, there's the DigiTech TRIO Band Creator

The Aurora offers a choice of hall, plate and room reverbs with four knobs to control the action

TC is taking its inspiration from the past with its latest pedal: the Viscous Vibe, which is designed to deliver distinctive Uni-Vibe tones