Boss breaks cover with IR-200 Amp & IR Cabinet and SY-200 Synthesizer pedals
The effects giant enters the Impulse Response pedal market with Celestion and offers huge synth power in compact form
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Save pedalboard space (and your tone) with Keeley Electronics' Compressor Mini
The Keeley classic in a mini-pedal format offers tone-fixing preamp mojo and industry standard Manhattan-style comp
Fairfield Circuitry's ferocious new ~900 Fuzz “will slap the ice cream cone right out of your hand“
Two cascading JFET gain stages conspire to make the "About 900 Fuzz" one versatile dirt box
Fractal ups its floor game with the FM9 – the amp modelling giant's “most powerful floor unit ever“
Cygnus amp modelling tech, Ultra-Res cab sims, four DSP cores, 100s of world-class effects and more, all in one rugged 16-gauge steel enclosure
How guitarists can unlock the hidden features of an envelope filter / auto-wah effects pedal
They're not just for funk, says ThePedalZone's Stefan Fast
A harp run through a distortion pedal might sound heavier than your electric guitar
Here’s what happened when Emily Hopkins designed to mess with its heavenly sound
Create endlessly sustaining soundscapes with Old Blood Noise Endeavors' new Sunlight Dynamic Freeze Reverb
It's an envelope triggered multi-mode reverb for long-form adventures in ambience... To infinity, and beyond!
Sitek seeks out new depths of phase shifting with the super-versatile Phasia
The multi-stage OTA-based Phaser has an all-analogue moving filter, tap tempo, and switchable LFO shape
Katatonia / Bloodbath guitarist Anders Nyström pays tribute to the Boss HM-2 distortion pedal
"When something simulates the sound of a chainsaw and at the same time gives you the instant ability to make music with it… I mean, can it get more death metal than that!?"
Latest FX pedals tuition
The 4 unsung hero effects pedals and 3 great ways you can use them
Give them a chance on your pedalboard and they might surprise you
Get your best ever drive tones with these insider secrets
We ask the pedal experts to share their guitar tone secrets
Pedal gain stacking: everything you need to know
Take your overdrive and distortion tones into new territory
How to maximise tone and reduce noise on your guitar rig with gain staging
The first step in structuring the correct gain levels from guitar to amplifier
Latest FX pedals reviews
Line 6 HX Stomp XL review
- £599
- €696
- $749
More versatile than its smaller counterpart, but with top-line Helix power under the hood, is this the best of both worlds?
Arturia FX Collection 2 review
- €399
The second iteration of Arturia’s effects package adds modulation and bus processors
Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator, Starlight Echo Station and Astra Modulation Machine review
- £355
- €399
- $399
Universal Audio enters the high stakes effects pedal market
Boss GT-1000 Core review
- £599
- €620
- $720
All the power of the mighty GT amp modeller and multi-effects in a scaled-down, pedalboard-friendly format
Eventide MicroPitch Delay review
- £279
- €279
An iconic studio effect goes compact with versatility intact
Boss Pocket GT review
- £219
- €246
- $256
Meet the fully featured amp modeller and multi-effects unit that fits in your pocket
TC Electronic Ditto+ review
- £109
- €118
- $129
Play it again, sam... And again, with a mini looper that might just be the best in the business
Suhr Riot Mini review
- £149
It might be a smaller version but that doesn’t mean that this Riot is quiet!
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Minim review
- £219
- €243
- $229
Weird 'verbs and strange delays collide in this uncanny ambience unit
