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"If you're seeking a polished, smooth, modern distortion, this is most definitely not the stomp box for you": Peavey Decade preamp pedal review
By Daryl Robertson published
Peavey’s latest pedal is rated-R, for riffage

“If you’re looking for something to use for home practice, then it’s an invaluable tool”: Mooer SD30i Intelligent Amp review
By Richard Blenkinsop published
There’s everything from US-style clean combos to high-gain metal heads alongside a healthy range of effects

“Simply a killer fuzz pedal”: EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter – Rancho de la Luna Ltd Ed review
By Connor Flys published
An EarthQuaker Devices fan-favourite makes a return, with the backing of a famed studio

“A perfect melding of vintage sound with modern practicality”: Strymon EC-1 review
By Trevor Curwen published
Strymon’s standalone emulation of an Echoplex offers a host of adjustable parameters to tailor your sound

"The 2.0 firmware update has expanded its multi-effects versatility significantly": Neural DSP Nano Cortex review
By Rob Laing last updated
Neural focuses on guitar amp and drive pedal capturing with its second piece of hardware – but does it get the recipe right?

“A versatile overdrive and a high-quality octaver – two pedalboard mainstays in one box”: Darkglass Electronics Kaamos review
By Connor Flys published
Darkglass and session ace Amos Heller team up to create something a little out of the ordinary

“A really vintage‑flavoured friend”: Epiphone 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue review
By Dave Burrluck published
With a raft of recent high-spec reissue launches, is Epiphone now the home of affordable ‘vintage’ Gibsons? On paper, yes. But what about in the flesh?

Vox V863-CA Semi-Auto Wah Pedal review
By Pete Emery published
Featuring three modes and both manual and automatic control, Vox has put together a versatile wah to help get the funk out

Atlas DSP - Your Last Steps review
By Phil Weller published
The new kid on the block delivers its first hard-hitting amp sim, which is tailor-made for brutal noise making and modern metal grit – just don’t call it the blues

“Unbeatable... A play-anything guitar”: Duesenberg Alliance Series Tom Bukovac Session Man review
By Jonathan Horsley published
One of the world's G.O.A.T. sessions players gets a candidate for G.O.A.T. signature guitar – a stunning semi-hollow with dual humbuckers and a piezo, and a vibrato, and... well, it's a lot of guitar
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