Andy Martin's guitar pedal demos are always an essential visit for us, so when Reverb's effects guru shares his favourites of the year we're all ears. He demos hundreds of them so his picks count for a lot, and he's rounded up six here that you can compare with your own choices in our best new effects pedals of 2021 poll.
The biggest-selling effects pedal of 2021 on Reverb is an unsung hero
“Over 400 effects based on those of the award-winning Axe-Fx III”: Fractal launches the VP4 ‘Virtual Pedalboard’ – a compact, hugely configurable digital multi-effects unit that could give your 'board the night off
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