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Musikmesse 2014: 10 great looking stompboxes

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By Jamie Dickson ( Guitarist ) published 14 March 2014

Our pick of the pedals from the show floor

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Musikmesse 2014: 10 great looking stomp boxes

Musikmesse 2014: 10 great looking stomp boxes

Musikmesse 2014: We check out ten of the best looking effects pedals from Frankfurt.

The little beauty above is the Unpleasant Surprise Fuzz, from Canadians Fairfield Circuitry, and here it's also modeling the rather handy Option Knob in blue.

Click through the gallery to see what else we found on the floor...

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Death By Audio Ghost Delay 3-Stage Digital Echo

Death By Audio Ghost Delay 3-Stage Digital Echo

For more information visit the official Death By Audio website.

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EarthQuaker Devices Terminal Fuzz

EarthQuaker Devices Terminal Fuzz

For more information visit the official EarthQuaker Devices website.

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JHS Moonshine Overdrive

JHS Moonshine Overdrive

For more information visit the official JHS pedals website.

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T-Rex Creamer Reverb

T-Rex Creamer Reverb

For more information visit the official T-Rex website.

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KORG Nuvibe Vibrato Chorus Effector

KORG Nuvibe Vibrato Chorus Effector

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Line 6 AMPLIFi FX100

Line 6 AMPLIFi FX100

For more information visit the official Line 6 website.

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Providence Rod-1 Red Rock

Providence Rod-1 Red Rock

For more information visit the official Providence website.

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Rainger Effects Dr Freakenstein's Dwarf Fuzz

Rainger Effects Dr Freakenstein's Dwarf Fuzz

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T-Rex Diva Drive

T-Rex Diva Drive

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Jamie Dickson is Editor-in-Chief of Guitarist magazine, Britain's best-selling and longest-running monthly for guitar players. He started his career at the Daily Telegraph in London, where his first assignment was interviewing blue-eyed soul legend Robert Palmer, going on to become a full-time author on music, writing for benchmark references such as 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and Dorling Kindersley's How To Play Guitar Step By Step. He joined Guitarist in 2011 and since then it has been his privilege to interview everyone from B.B. King to St. Vincent for Guitarist's readers, while sharing insights into scores of historic guitars, from Rory Gallagher's '61 Strat to the first Martin D-28 ever made.

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