Is TC Electronic about to drop a next-level shimmer reverb pedal?

We love TC Electronic's Flashback Delay and Hall Of Fame reverb pedals, but one thing we've always craved from the stompboxes is sweet, sweet, octave shimmer. However, judging from recent videos on TC Electronic's Facebook page, we haven't got long to wait.

Teasers have started cropping up for a mysterious MASH pedal, which sounds shimmer-y indeed, although, knowing TC, we'd wager there's much more than meets the ear with this one.

Whatever it is, the likes of Paul Gilbert, Devin Townsend and Stephen Carpenter are impressed. We'll find out why when MASH drops on 26 May…

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Michael Astley-Brown

Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.