The 5 Best Guitar Synthesizer Pedals

Synth pedals for guitars are definitely a niche effect, altering your sound to the point that it doesn’t really even sound guitar-ish anymore. That said, as a lot of popular

The 5 Best Preamp Pedals

What is a preamp pedal, and why do you need one? In guitar amplifiers, the preamp is where tone shaping and overdrive happens before your guitar signal is sent off

The 6 Best Compressor Pedals

Compression is not the flashiest effect for your pedalboard. It doesn’t send your guitar signal into distorted mayhem, or modulate it into dreamy echos and tonal sweeps. Rather, a compressor

The 5 Best Bass DI Pedals

Whether DI stands for “direct input,” “direct injection,” or “direct interface,” it’s an essential tool for bass players. DI pedals allow you to forego a traditional amplifier altogether, plugging directly

The 7 Best Wah Wah Pedals

The onomatopoeic wah pedal is probably the best-known guitar effect to non-guitarists, thanks to ultra-distinctive sounds like the opening to Isaac Hayes’ “Theme from Shaft” and Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child (Slight

Minneapolis pedal company Chase Bliss Audio has unleashed an adventurous delay-based unit called the Habit. Advertised as a “freeform sampler and musical sketchpad,” the Habit yields traditional delays with the

KMA Machines has announced a revamped and slimmed down version of its Wurhm distortion pedal—the Wurm 2. When the Wurhm first came to the music realm in 2020, it was

Boss has lifted the veil on two new digital stompboxes spec’d from its legendary RE-201 Space Echo—the RE-2 and RE-202. Stripping the RE-201 sound down to its core essentials, the

Line 6 has updated its cult-favorite DL4 Delay Modeler to MkII, hauling the 1999-dated original into the present-day era by some tonal tweaks and pretty aesthetic. Under the hood, the new-and-improved

Metallica electric guitar star Kirk Hammett has taken to Instagram to announce that his second signature Dunlop Cry Baby Wah is in the works. Dressed in a striking purple colorway

El Diablo Amps & Guitars’ HEQ1 Harmonic Equalizer is back by popular demand in the form of the HEQ1.2, a revamped variant of the original fuzz stompbox. “We’ve received numerous

JHS Pedals pays homage to “the most important fuzz circuits ever made” with its Legends Of Fuzz series. The Legends Of Fuzz lineup consists of four fuzz stompboxes—Supreme, Bender, Crimson,

French pedal manufacturer Collision Devices has launched the Ranch, a three-effect stompbox consisting of a dynamic tremolo, boost, and drive. Per Collision Devices, the pedal is their “modern vision of

Benson Amps has unveiled the first-ever germanium-based fuzz stompbox with automatic thermal bias technology, the Germanium Fuzz. Germanium transistors yield a more open and seamless fuzz sound than silicon transistors,

TC Electronic has brought back its first-ever effects pedal, the 1976 Stereo Chorus Flanger. Designed in the 70s as a lower-noise alternative to other stompboxes, the reissue introduces a couple

Dusky Electronics has released the Augustus—a fresh new take on the 60s-style octave fuzz popularized by Jimi Hendrix. The compact octopus-adorned stompbox yields its octave fuzz sound by folding the

Darkglass Electronics has unveiled the Element, a stompbox-sized audio cab-sim box sporting futuristic look with extensive I/O and cabinet simulations. Unlike most pedals, the Element has no control knobs. Instead,

Line 6 has unveiled the latest iteration of its POD series, the POD Go guitar multi-effects floor processor. This new lightweight unit prioritizes usability and portability. The POD Go features

Award-winning pedal manufacturer Mad Professor Amplification is taking advantage of the coronavirus downtime to launch a limited-edition modded variant of its Ruby Red Booster. Since its manufacturing facility has not

Living up to its name, Joyo’s newly unveiled R-15 Preamp House approximates the sounds of nine preamps from the likes of Vox, Fender, Marshall, and more. Per Joyo, the new pedal