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New Effect Pedals 2016 Quiz
12 Nov 2016 · Fond of your fuzz and passionate about pedals? Find out if you've been paying attention to the hottest effect pedal releases in 2016 with our new quiz!
Budget guitar recording, Pt. 2: Choosing an audio interface
12 Nov 2016 · Time to look at your room and choose an audio interface for your recording. But what should you be looking for?
Step on The Turd! – Dr No Effects makes a new ‘Shitty’ Fuzz pedal…
11 Nov 2016 · Yes, they have scraped the bottom of the barrel with this new limited edition fuzz box...
Kemper release Profiler OS 4.2 – with even more new features
09 Nov 2016 · Not quite as exciting as the last update, but this OS update gives you a lot of fixes and useful additions for your Kemper Profiling Amp.
‘The Solution’ FX pedalboard system: A new game in town?
08 Nov 2016 · Nexi Industries are launching a new guitar effect and pedalboard system called The Solution, and exhort us to "forget conventional notions of what stomp boxes and pedalboards look like".
IK Multimedia iRig Nano Amp sighted on Thomann
08 Nov 2016 · A new mini guitar amp for when you need to travel light. Plus you can use it with AmpliTube software package as well!
Seymour Duncan Hendrix signature pickups: Marketing Voodoo ?
07 Nov 2016 · Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's name carries a lot of weight and can sell just about anything. Will these new signature pickups get you close to the great man's tone? Who knows, frankly.
‘Brexit-busting’ budget guitar recording Pt. 1: Software
06 Nov 2016 · Want to record some of your great guitar tones? Crashing pound left you without the cash for a recording studio? Here are some great tips for recording guitars on very, very low budget...
New Guitar Amps 2016 Quiz
05 Nov 2016 · All year, our resident amp expert Jef Stone has been feeding you the latest news on the hottest amps, from 50s-style reissue Blues combos to 200-Watt Hair Metal monsters. Have you been paying attention?
Black Widow MGP-1A preamp: Blending old and new
04 Nov 2016 · Is this the future of guitar tone? Old-world valve technology meets modern-day modelling in the form of the MGP-1A. But don't expect this kind of technology to be cheap...
Epiphone’s Korina hat-trick: Explorer, Flying V and Explorer Bass
04 Nov 2016 · Epiphone has just announced two classic-looking guitars and a bass - and they all look great! All feature Korina throughout, here's hoping the price stays down.
Elektron’s Analog Drive: Hot, slick and pricey
03 Nov 2016 · Normally associated with synths and drum machines, Elektron has just released a new overdrive pedal aimed at both guitar players and synth players alike.
Earthquaker Devices upgrade four effects to V2
01 Nov 2016 · The new "V2" versions have some neat upgrades. But are they enough to warrant labelling them as a new version number? We find out.
BBE Sonic Stomp MS92 Mini Maximizer: Small format, bigger sound?
01 Nov 2016 · Need to enhance your tone? BBE aim to let you squeeze more sound out your guitar with less.
Tech 21 launch ‘Brit’ and ‘Cali Fly’ rigs
30 Oct 2016 · If you have an electric guitar and need to travel light for gigs, then the Fly Rig should be on your list of possible solutions. Now Tech 21 have announced two new models.
Roland JC-22 Jazz Chorus: Too cool for school?
29 Oct 2016 · Roland seek to write a new chapter in the story of the Roland Jazz Chorus amp. Too cool, too clean? On the contrary, these amps have always been capable of some very special tones.
Panda Audio Future Impact 1: At last, an Ibanez Deep Impact clone!
28 Oct 2016 · Yes, at last someone has gone and remade the Ibanez Deep Impact bass synth pedal. Filthy dirty and oh so funky!
Boss launch CP-1X Compressor and AD-2 Acoustic Preamp pedals
28 Oct 2016 · Boss expands its ever-popular pedal range with two really useful new effects pedals. How do they squeeze so much stuff into such small boxes?
Kemper firmware update to v5.00 adds some seriously cool delays
23 Oct 2016 · The makers of the renowned Kemper Profiling Amp have released a new firmware update as Public Beta that adds some very appealing delay effects.
Strymon announce Riverside: A new level of control for your drive tones?
23 Oct 2016 · What happens when analogue meets digital in an overdrive pedal? Well now you can hear it for yourself!
Goodbye Fender American Standard models: What’s next?
22 Oct 2016 · With prices being slashed left, right and centre on the American Standard series, is now the time to buy? What is going to replace them? What will the post-Brexit Fender models cost us in the UK?
New Guitars 2016 GearQuiz
22 Oct 2016 · There are people who play guitar. And then there are full-blooded guitarists who know their 2016 releases like the backs of their hands. Which are you?