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

At the request of players, the German pedal brand Nobels has revamped its highly-rated ODR-1 overdrive to include an internal Bass Cut switch under the stompbox’s battery cover to provide greater control

Monty’s Guitars has joined forces with Audio Kitchen’s Steve Crow for two new JFET boosters—the More! and A Little More!. In the More!, you get dual 15dB JFET gain stages,

Spun Loud Effects has introduced the Litigator—a transistor-based overdrive that yields a fuzz-esque voice without reaching high-gain territory. Per Spun Loud Effects, the Litigator draws inspiration from the British blues-rock

Boss has unleashed its most compact multi-effects unit yet, the Pocket GT Pocket Effects Processor, which crams a ton of learning-focused functionalities into a smartphone-sized chassis. Tone-wise, the Pocket GT

Hotone has joined forces with Celestion for a more powerful iteration of its Ampero amp modeler—the Ampero II Stomp, packed with 20 inbuilt Celestion IRs. Much like its contemporaries, the

Orange Amplification has released the FS1 Mini, which makes a perfect accompaniment for the single-button FS1 and dual-button FS2. At the request Orange users, the unit has been created compact

JHS Pedals owner Josh Scott has put the Klon Centaur #2 up for sale for $500,000. Despite the serial number, the stompbox was the first-ever Klon Centaur built and sold,

Revered pedal maker Boss is commemorating the 30th and 40th anniversaries of its iconic stompboxes—respectively the MT-2 Metal Zone and the SD-1 Super Overdrive—with a limited run of these units

Tsakalis AudioWorks has released the MultiCab MK3 cab simulator and preamp pedal, combining elements of analog and digital modeling to mimic natural room ambiance, cabinet characteristics, and speaker response. The

Continuing its theme of raw and straightforward effects, Daredevil has announced the “most cut-to-the-chase” stompbox to date, the Hype. This raw yet aggressive stompbox sports no external controls except for