Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

Whether you’ve been collecting guitar pedals for decades or just picked up the hobby in recent months, there are some staples that everybody should own. Whether it’s a practical, utilitarian type of ...

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The MXR EVH Modern High Gain Pedal was co-designed with Eddie Van Halen in 2015 and is officially here, and it's joined by a ...

GEAR EXPO 2023: We've got everything from acoustic guitar ranges right up to complete guitar rigs in one box as we search out the best guitar pedals arriving this year. Never has there been a more ...

Musicians have a fantastic language to describe signals. A sound can be fat, dark, crunchy, punchy — the list goes on. These aren’t very technical terms, but they get the job done. After all, it’s ...

As far as guitar effects pedals go, there’s no shortage of simple stompboxes that distort the instrument’s sound, add a delay or an echo, or other basic modifications. Then there are others that take ...

At Summer NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) in Nashville, Fender announced three new pedals for is effects lineup. Designed in-house by Stan Cotey — an expert with 25 years of experience ...