Review of the Boss ME-80 - Versatile, powerful, and priced to sell
Written testFor years, Boss has been one of the leading manufacturers of self-contained guitar multi-effects floor units, and the ME-80 is its latest effort. Less expensive than the flagship GT-100, it's neverth…
Review of the Boss OD-1X OverDrive - An Overdrive Pedal with a New Look and Feel
Written testThe Boss OD-1X OverDrive was one of two new stompboxes the company announced at NAMM 2014 (the DS-1X Distortion was the other). It features the company’s recently developed Multi-Dimensional Processi…
Electro-Harmonix EHX Tortion Review - Tubey or not Tubey, that is the question.
Written testSince the days of the original Big Muff Pi, Electro-Harmonix has been building distortion pedals, and one of its latest entries is the EHX Tortion ($179). Way more than just a distortion effect, it a…
Tech 21 Hot-Rod Plexi Review - Stack Attack
Written testAlthough most amp modeling is digital, Tech 21 has always created its amp emulations using analog circuitry. The Hot-Rod Plexi pedal ($179) is the latest example. It’s an effects processor that’s des…
Palmer Kaputt Review - Kaputt
Written testWith our recent review of the Mutterstolz tube distortion in mind, the Audiofanzine editorial board decided to review some of the other models from Palmer's Root Effects collection. We've already pos…
Yamaha F370 Review - Folk in Tune
Written testWe took this new, inexpensive dreadnaught from Yamaha for a test drive. Here's what we found.
Palmer Automat Review - Distautowah
Written testOn the occasion of our recently published Palmer Mutterstolz distortion pedal review, your favorite website decided to revisit some of the German brand's Root Effects, and here we review Automat, an …
TC Electronic Ditto X2 Review - The Return of the Same Thing
Written testFollowing up on the success of the original Ditto, which had only two controls, TC strikes again with the X2, featuring more than twice that. Can it give the final blow to its competitors in the not-…
Palmer Mutterstolz Review - Make Your Mamma Proud
Written testBack in the day when fluorescent colors were in fashion, amps resembled fridges, all the songs on the radio had a guitar solo after the second chorus, and the Berlin Wall was still standing (Bingo!, …
Exclusive Line 6 AMPLIFI 150 Review - The Blue-Toothed Combo
Written testLine 6 enters the Bluetooth era with the new AMPLIFI series, which combines multimedia speakers and a modeling combo in a single box.
Gibson N-225 Review - Gibson's Fine Ear
Written testGibson, to whom we own a lot of legendary guitars, decided to introduce several months ago a guitar with an original shape (something that doesn't happen every day): the N-225. With a hybrid look hal…
TC Electronic Hall of Fame Mini Review - Mini Mini Mini...
Written test"...must be funny...in a midget's woooorld". It's probably what ABBA would've sung if they had started their career in 2013. Indeed, this year has seen the appearance of a good number of bonsai-sized…
Line 6 POD HD500X Review - Are you POD-to-date?
Written testThe final exam of the music course I took at the Audiofanzine academy, read as follows: "With a theorem-article of at least 10,000 characters, resolve the equation LINE 6 POD HD500X where X = (new fo…
Boss Loop Station RC505 Review - Looper Trooper
Written testWhile guitar players might have been disappointed by Musikmesse 2013, keyboard players, sound designers and home-studio owners were delighted by numerous new products.
Flickinger Caged Crow, Vicious Cricket and Germanium Gr… - Tone Box from the USA
Written testLet me introduce you today to a pedal series directly from the U.S. of A.
