10 Toys for Every Guitarist
LearningGuitarists are well-known for their countless effects pedals, exotic strings and other not-always-indispensable thingamajigs. So, here's a list of 10 useful and/or eccentric toys that you can buy wit…
TC Electronic Ditto X2 Review
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-…
Survey On the Best Compressor Pedals for Guitar and Bass
LearningFor those who have a tendency to hammer their electric or bass guitars with a heavy attack, or can't play consistent rhythm parts throughout an entire song, a compressor might be the solution. A comp…
Palmer Mutterstolz Review
Written testBack in the day when fluorescent colors were in fashion, amps resembled fridges, all the songs on the radio had a guitar solo before the second chorus, and the Berlin Wall was still standing (Bingo!,…
Palmer Automat Review
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 …
Dunlop is back to the wah wah roots
Hot newsWith the Clyde McCoy Cry Baby that Dunlop will launch this month, the manufacturer pays hommage to the very first wah wah pedal.
New Philippe Dubreuille guitars
Hot newsPhilippe Dubreuille, a french luthier based in London, recently added to its catalog two new electric guitars.
Amptweaker BigRock Pro distortion pedal
Hot newsAmptweaker is now accepting pre-orders for the new Pro version of its BigRock distortion pedal.
Basic techniques for slide guitar playing
LearningHere are the essential techniques and basic information you need to get started playing slide guitar
Takamine LTD2014 Grouse acoustic-electric guitar
Hot newsTakamine introduces the LTD2014 Grouse acoustic-electric guitar, a model that will only be available to 52 lucky owners.
[NAMM] The Mu-Tron III is back
Hot newsNAMMMike Beigel launches under the Mu-FX brand a new version of the 70s Mu-Tron filter effect named Tru-Tron 3X.
[NAMM][VIDEO] Dr. Zvex’ new effect pedals
Hot newsNAMMDocteur Zvex himself introduced his six new effect pedals for guitar to our team at the Winter NAMM Show 2014.
Exclusive Line 6 AMPLIFI 150 Review
Written testLine 6 enters the Bluetooth era with the new AMPLIFI series, which combines multimedia speakers and a modeling combo in a single box.
[NAMM] F-Pedals works with Eddie Kramer
Hot newsNAMMF-Pedals unveiled at NAMM 2014 a new series of wirelessly powered-effect pedals designed with legend Eddie Kramer.
[NAMM][VIDEO] Orange Dual Dark amps demo
Hot newsNAMMOrange Amp welcomed our team at NAMM 2014 to show us the new Dual Dark guitar amp head.