Maestro Agena, Arcas, Mariner and Orbit review By Alex Lynham published 8 February 23 Gibson's expansion of its freshly-revived Maestro effects continues apace – we put its compressor, phaser, tremolo and envelope filter to the test
Faith PJE Legacy Twenty Series Mars, Earth and Neptune review By Neville Marten published 6 February 23 Three special instruments to celebrate 20 years of Faith acoustics. Designed by Patrick James Eggle with bespoke abalone inlays, they really are something to behold
Free The Tone Cosmic Wave CW-1Y Multiple Filtering Delay review By Trevor Curwen published 3 February 23 It might be small, but Free The Tone’s latest pedal has all the facilities to comprehensively shape the sound of your delay trails
Kernom Ridge Augmented Analog Overdrive Pedal review By Trevor Curwen published 2 February 23 Is this the most versatile analog overdrive pedal ever built? A new approach to clipping circuits aims to offer all the drive sounds you need in a single stompbox
Laney Supergroup LA-Studio review By Nick Guppy published 1 February 23 The latest amp head from Laney’s flagship UK-designed and made Supergroup range offers real vintage tube tone combined with Two Notes cab emulation
Gretsch G5232T Electromatic Double Jet FT with Bigsby review By Chris Gill published 31 January 23 The classic Gretsch double-cut has never been more affordable, nor has it looked so good...
Positive Grid Spark Control footswitch review By Daryl Robertson published 27 January 23 Go hands-free with Positive Grid's hi-tech wireless footswitch
PRS Horsemeat, Mary Cries and Wind Through the Trees pedals review By Chris Gill published 24 January 23 Paul Reed Smith's pedalboard debut offers top-tier options for transparent overdrive, optical compressor and analog flanger
Chapman ML1 Workshop Series X review By Dave Burrluck published 16 January 23 Chapman is the latest brand to take advantage of York-based UK Guitar Builders’ manufacturing facility to produce its new flagship model. We plug in the first batch
Vintage V100 Reissued w/ Bigsby review By Dave Burrluck published 12 January 23 This well-appointed single-cut from Vintage might just give the big boys a run for their money
KittycasterFX Tremdriver and Groovy Wizard review By Trevor Curwen published 11 January 23 There’s no pussyfooting around for former Catalinbread circuit guru Howard Gee’s new company as it hits the ground running with a pair of serious tone-shapers
Gibson J-45 50s Faded, J-35 30s Faded and Hummingbird Faded review By David Mead published 10 January 23 A trio of Gibson dreadnoughts with faded satin nitro finishes, vintage appointments and modern-day electronics. Serious players or mere novelty acts? Let the auditions begin…
Walrus Audio Eons Five-State Fuzz review By Trevor Curwen published 9 January 23 Walrus Audio adds to its Five-State range of overdrive and distortion effects with this quintet of fuzzes in one box
Positive Grid OMNYSS review By Matt McCracken published 6 January 23 Designed for sonic explorers, Positive Grid’s OMNYSS takes your guitar tone to hitherto unimagined realms
Boss DS-1W Distortion review By Trevor Curwen published 6 January 23 The iconic orange distortion has been on sale since 1978, but now Boss has revamped its best-selling compact pedal – with spectacular results
IK Multimedia TONEX review By Simon Fellows published 5 January 23 Accurately replicate your own amps and stompboxes with this innovative modeller, or choose from thousands of ready-made tones
Meris LVX Modular Delay System review By Chris Gill published 5 January 23 The most advanced delay pedal ever built, the LVX produces sonic landscapes that simply must be heard to be believed
Fender American Vintage II 1973 Stratocaster review By Paul Riario published 4 January 23 One of the most underrated Stratocaster eras gets its time again – and this new period-correct American Vintage II example proves it’s worth another look
Chapman ML1 Modern Special Run review By Matt Owen published 3 January 23 Could this be the best Chapman ML1 Modern model to date?
Harley Benton Evil Twin review By Rob Laing published 22 December 22 An uber-affordable dual-drive pedal that doubles down on the value to help you stock up that pedalboard for less