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First Look: Walrus Audio Lillian

A cousin to their popular Julia, the all-analog, multi-stage phaser (either 4- or 6-stage mode) that features a D-P-V blend (dry, phase, vibrato).

First Look: Fender American Performer Telecaster

Watch John Bohlinger play the latest iteration of Leo's first solidbody that's loaded with a new Yosemite bridge single-coil and Keef-esque neck humbucker.

First Look: Supro 1313 Analog Delay

Our advance-look at the all-analog, MN3005-powered time machine co-designed with Howard Davis, who helped create the Deluxe Memory Man.

First Look: Emma Electronic Navigator Delay

The Danish-born stomp's second delay generator (beat-split repeats), modulation capabilities (lush chorus and spacy flanging), and hybrid circuitry make it more than your standard echo machine.

Top 10 First Looks of 2018

You voted with your clicks! Here are PG's most-watched gear-demo videos of the year.

First Look: Walrus Audio Lillian

January 21, 2019

Brandon Highfill

A cousin to their popular Julia, the all-analog, multi-stage phaser (either 4- or 6-stage mode) that features a D-P-V blend (dry, phase, vibrato).

First Look: Fender American Performer Telecaster

January 18, 2019

John Bohlinger

Watch John Bohlinger play the latest iteration of Leo's first solidbody that's loaded with a new Yosemite bridge single-coil and Keef-esque neck humbucker.

First Look: Supro 1313 Analog Delay

January 15, 2019

Brandon Highfill

Our advance-look at the all-analog, MN3005-powered time machine co-designed with Howard Davis, who helped create the Deluxe Memory Man.

First Look: Emma Electronic Navigator Delay

January 7, 2019

Brandon Highfill

The Danish-born stomp's second delay generator (beat-split repeats), modulation capabilities (lush chorus and spacy flanging), and hybrid circuitry make it more than your standard echo machine.

Top 10 First Looks of 2018

December 31, 2018

John Bohlinger and Brandon Highfill

You voted with your clicks! Here are PG's most-watched gear-demo videos of the year.

First Look: Mythos Pedals Positron Collider

December 10, 2018

Brandon Highfill

We test out the Nashville-based tone wizard's take on a "ram's head" Big Muff with both classic silicon and LED clipping—plus an added tone stack for a fuller, beefier ripping rage.

First Look: Death By Audio Total Sonic Annihilation 2

December 5, 2018

Brandon Highfill

Just like its name says, this pedal takes whatever signal you feed it, chews it up, and beautifully destroys it. Oh, and it works as a mean fuzz, too.

First Look: Third Man Records + Mantic Flex

December 3, 2018

Brandon Highfill

Jack White first used the Mantic Flex on his solo for "Why Walk the Dog?" and now his label and self-proclaimed "pro-tique" pedal builder have collaborated on a zippery, gated (radical) troublemaker.

First Look: Carr Telstar

October 29, 2018

John Bohlinger

John Bohlinger uses a trio of guitars (a Gretsch Black Falcon, a '60s Tele, and a humbucker-loaded Kiesel) to test this interesting combo that pairs 6L6 and EL84 output tubes.

First Look: Tone King Sky King

October 22, 2018

John Bohlinger

John Bohlinger challenges this 6L6-powered combo with P-90s, single-coils, and humbuckers to see what luscious tones are lurking in this beaut.

First Look: Dunable SplatterBlaster

October 15, 2018

Brandon Highfill

To see what Sacha Dunable's first pedal—a stereo fuzz and distortion co-designed with Damnation Audio—can muster, we throw a Tele Deluxe, P bass, and Greco LP copy at it.

First Look: Marshall Origin 50C

October 11, 2018

John Bohlinger

Guitarist John Bohlinger uses a '60s Strat, '50s goldtop, and a dual-humbucker Kiesel to hear the various tonal flavors residing in the British rock box.

First Look: Boss DC-2W Dimension C

October 6, 2018

Brandon Highfill

The Waza-Craft evolution of the chorus pairs the original DC-2 with the SDD-320 and adds modern switching that unleashes a multitude of sonic wrinkles.

First Look: Electro-Harmonix Triangle Big Muff Pi

October 1, 2018

John Bohlinger

Watch the Review Demo maestro battle the monster fuzz with guitars—new and old—loaded with single-coils, 'buckers, and P-90s.

First Look: 2019 Gibson Les Paul Standard

September 24, 2018

John Bohlinger

John Bohlinger plays through various settings on the new gussied-up, classic-looking singlecut that has a few dip switches and push-pull pots up its sleeve.

First Look: Walrus Audio DEFCON4

September 3, 2018

Brandon Highfill

We investigate whether Ryan Adams' new signature EQ/preamp/boost can bring tonal harmony to single-coils and humbuckers.

First Look: EarthQuaker Devices Aqueduct

August 29, 2018

John Bohlinger

Witness John Bohlinger get trippy-hippy with the new ridiciuosly wonderful wobble box from EQD's lead wizard Jamie Stillman.

First Look: Seymour Duncan Fooz

August 27, 2018

Brandon Highfill

We got our mitts on the pickup gurus' brand-new stomp to see what sort of (awesome) racket we could make with its trifecta of tools—fuzz, analog synth, and LFO filter.