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RJM Music Releases the Overture Programmable Overdrive
February 16, 2021
A deeply customizable stomp that features MIDI, 8 different storable presets, and six different overdrive tones.
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Boss GT-1000CORE: The Premier Guitar Review
February 8, 2021
Boss packs heavy-duty DSP horsepower into a multi-effects processor built for busy pedalboards.
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Spun Loud Effects Unveils the Litigator Overdrive
February 5, 2021
A British-inspired box that utilizes two gain stages in an effort to cop classic blues-rock tones.
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Kemper Releases OS Version 8.0.5
January 26, 2021
The new firmware sports a pile of new drives that aims to recreate classic and sought-after tones.
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Plexi Punch Meets Rangemaster Burn: The Premier Guitar Carl Martin PlexiRanger Review
January 19, 2021
An already great Marshall-in-a-box is made more potent with the addition of a killer treble booster.
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Top 10 First Looks of 2020
December 30, 2020
A shit year didn't mean shit gear—here's our most-popular gear demos featuring fresh pieces from Epiphone, Fender, Suhr, EHX, MXR, and others.
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Maxon’s Elegant Spin on the TS808
December 28, 2020
The father of the Tube Screamer dishes a refined take on the pedal that propelled an overdrive revolution with the Apex 808.
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First Look: Friedman Small Box
December 22, 2020
Experience amp-style touch sensitivity in a pedal that deals high-gain horsepower and mid-gain plexi punch with ease.
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Maxon Custom Shop Releases the SSD-9 Super Sonic Distortion
December 21, 2020
Designed by the creator of the Tube Screamer, this pedal features a handful of modifications including more output and a reshaped EQ profile.
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The Year in Gear 2020
December 17, 2020
It may be the understatement of the century, but this year was weird. Even so, the killer gear kept coming. Here are the goods that stood out as extra-great amongst our annual haul of Premier Guitar reviews.
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McGregor Pedals Releases the Crunch Plus Overdrive
December 15, 2020
This new dirt box builds upon the previous iteration by adding a third gain stage and a second clipping stage.
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Tone Electronix Releases the Animalizzer
December 15, 2020
A handmade overdrive/fuzz with two clipping stages along with silicon and germanium options.
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First Look: Wampler Mini-Plexi Drive
December 14, 2020
Wield the punch of a plexi in a big drive made mini.
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LPD Pedals Unveils the New Eighty7 Deluxe
December 4, 2020
A powerful two-channel overdrive aimed at copping hot-rod British tones.
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First Look: Origin Effects MAGMA57
December 4, 2020
Hear the stomp maker’s latest—a meticulously made box of Magnatone-style vibrato and drive magic.
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First Look: Boss GT-1000CORE
December 2, 2020
From heavy to heavenly: Hear the shrunken powerhouse on raunchy riffs, ethereal reverb clouds, pitch-shifted bass, and more.
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Friedman Unveils the Smallbox Overdrive
November 25, 2020
A pedal-sized circuit based on the company's British-flavored amp.
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Origin Effects Introduces the Magma 57
November 20, 2020
The new stomp aims to meticulously recreate the vibrato and drive from a legendary '50s Magnatone amp.
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Kemper Announces Profiler 8.0 Firmware With Updated Drives
November 5, 2020
The new overdrive "system" is based on the characteristics of a handful of classic pedals.
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LPD Pedals Unveils the Redesigned Eighty7
October 26, 2020
An analog pedal designed to cop classic British hot-rod tones.
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