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Hughes & Kettner Spirit of Vintage Nano: The Premier Guitar Review
March 1, 2021
Plexi inspiration makes this tiny 50-watt amp a clean-to-crunchy overachiever.
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Eventide Blackhole: The Premier Guitar Review
February 24, 2021
A popular and particularly versatile mode from the Space and H9 processors is now an easy-to-use stompbox all its own.
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Taylor GTe Urban Ash: The Premier Guitar Review
February 18, 2021
Inventive bracing, uncommon tonewoods, and a shorter scale make this small-bodied flattop both big voiced and super playable.
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Walrus Audio Mako Series R1: The Premier Guitar Review
February 9, 2021
Familiar and freaked-out reverb colors live side-by-side in a powerful, sensibly sized ambience-generating tool.
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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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EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny: The Premier Guitar Review
February 5, 2021
EQD dishes deep, dimensional reverbs in an elegant package that won’t mire you in menus.
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Fender American Professional II Stratocaster: The Premier Guitar Review
February 4, 2021
The most successful electric guitar of all time evolves subtly, but substantially.
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Wren and Cuff Caprid Blue-Violet Special: The Premier Guitar Review
January 28, 2021
A master of Big Muff-style circuits builds a Ram’s Head clone that’ll be tough to beat at any price.
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Electro-Harmonix 1440 Stereo Looper: The Premier Guitar Review
January 25, 2021
The middle kid in EHX’s expansive family of loopers inhabits a sweet spot between deep functionality and accessible, intuitive operation.
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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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Vintage Octave Fuzz ... Without the Fear
January 14, 2021
Thanks to a flexible EQ, this old-school-minded beauty is fantastic at nastying-up leads—but also works great with chords. The PG Dusky Augustus review.
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Walrus Audio Julianna: The Premier Guitar Review
January 13, 2021
Digital-control-enabled features makes Walrus’s already immersive modulation machine a scalpel for carving precise waveforms.
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Carr Super Bee: The Premier Guitar Review
January 11, 2021
Crave big black-panel Fender feel in an amp that doesn’t bust eardrums? This little brute delivers the substance and the sting.
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MXR Tremolo: The Premier Guitar Review
December 24, 2020
Immersive sounds and a nice price make this fine modulator a multi-trem for the masses.
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Gibson Lukas Nelson ’56 Les Paul Junior: The Premier Guitar Review
December 21, 2020
Design economy doesn’t stand in the way of delicious, wide-ranging tones on this straight-ahead rock machine.
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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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Warm Audio Jet Phaser: The Premier Guitar Review
December 10, 2020
The masters of affordable analog mimicry resurrect one of Roland’s most far-out ’70s effects.
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13 Watts of Ringing, Raging Splendor
December 2, 2020
This unique, low-wattage combo produces a potent mélange of Vox and Fender sounds—and sings with a loud and outsized voice. The PG Balthazar Cabaret 13 review.
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PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo: The PG Review
November 26, 2020
With a blendable piezo pickup, Annapolis’ affordable electric hollowbody becomes extra versatile.
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Guild X-175 Manhattan Special: The Premier Guitar Review
October 22, 2020
An extroverted hollowbody that deftly spans styles—and the ages.
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