Reviews: Effects
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Premier Guitar's rating system includes brief summations of a product’s pros and cons, as well as pick ratings (0–5) in four categories—Tones, Design/Build, Value, and Playability (for instruments) or Ease of Use (amps, effects, and other devices) or Versatility (pickups and speakers). Items with a total of 18 or more picks (out of 20) win our coveted Premier Gear Award.
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Is This the Most Versatile Compressor Ever?
January 14, 2020
Bonus: This squeeze box includes an amazing EQ and boost. The PG Jackson Audio Bloom review.
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Filth and Eight Flavors of Modulated Flickering in a Single Pedal? Why Not!
January 9, 2020
This true analog effect serves up distortion and tremolo—including optical—using a digital helping hand. The PG Mattoverse TremStortion review.
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Is a Nice Volume Pedal Worth $140?
January 2, 2020
Especially when competing designs with shrunken footprints have upped the ante? The PG Xotic 250k Volume Pedal review.
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Quick Hit: Karma MTN-10 Review
December 15, 2019
An updated take on the other green dirtbox.
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Quick Hit: Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord Review
December 6, 2019
Mike Matthews’ feature-packed latest aims for budget-conscious MVP status as an overdrive for guitar, bass, and beyond.
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Quick Hit: MXR Clone Looper Review
November 27, 2019
Looping made stupidly simple ... and a lot more fun.
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The Year in Gear 2019
November 21, 2019
The 60+ guitars, amps, pedals, basses, and accessories that stood out from the crowd and earned our coveted Premier Gear Award this year.
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Paradox Futura Review
November 20, 2019
A Jekyll and Hyde of modulation uses envelope-driven dynamics to open up pretty-to-twisted chorus frontiers.
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Quick Hit: Prescription Electronics C.O.B. Review
November 17, 2019
The boutique 1990s octave-fuzz is back, with mouthwatering tones and improved pedalboard friendliness.
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Quick Hit: Spaceman Polaris Review
November 15, 2019
Creative filtering options make an uncommonly versatile overdrive.
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Chase Bliss Dark World Review
November 13, 2019
A smorgasbord of reverb tones, from familiar to freakazoid.
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Quick Hit: Sennheiser XSW-D Pedalboard Set Review
November 12, 2019
Unleash yourself from the shackles of cords and roam the stage in style.
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Tech 21 Fly Rig 5 V2 Review
November 4, 2019
New player- and performance-centric features make a compact tone toolbox even more powerful and flexible.
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Old Blood Noise Endeavors Whitecap Review
November 1, 2019
Tremolo vs. tremolo in a single mad modulator.
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Quick Hit: Hamstead Odyssey Review
October 30, 2019
Three choices each for input-gain, EQ mode, and clipping circuits add up to impressive boost, overdrive, and distortion flexibility.
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Prescription Electronics Yardbox Review
October 27, 2019
Prescription reanimates their beastly take on the legendary Tone Bender MkII.
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Boss DD-200 Digital Delay Review
October 25, 2019
Boss strikes a smart compromise between digital options, compact design, and operational simplicity.
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Quick Hit: Nanolog Orbital Fuzz Review
October 20, 2019
The nano-molecular sandwich returns in a fuzz that ranges from full and ferocious to fractured.
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