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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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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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Joyo Vision Dual-Modulation Review
October 2, 2019
A wildly varied modulation machine delivers familiar to far-out tone colors at a rock-bottom price.
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Crazy Tube Limelight Review
September 30, 2019
Flexible bias and gain controls extend the Maestro FZ-1 voice to awesomely utilitarian ends.
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Ramble FX Kismet Review
September 29, 2019
Many shades of dirty bliss are to be had in this highly tailorable and expression-pedal-enabled overdrive.
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Spaceman Gemini IV Review
September 28, 2019
Blendable germanium and silicon circuits open portals to almost infinite fuzz shadings.
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Kleissonic Howl Review
September 26, 2019
A made-in-Greece phase-shifting machine offers alternatives to familiar filter, phase, and modulation tones.
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Anasounds Element Review
September 25, 2019
Spring-reverb junkies rejoice: This brilliant offering from France puts three amp-rivaling ambience options right on your pedalboard.
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Rocket Surgeon Ice Caves Review
September 24, 2019
An abundance of ambient reverb colors from an intuitive, compact stomp.
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Sitek Pandora Review
September 23, 2019
Sitek twists the legendary Super Fuzz to expansive ends.
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Fender Downtown Express Review
September 22, 2019
Three of the most useful tone tools for bassists in a tidy, variable-XLR-equipped box.
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Source Audio C4 Synth Review
September 21, 2019
A streamlined synth pedal and its accompanying app open up a treasure trove of guitar-synth possibilities.
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Coppersound Loma Prieta Review
September 20, 2019
Unusual, dirty harmonic tremolo tones and more from a most unorthodox modulator.
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Electro-Harmonix Bass Mono Synth Review
September 19, 2019
Big, warm, analog synth sounds for your low go.
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MidValleyFx Double-Amp Distorter Review
September 18, 2019
Two wide-ranging op-amps with a delightfully rowdy edge.
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Red Panda Particle 2 Review
September 17, 2019
Though capable of chaotic violence, this granular delay is also ingenious, inspiring, and endlessly fun.
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Walrus Audio Slö Review
September 15, 2019
A dreamy array of pitch-shifted reverb textures.
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Ross Compressor Review
September 14, 2019
Does the reissue live up to the reputation of the original?
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Aclam Dr. Robert Review
September 11, 2019
Turn off your mind, relax, and float the treble stream!
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MXR Carbon Copy Mini Review
September 10, 2019
MXR cuts the Carbon Copy down to size—and it’s every bit as excellent as the original.
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