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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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Magnetic Effects Lonely Robot Review
April 19, 2019
A malleable, many-headed RAT clone that can be menacing or mellow.
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Quick Hit: Carvin X1 Tube Preamp Review
April 18, 2019
Vai’s “Blue Powder” amp gets distilled into a hefty-ass pedal with convenient recording and practice capabilities.
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HeadRush Gigboard Review
April 3, 2019
A compact yet powerful amp/effect modeler with a keep-it-simple attitude.
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Strymon Volante Review
April 2, 2019
The Milanese monster of magnetic echo returns in DSP form.
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Quick Hit: Becos CompIQ Pro Compressor Review
March 29, 2019
If you crave control and nuance, then this might be the squish box for you.
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Quick Hit: One Control Honey Bee Review
March 22, 2019
Bjorn Juhl’s sweet Supro-inspired circuit evolves again, with options to make it more open and aggressive.
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3 Leaf Chromatron Review
March 19, 2019
A sinfully fun filter effect with extraordinary range.
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Quick Hit: Adventure Audio Glacial Zenith II Review
March 17, 2019
An expertly tuned 3-band EQ and pre- and post-drive switching options make this dirt-plus-boost box a potent board buddy.
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Source Audio True Spring Review
March 12, 2019
The digital gurus’ super-authentic spring reverb emulation offers plug-and-play simplicity and deep-diving customizability.
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IK Multimedia iRig Stomp I/O Review
March 6, 2019
This audio interface/MIDI controller is perfect for iOS devices—and lots of other things.
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Quick Hit: Friedman Golden Pearl Review
March 3, 2019
The amp guru for heavyweights like Steve Stevens and Jerry Cantrell debuts a low-gain dirt box.
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Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon Review
February 27, 2019
The Grand Canyon’s core sound quality is excellent. Echoes are smooth and detailed, devoid of graininess or harsh resonance.
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Quick Hit: Way Huge Purple Platypus Review
February 13, 2019
New octave shades from a more evolved Platypus.
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Damnation Audio Ugly Twin Review
February 11, 2019
Three cascaded distortion effects in a single box.
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Trickfish Trilobite Review
February 8, 2019
The name may suggest something aquatic, but there’s nothing watered down about this DI.
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Third Man + Mantic Flex Review
February 4, 2019
Jack White’s fave phase-locked loop machine is a ticket to fuzzy fatness and synthy chaos.
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Quick Hit: Bogner Ecstasy Blue Mini Review
February 3, 2019
A wildly useful distortion that stretches far beyond the company’s hard-rock roots.
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Dusky Hypatia Review
January 17, 2019
Rowdy and refined distortion tones come naturally to Dusky’s newest stompbox.
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Zeppelin Quaverato Review
January 10, 2019
A hybrid analog/digital harmonic tremolo packing many modulation manipulation options.
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Quick Hit: SoloDallas TSR4 Schaffer Replica Classic Review
January 6, 2019
“Angus in a box”? Perhaps. But even tone weirdoes will be intrigued by this companding circuit’s unique, quasi-gated overdrive textures.
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