Catalinbread has just launched a chorus pedal with an octave-down effect that gives you plug-in-and-play dream pop tones. Ironically, it’s called Wake, and it was inspired by the early digital ...

An effect that's gone from uber-popular, to much maligned, before looping back around to being flavour of the moment, the best chorus pedals can offer some unique tones for your pedalboard. I've ...

Modulation effects are early staples of music production and electric instrument soundcraft. As producers, we all know how flange, chorus or phaser effects sound, and we know that the range of sonic ...

It might be a gross oversimplification to state that the chorus pedal defined the guitar sound of the ’80s, but the effect did indeed appear on a hell of a lot of recordings during the entire decade ...

How many times have you listened back to a mix and found yourself wondering why it sounds flat or thin when compared to commercial releases? Worse still, maybe you are listening back and thinking that ...

All guitarists* suffer from the same disease: pedal lust. In our quest to improve our tone, we voraciously hoard stompboxes – fetching little things with pretty lights that we mash with our shoes, ...

While most guitar effects pedal companies are either trying to appeal to customers with some combination of nostalgia/familiarity and/or edgy/modern/rock ‘n’ roll vibes, Lantern Manufacturing went in ...

Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

BOSS knows a thing or two about effects, so it comes as no surprise that they just released an impressive new guitar and bass multi-effects pedal named the GX-100 (Amazon, Sweetwater). Imagine all ...