Toontrack hitmaker sdx $174 www.toontrack.com

Electro-Harmonix releases its most ambitious reverb pedal to date – and it goes way beyond ’verb to offer myriad sound-sculpting opportunities

Seriously swish goodies ideal for treating yourself or your near ones Words: Sam Cross Photography: Neil Godwin

Used by big names such as Richard Fortus and Audley Freed, and made here in the UK, Ivison guitars recall the lost art of the ‘golden era’ but in very original dress

If guitars are actually getting better by the day, us modders will have nothing to improve. Is it the end of the line, wonders Dave Burrluck, when he gets a new guitar on the bench

ThorpyFX’s latest stacks up the germanium transistors for full-fat vintage tone in a functional modern setting

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