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This year’s new tech puts a world of effects at your feet

The XS-100 and XS-1 pitch shifters set out to give modern players dominion over the wildest effect on the pedalboard. Boss’s Matt Knight tells us more

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

Modern evolutions of classic gear dish the dirt this year

MY FAVORITE ENSEMBLE to play in is the power trio. With only three instruments — electric guitar, bass and drum kit — there’s so much freedom to explore concepts like space, time and dynamic range. Th