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These new Boss pitch-shifting pedals have been a long time in the making, and now they’re here and ready to go toe-to-toe with DigiTech

ONE OF THE most inspiring guitar tones is the sound of a tube amp that’s just on the edge of breaking up. There’s something truly magical about a combo that hovers between clean and distorted, coaxing

Manson Guitar Works’ first stompbox delivers a high degree of variation in your fuzz tone

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Valves continue to deliver delectable tone in this line-up of world-class heads and combos

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER Tube Screamer-inspired overdrive has shown up at our door. At this point, we have to ask ourselves, “Have we hit the ceiling in the amount of Screamer-style overdrive pedals?” We