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

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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

The bombastic benchmark of the ‘brown’ sound has been channelled through a single-ended EL34 power section and hybrid preamp, with significant volume and price savings

IF YOU’VE BEEN paying attention to the contemporary guitar scene over the past 24 months, chances are you’ve heard of Mk.gee, everyone’s favorite fast-rising guitar hero who has ushered in a tonal rev

HISTORICALLY, FENDER LIKES to change or refresh its ranges every four or five years, and here, the new American Professional Classic range replaces the American Performer models we first saw in 2019.