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

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Electro-Harmonix revives the classic three-transistor Tone Bender and evolves it for more sonic variety

Modern evolutions of classic gear dish the dirt this year

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 ROTARY SPEAKER effect is a classic of the early rock ’n’ roll era, and Boss aims to bring back the goodness it captured in its original RT-20 pedal in a more compact guise here. In typical Boss st