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Pedals & effects

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Premier GuitarGuitarsState of the Stomp: Pedalboards for Vocalists It started with a classic parental fantasy: I was going to launch a punk-rock project with my kid. Standard vocals weren’t going to cut it. We wanted a sound with some real weirdness in it.

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Guitar WorldGuitarsPedal Pawn unveils the Say Wah – a ground-up quest to recreate the perfect wah tone of SRV and Hendrix If you’re a tone chaser obsessed with vintage blues rock legends, specifically Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix, you may have already come across Pedal Pawn.

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Guitar Pedal XGuitars2026 October Pedal-Chain Update - Episode X - Harmonious Tubular Tremors October has been a somewhat strange Birthday month, beset by setbacks, incidents and accidents, but actually in retrospect not too bad of a month actually.

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Guitar Pedal XGuitarsHangman fx's latest The Dancing Plague is a genius Stereophonic Time-Travelling Bi-Modulated Tri-Delay, accompanied by a super smart micro pressure-sensing expression pedal What we have here is Hangman fx’s brand new killer The Dancing Plague compact stereo modulated delay pedal, accompanied by the recent Stomp Express Pressure-Sensing Micro Expression Pedal.

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MusicRadarGearThe MusicRadar gear roundup Oct 2026 edit – fresh drops from EBMM, Gibson, JHS Pedals and more It’s Halloween, folks. Congratulations, we made it. The witch hat knobs are officially in season. Pumpkin spice lattes are back on the menu – please enjoy responsibly.

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Audiofanzine (FR)EuropeLe storyboarder des Simpsons, John Achenbach a décoré une série de pédales JAM La marque grecque Jam Pedals a collaboré avec John Achenbach sur une série de pédales à la décoration spéciale Halloween. Jetons un œil.

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Premier GuitarGuitarsRobert Keeley: 25 Years of Changing the Guitar Pedal Game It all started with a two-knob compressor 25 year ago. Robert Keeley and his innovative team have sold over 1-million pedals developing a legendary brand that continues to influence and inspire…

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AudiofanzineEurope11 pedals to replace your guitar amp When it comes to guitar sound, all-in-one pedalboards that model amps, effects, and speakers are clearly all the rage.

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IK MultimediaMakersWelcome on Board Tour Experience TONEX Board & Parametric Tone Model Technology Live TONEX is hitting the road with Welcome on Board Tour , an international series of events bringing TONEX Board and the revolutionary…

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Guitarristas.infoEuropeBOSS Katana-25, un combo de 25 W para casa con Bluetooth y modo de 0,5 W El nuevo combo de la serie Katana monta un altavoz de 8″, seis tipos de ampli y más de 60 efectos BOSS, tiene Bluetooth, y además funciona como interfaz de audio por USB-C para grabar en el ordenador…

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ICON (icon.jp)JapanIK Multimedia、機材の設定の違いによる音色変化をAIで予測する新技術、『TONEX Parametric Tone Model』を発表…… モデリングの柔軟性とAIキャプチャーのリアリズムを融合 IK Multimediaが革新的なテクノロジー、『TONEX Parametric Tone Model』を発表。来月(2026年11月)、このテクノロジーを使って作成されたTONEX用のParametric Tone

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Guitarristas.infoEuropeLine 6 HX Stomp con NAM: un forero lo instala con un firmware no oficial Un desarrollador independiente ha publicado un firmware modificado que permite cargar capturas NAM A2 Lite en la Line 6 HX Stomp, y uno de nuestros foreros ya lo ha instalado.

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Gear4music BlogGearLine 6 Helix Stadium XL Review – A New Era for Live Guitar Rigs? With new Agoura amp modelling, Proxy capture technology, and Showcase performance automation, the Stadium XL promises far more than great guitar tones.

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Electro-HarmonixMakersElectro-Harmonix Introduces the Wailer Wah Pro Please enable JavaScript to load this product data. NOT AVAILABLE Call 877-323-0357 Only left Preorder available Backordered Free -Day Shipping!

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Electro-HarmonixMakersBrooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo 2026 Huge Pedal Expo in the heart of Brooklyn! Meet EHX effects experts and demo our latest gear at the Brooklyn Pedal + Synth Expo , October 17-18 .

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Cutaway Guitar MagazineEuropeFlattley Pedals Reaper 10A La firma británica recupera su primer pedal de producción, lanzado hace una década, y lo reinventa con dos modos de clipping y una función de boost en el Flattley Pedals Reaper…

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Electro-HarmonixMakersGuitar Summit 2026 | Mannheim, Germany Halloooooo, Mannheim! Electro-Harmonix exhibits at Europe’s largest guitar show! EHX representatives are at Guitar Summit 2026 and can’t wait to show off all the latest and greatest EHX effects.

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Walrus AudioMakersThe Case for an EQ Pedal Each step in your signal chain, whether it’s a pedal, amp setting, pickup selection, or even string gauge/type, brings in variables that affect your overall tone.

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delamarEuropeMXR Turbo Tuner M400 Test: Stroboskop-Stimmgerät für dein Pedalboard Im MXR Turbo Tuner M400 Test reagiert das Stroboskop-Stimmgerät blitzschnell und lässt mich meine Gitarre noch besser oktavrein einstellen.

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Guitar WorldGuitarsThe best new gear this week, feat. Kim Gordon's Jazzmaster and the pedal with the severed finger Welcome to Guitar World ’s weekly gear round-up, your one-stop-shop for keeping up to date with what’s been happening in the big wide world of guitar gear over the past seven days.

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Guitar WorldGuitarsHow the EHX Deluxe Memory Man won the hearts of Robert Smith, the Edge and Adrian Belew and transformed guitar tone As mentioned in a previous Power Tools column about the Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress flanger , the introduction of low-cost bucket-brigade device (BBD) integrated circuits kicked off a…

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Audiofanzine (FR)Europe11 pédales pour remplacer votre ampli de guitare Quand on parle de son de guitare, la mode est clairement aux pédaliers tout-en-un qui modélisent amplis, effets et enceintes.

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Audiofanzine (FR)EuropeIK Multimedia étend Tonex aux Parametric Tone Models Les potards de vos amplis modélisés retrouvent leur réponse originale avec les Parametric Tone Models.

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Guitar WorldGuitarsTroy Van Leeuwen reunited with Dr. No effects for the Blameshifter, a switching pedal that features a severed finger Fresh from becoming the first artist to get a signature Squier Paranormal guitar, Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen is releasing a new stompbox with Dr.

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