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Electro-Harmonix releases Adrian Belew signature Echoflanger

September 15

Electro-Harmonix has released a signature-edition Adrian Belew Echoflanger, a limited tribute reissue honouring the pedal behind one of guitar’s most idiosyncratic tonal signatures. From his early work with Frank Zappa t

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