Effects Pedal Reviews
|Review of the Electro Harmonix Micro Synth
03 Aug 2010
"A fascinating tool that will turn your guitar into a completely different instrument..."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
03 Aug 2010
"A remarkably versatile combination of Echo, Chorus and Vibrato..."
|Review of the Digitech JamMan Looper and Delay
03 Aug 2010
"A combination Looper and Delay for the creative guitarist who likes playing with himself..."
|Review of the Electro-Harmonix Cathedral Stereo Reverb
02 Aug 2010
"This Reverb is quite complex but not at all scary thanks to a well-written manual..."
|Review of the Visual Sound Garage Tone Drivetrain Overdrive
19 Jul 2010
"A lovely smooth overdrive with two tone controls..."
|Review of the Visual Sound Garage Tone Oil Can Phaser
19 Jul 2010
"A simple and effective analog phaser to "lush-up" your sound..."
|Review of the Visual Sound Garage Tone Chainsaw Distortion
19 Jul 2010
"A great sounding and affordable distortion..."
|Review of the Visual Sound Garage Tone Axle Grease Delay
19 Jul 2010
"A versatile and wide ranging delay pedal..."
|Review of the Visual Sound Garage Tone Chopper Tremolo
19 Jul 2010
"An authentic sounding, vintage style effect that's essential for any rock'n'roll guitarist..."
|Review of the T Rex Luxury Drive Signal Booster
15 Jun 2010
"Sometimes simple and effective is all you're gonna' need..."
|Review of the T Rex Mudhoney Distortion Pedal
15 Jun 2010
"This warm and fuzzy little box is well-named..."
|Review of the T Rex Tonebug Overdrive Effects Pedal
15 Jun 2010
"This pretty vintage-flavoured pedal delivers smooth and instantly addictive overdrive..."
|Review of the Electro-Harmonix Poly Chorus and Flange
21 Apr 2010
"A Filter Matrix, a Flange, a Chorus and a short-delay Echo all in one box..."
|Review of the Electro-Harmonix Tube Zipper
20 Apr 2010
"This is a fascinating combination of Envelope Filter and Distortion..."
|Review of the Electro-Harmonix Wiggler Vibrato and Tremolo
20 Apr 2010
"Based on the effects found onboard classic vintage guitar amps..."
|Review of the Digitech Hardwire Tube Overdrive
19 Oct 2009
"This unit delivers excellent tube emulation results over its tightly defined range of overdrive levels..."
|Review of the Vox Satchurator
19 Oct 2009
"The Vox Satchurator is a rare find amongst distortion pedals, it's simple, yet intelligent..."
|Review of the Digitech Hardwire Valve Distortion
19 Oct 2009
"This little box will take you from classic rock right through to the edges of heavy metal..."
|Review of the Digitech Hardwire Delay and Looper
19 Oct 2009
"The Hardwire line of effects pedals are extraordinarily well-made, feel robust and look the business..."
|Review of the Digitech Hardwire Stereo Chorus
19 Oct 2009
"There's an incredible wealth of chorus choice in this little box..."
|Review of the Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus
15 Oct 2009
"The Danelectro Cool Cat series is smaller than the Danelectro FAB series but retains the cool Cadillac-tail-fin design..."
|Review of the Danelectro Cool Cat Distortion
15 Oct 2009
"This little unit delivers excellent Distortion tones within the parameters it sets itself..."
|Review of the Danelectro Cool Cat Drive
15 Oct 2009
"All the setting on this unit are usable, which can't often be said about overdrive units..."
|Review of the Danelectro Cool Cat Metal II
15 Oct 2009
"The scoop filters add a tonal scope of character that you've got no right to expect at this price..."
|Review of the Danelectro Cool Cat Vibe
15 Oct 2009
"Vibrato is, in my opinion, one of the most difficult effects to set properly..."
|Review of the Boss FBM-1 Fender Bassman
14 Oct 2009
"This is not so much an effects pedal as an amp modeller dedicated to one famous amplifier..."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix Knockout Attack Equaliser
14 Oct 2009
"An extraordinarily simple yet effective device to fine-tuning your tone..."
|Review of the Boss Roland RE20 Space Echo
14 Oct 2009
"This is a comprehensive echo unit that knocks the socks off anything I can remember trying in terms of sound quality..."
|Review of the Line 6 Distortion Modeller
12 Oct 2009
"The DM4 is not cheap, but the range of modelled effects is pretty comprehensive..."
|Review of the Line 6 Floor Pod Plus
12 Oct 2009
"How else are you going to play through a Vox amp that was made in 1960...?"
|Review of the Line 6 Floor Pod
12 Oct 2009
"If you play a wide scope of musical styles the convenience of owning a good amp modeller is a matter of common sense.."
|Review of the Zoom G2 Multi Effects Pedal
09 Oct 2009
"The usefulness of the unit when weighed against the price makes it almost impossible not to own one..."
|Review of the Voodoo Lab Superfuzz
09 Oct 2009
"This is a remake of the celebrated 1968 Jordon Bosstone Fuzz with a couple of modern enhancements..."
|Review of the Ibanez Tube Screamer
06 Oct 2009
"Stick a Tube Screamer between a Les Paul and a Marshall and you are treading the path of many a guitar immortal..."
|Review of the Boss FDR-1 Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb
06 Oct 2009
"This is not so much an effects pedal as an amp modeller dedicated to one famous amplifier..."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix Worm
14 Oct 2008
"A very much vintage-flavoured offering from Electro-harmonix, reminds me of my old EH Clone Theory."
|Review of the Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive
14 Oct 2008
"The Digitech Bad Monkey is not a dramatic in-your-face-murder-box and I like it better for that."
|Review of the Digitech Screamin' Blues Overdrive Distortion
14 Oct 2008
"This is a very classy little pedal that delivers a full sweep of classic overdrive levels without descending into the nutter-bastard-mental arena of out-and-out distortion."
|Review of the Digitech Hyperphase Phaser
14 Oct 2008
"For the money, this is an excellent box of tricks."
|Review of the Digitech Digiverb Digital Reverb
14 Oct 2008
"The Digiverb is essential kit if you gig or record."
|Review of the Digitech Whammy
14 Oct 2008
"For a clever and inventive player this little box of tricks will be a bone fide goldmine."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix Bass Balls and Bass Balls Nano Dynamic Filters
14 Oct 2008
"...the kind of effect any bass player might use once in a set to maybe showcase a bass solo or really groove into a funky bass line."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix Tube EQ
14 Oct 2008
"Essentially the Tube EQ is a double layer of lush extra tone for your instrument."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger
14 Oct 2008
"The level of control offered on the Electric Mistress means that simple, straightforward flanging can and should be part of your guitar vocabulary."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb
14 Oct 2008
"If your amplifier doesn't already have a reverb then a unit like this is a must buy."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix 2880 Multi-Track Looper
14 Oct 2008
"This looper is actually very much a portable digital multi-track recorder."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix EH 4800 Small Stone and Small Stone Nano Phase Shifter
14 Oct 2008
"There's nothing groundbreaking here, just a good solid Phaser with simple controls."
|Review of the Danelectro FAB Metal
13 Oct 2008
"As the name suggests this little black box has evil in mind. Basically it's a very naughty Distortion Box."
|Review of the Danelectro Black Paisley Overdrive
13 Oct 2008
The description on the box is "Liquid Metal".
|Review of the Danelectro FAB Overdrive
13 Oct 2008
"The Fab Overdrive promises to recreate the sound of overdriven valves. Valve overdrive is desirable because it contains only ear-pleasing harmonics."
|Review of the Danelectro Wasabi Overdrive
13 Oct 2008
"This can only be described as multi-functional Overdrive!"
|Review of the Danelectro Pepperoni Phaser
13 Oct 2008
"I like this little unit despite the fact that it only has one control."
|Review of the Danelectro Black Liquorice Beyond Metal Distortion and Octivider
13 Oct 2008
"This unit should be sold with a small cage to keep it in when you're not using it."
|Review of the Danelectro FAB Distortion
13 Oct 2008
"A straight forward little Distortion box with a good range of sounds."
|Review of the Danelectro FAB Flange Flanger
13 Oct 2008
"Fab Flange sounds like a compliment you might pay your girlfriend... or not?"
|Review of the Digitech Grunge Distortion
13 Oct 2008
"Certainly one of the most interesting single effect distortion units I've encountered."
|Review of the Digitech Synth Wah Envelope Filter
13 Oct 2008
"This box, for me personally, would be worth its weight in the gig-bag for Envelope 1, Filter 1 and the AutoWah."
|Review of the Digitech Distortion Factory
13 Oct 2008
"This little unit holds some seriously dangerous prisoners, digital models of seven of the greatest distortion units known to man. I picked the meanest looking guitar I could find and went on a prison visit..."
|Review of the Digitech Hot Head Distortion
13 Oct 2008
"The Digitech Hot Head gives the guitarist a wide sweep of distortion levels."
|Review of the Danelectro Milkshake Chorus
11 Sep 2008
"I personally really liked the subtle edge this unit gave to lead runs when the Speed and Depth are at minimum."
|Review of the Digitech DigiDelay Delay
11 Sep 2008
"The Digitech unit is a superb example that covers an outstanding range of delay types and ranges."
|Review of the Electro Harmonix Small Clone Chorus
11 Sep 2008
"The name of Kurt Cobain is linked to this little box of tricks."
|Review of the Danelectro Wasabi Forward Reverse Delay
01 Sep 2008
"Up to (a disconcerting) three seconds of delay. And you can have that backwards...!"
|Review of the Danelectro FAB Chorus
01 Sep 2008
"Chorus is the one essential Desert Island effect for all guitarists. Even minimal addition of Chorus fattens your sound in a satisfying way. But watch out, it's addictive..."
|Review of the Danelectro Blue Paisley Overdrive
01 Sep 2008
"This overdrive pedal has quite complex tone and eq functions..."
|Review of the Digitech Jimi Hendrix Experience Effects Pedal
01 Sep 2008
"I used a Squier Stratocaster to check out this little monster..."
|Review of the Korg Pandora Toneworks PX4 Effects Processor
01 Jan 2008
"This is a personal Multi-effect processor with 124 effects and 40 preset rhythm and bass patterns. There's a 32 second recording function with key transpose function so you can record and slow down that widdly bit that's defeating you. Also crammed into this tiny box is a pickup modeller, guitar synth, virtual feedback effect and intelligent pitch shifter..."
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