TC-Helicon's Play series has all you need to sound like a pro. Photo: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac It’s hard enough to sing and play guitar at the same time, let alone manage a floor full of guitar ...

I’ve been playing music for coming up on 30 years now, and I’ve tried a ton of music gear. These days, I run a fairly bare-bones setup, with a smaller amp for those close venues, a couple of ...

The worst thing about being in a rock band is waiting for the guitarist to set up and adjust—and re-adjust, and then re-re-adjust—his interminable collection of effects boxes and pedals. But now ...

Although I grew up surrounded by the big hair rock of Bon Jovi and the like, my first introduction to the Talk Box guitar effect was not Living on a Prayer but Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way over a ...

When we first saw [Maarten Tromp]’s article about a “momentary latching switch” for guitar effects pedals, we have to admit to being a bit confused. When it comes to push-button switches, “momentary” ...

Throwing Star Wars, retro video games and other vintage nerd culture designs on the enclosures of guitar pedals would probably be a hell of a good marketing strategy regardless of the quality of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Without wanting a multi-fx pedal, many players are still in a constant search for ways to save ...

Guitar pedals are designed to take in a sound signal, do fun stuff to it, and then spit it out to your amplifier where it hopefully impresses other people. However, [Liam Taylor] decided to see ...

Let’s get one thing out of the way right up front: Yes, the main conceit of the $329 Cooper FX Arcades is a little gimmicky. It’s a guitar pedal into which you stick cards to apply different effects, ...

GEAR EXPO 2023: We've got everything from acoustic guitar ranges right up to complete guitar rigs in one box as we search out the best guitar pedals arriving this year. Never has there been a more ...