Boss has just unveiled its first noise gate pedal since 1987, the NS-1X Noise Suppressor – and this might be the pedal that to convert a new generation of players to the benefits of noise reduction.

Pigtronix has just dropped some fresh ordnance for your pedalboard, a high-gain, all-analogue fuzz pedal with a switchable noise gate that goes by the name of Gas Giant. The Big Apple-based guitar ...