In a few days Paste will stake its claim on who the “greatest guitarist of all time” is, but first we have to talk about the ...

Reverb has revealed new sales analytics that shed light on which effects – both new and old – have been finding their way onto players’ pedalboards throughout 2025. The online gear marketplace’s ...

As we head towards the finale of 2025, I’ve been thinking a lot about all of the great new artists I’ve discovered since January. While I think this year has been a particularly great one for ...

The best clipless pedals will increase your pedalling efficiency, power transfer and comfort. Typically, road cyclists use clipless pedals while commuters tend to prefer flat pedals to be able to put ...

A couple of years ago, popular YouTube guitar nerd Paul Davids visited a nuclear power station in search of the ultimate guitar reverb. Now an effects pedal inspired by these sonic discoveries has ...

The Nintendo Switch, in many ways, is the ultimate handheld gaming device. Everything Nintendo has released since the Gameboy has culminated here. That makes it even more exciting when they commit ...

When I joined Pitchfork a couple months ago as its new editor, we got to work on what you’re reading now, the Best Songs of the 2020s So Far, our first big list of the year. On the surface, there’s ...

Best-in-class reverb algorithms. Incredibly deep sound design tools. Works with any instrument. Huge selection of very usable presets. Expensive. Requires a decent amount of menu diving if you're not ...

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