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Dimebag Darrell’s favourite rack unit is reborn as a compact pedal: MXR unveils the Flanger/Doubler pedal – BBD-driven analogue mojo for ‘70s and ‘80s flavours or fatter metal tones

It ain't cheap but you have the same classic sounds as the original rack unit and the same controls too

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MXR revives Dimebag Darrell’s favorite rack unit in pedal form – and Zakk Wylde’s already used it live with Pantera

Dimebag used the original Flanger/Doubler rack unit as an always-on tone thickener

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“Harley Benton might have outdone itself. This is custom shop-level detail for under $350”: My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

New drops from Orange, Kramer, Harley Benton and more

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“This pedal records what you play and reshapes it into a shifting blend of tones and timbres”: Introducing Textures, the granular synth pedal from MXR that dreamy ambient tones are made of

Textures could not be any more on trend for guitarists making soundscapes, film scores, or creating noise-rock chaos

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A year on from the tragic passing of the great Ozzy Osbourne, we dive into the secrets behind Randy Rhoads’ guitar tone on the iconic Crazy Train – and lift the lid on how to nail the sound on a budget

How a mids-heavy EQ and a triple-tracked solo gave Rhoads to the sound that launched Ozzy's solo career

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MXR's high-gain Eddie Van Halen collab headlines Jim Dunlop's fresh pedal drop – and there's an Iron Maiden Killers Cry Baby too

NAMM 2026: The MXR EVH Modern High Gain Pedal was co-designed with Eddie Van Halen in 2015 and is officially here, and it's joined by a special Way Huge fuzz and some cool Cry Babies

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“I’ve always loved this kind of hard-clipping circuit as it’s really responsive to playing dynamics”: Great Eastern FX finds stash of super-rare NOS germanium diodes and makes a distortion inspired by MXR and DOD classics with a cocked-wah twist

Take three rare Soviet-era germanium diodes, add a band-pass filter, and there you have it, the recipe for a limited edition hard-clipping distortion like no other, the Distortion Filter D312A

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“A Gretsch guitar for just $189?! Yes please… the no-nonsense, raw-and-raucous Electromatic and Streamliner Jets are here – and they are beautiful”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week, from digital oil-can echo to Fender’s new US range

We've got Fender electrics and basses hot out of Cali, a state-of-the-art "vintage" delay pedal, cheap acoustics, expensive acoustics, and maybe the headphones monitoring tech you've been waiting for...

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“It’s taken 3 years, but a more affordable spin-off of one of the 21st century’s most advanced guitar designs has finally landed”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the most extravagant acoustic you will see all year

A $99,999 SJ-200, two Randy Rhoads tributes, and some visionary electrics from Ibanez – here are all the gear launches that you might have missed from the past seven days

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“The first run sold out quickly, leaving fans clamouring for another chance at those iconic tones”: Good news for Randy Rhoads fans – his MXR Distortion+ is back, and you have got to see its stunning special edition “Concorde” finish

All about the crazy train! This special edition reissue presents the late Ozzy guitarist's signature distortion in white with black pinstripes, gold knobs FTW...

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“We took Randy’s pedalboard out for the first time and did the first pedal with the polka dots. We’re releasing a second one”: MXR’s latest Randy Rhoads Distortion is inspired by another of the guitar great’s iconic axes – the Jackson Concorde

The second pedal honoring the Ozzy Osbourne guitarist was painstakingly spec’d from Randy’s original Distortion+

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“It’s difficult to think of a synth bass sound that couldn't somehow be achieved here”: MXR MB301 Bass Synth Pedal review

Has MXR and Ian Martin Allison created the bass synth to end all bass synths?

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“Thunderous sub-octave, expressive envelope, and lush modulation effects with killer tracking and sustain”: MXR unveils the MB301 Bass Synth – instant funk for your pedalboard

The Bass Synth is a funk engine with selectable waveforms, presets, and monophonic synth sounds evoking golden era Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Parliament/Funkadelic

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“Not just Wayne’s sound but Wayne's attitude, and the grit and the rawness of Detroit and of the MC5”: Two gain circuits, one knob, one punk legend – MXR launches limited edition Jail Guitar Doors Drive in memory of Wayne Kramer

Sales from this Reverb exclusive will support Kramer's charity supporting prisoner rehabilitation

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“The MC5's roaring distortion sound in a box”: MXR and Daredevil bottle Wayne Kramer’s gritty and explosive tone into the Jail Guitar Doors Drive pedal – and it has Tom Morello’s approval

The MC5 guitarist had worked on its design before his passing last year, and now it serves as an immortalization of his proto-punk legacy

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“Our answer to everything players have asked for and more”: Neural DSP’s Nano Cortex had one major drawback – but now it’s been addressed with a huge free firmware update that takes on Kemper and TONEX

An expanded utilities list with 47 new effects and improved control over the signal chain headline the free update

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“The X100 is very good at what it does – some might say even too good”: MXR Rockman X100 Analog Tone Processor Pedal review

The legendary Tom Scholz headphone amp and signal processor gets reborn in pedal form

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“Perfect for anyone seeking that specific '80s arena-rock vibe”: MXR Rockman X100 pedal

MXR revives Tom Scholz’s fabled '80s guitar headphone-amp tone in its latest pedal. Mass Hysteria ensues...

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These are the gear trends that will shape your guitar buying in 2025: we explored every inch of NAMM to discover what brands are plotting for the next 12 months – and how the guitar gear world at large is changing

NAMM 2025 was one for the history books, with an avalanche of surprise announcements as industry titans broke their own rules, the neck humbucker took a backseat and guitar stars started seeing other companies – here’s what we learned

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Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025

Our top picks from the likes of Fender, LR Baggs, MXR, DigiTech, Jackson and more

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“It was too good to keep to ourselves”: MXR gives Eddie Van Halen’s favorite orange box the golden touch with its 50th Anniversary Phase 90

You've had the carrot-colored Phase 90. Here's the carat-colored one, available March for a limited time only

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"The Layers is a subtle and unique pedal, with a lot of expressive depth": MXR Layers review

MXR's soundscaping pedal will sample, modulate, pitch-shift and stack your sound for lush, rich textures

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“The secret weapon that defined the sound of 1980s arena rock”: MXR officially revives the Rockman – the revolutionary headphone amp used by Joe Satriani, Phil Collen and Boston

The device – considered to be a forerunner to today's multi-effects pedals – revolutionized guitar recording, and can be heard on thousands of hits

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“The sound of a thousand hits”: The Rockman amp shaped the sound of 1980s rock – now MXR is bringing it back in a new pedal form

The original Rockman revolutionized guitar recording and is widely considered to be the forerunner to today's multi-effects pedals

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“MXR’s claim that Layers will ‘extend the creative potential of your instrument’ is absolutely right”: MXR Layers review

The latest pedal from MXR can enhance your sound with layered-in ambient sustain for expansive soundscapes

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