Muse’s Matt Bellamy buys Manson Guitar Works – Well most of it!

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Matt Bellamy of Muse has just bough the majority share of UK based Manson Guitar Works. So now the internationally famous guitarist literally owns his own guitar brand! Manson Guitar Works Majority Shareholding Acquired By Matthew Bellamy of Muse It has just been officially announced that Matt Bellamy from Muse  has purchased the majority share […]

Top 5 Boutique Fuzz Pedals of 2018 by Mr Black, ZVex, Beetronics, KHDK, Earthquaker

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I admit it. “Yes, I am a fuzz pedal addict.” I have no qualms about admitting this to anyone that will listen. For this year’s series of Top 5 lists, I have added my Top 5 Boutique Fuzz Pedals. All of them dirty, some of them rare and some of them nigh on impossible to […]

ZVex Russian Fuzz Factory 7 pedal now with Russian GT308Vs

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ZVex has just announced a new Russian Fuzz Factory 7 pedal, and it sounds pretty dirty and fuzzy in all the right ways. The backstory to this new effect series involves an old stash of Russian transistors… ZVex Russian Fuzz Factory 7 Luckily for us guitar players, boutique pedal builders like ZVex occasionally stumble upon […]

ZVex Vibrophase phase effects pedal: No candles needed!

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ZVex famously launched the concept of a candle-powered phaser pedal during the NAMM Show in 2016. Since the announcement of the Candela Vibrophase, many players wondered would if anything would really come of this crazy idea. Now the cat’s out of the bag! ZVex Vibrophase Zachary Vex is a mad genius, in the coolest sense […]

ZVex ’59 Sound Vertical: More Bassman for your buck?

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Following on from the decision by ZVex to release versions of the Fuzz Factory and Box of Rock pedals in the traditional vertical pedal format, the Minneapolis-based builder has decided to do the same with its 59 Sound Pedal. Otherwise, the new pedal is the same as the ‘landscape’ format original – except the price… ’59 […]