With power-taming features to rein In 100W and a Shape knob adding new sounds galore, the THIOO is a sub-£lOOO all-valve Orange head with way more than just one trick. Review by

For a lively, tactile sound with natural distortion at manageable volume, the guitar world is turning to the new breed of quality baby valve combos. Huw Price examines six of the best

Apex Xciter Арпек has been a big name in the strange and frightening world of sonic enhancement for many years now, and this new unit is a combination of three pedals which

The fifth instrumental album from maestro Jeff Beck, released in 1989, was Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop — described by the man as ‘an abstract, whatever-you-will type of record.’ This instrumental tour de

We’re always fascinated by the latest amazing sounding boutique effects and we do our best to keep you informed about the most exciting new releases. However we’d be the first to espouse

WARWICK Hellborg Mono Power 500 Amp & Preamp Although the winner of our bass amp category is way beyond most people’s budget, Warwick’s Hellborg preamp and power amp make up a cool-looking,

T-REX Reptile 2 TheT-Rex Reptile 2 is an excellent example of how sweetly ‘best of both worlds’ digital/analogue theory can work in practice. Digital processing brings low-noise operation and flexibility; faux-analogue signal-tampering

MOOG MF-108M Cluster Flux This cheekily-named pedal with its gorgeous ‘NASA coffee table’styling and high price tag isn’t just a chorus. No, indeed. One half of the Cluster Flux provides analogue delay-based

E-H Neo Clone Vintage-style chorus PRICE £50 CONTACT www.ehx.com Electro-Harmonix has spent the past few years giving all its old stompboxes a facelift and launching what seems like about a million new

The 78 Distortion may be a fiery box of all-out filth, but who ever knew all-out filth could be so downright classy? MXR kicked off their new Custom Badass series with this

LOUIS ELECTRIC KR12 Keith Richards was happy to put his initials on this American boutique combo, and you can’t argue with that (well we’re not), for this is a hand-wired tone machine

The J80 is clearly inspired by the classic, high power Tweeds of the late 5O’s but it combines that huge physical presence with an impresively wide frequency range. It shares the same