The rhythmic fretwork of the bass guitarist is almost always an essential element in modern music, but when it comes to effects processors, most pedals seem to head for lead guitar stardom. DigiTech ...

Two new multi-fx units are on the way from DigiTech: the Element and Element XP are marketed as the firm's solution to combining "state-of-the-art effects processing" and affordability. The headline ...

Only a short time ago, if you'd asked me to describe a modern guitar effects unit, something like the GR-55 from Boss would probably have come to mind. Since the introduction of iPhone and iPad music ...

All guitarists* suffer from the same disease: pedal lust. In our quest to improve our tone, we voraciously hoard stompboxes – fetching little things with pretty lights that we mash with our shoes, ...