EHX’s latest ‘9’ pedal wants to turn your guitar into something much more polite and sophisticated… but its vintage synth tones can also get pretty wild.
With faintly ridiculous oversized boxy enclosures and stripped-back controls and livery that recall a much simpler era of effects – but there’s more going on here than revivalism.
Spoiler alert: Yes, it probably is. Beetronics’ most ambitious pedal yet combines fuzz and overdrive with tremolo, auto-wah, octave-down splutters and more.
Fender jumps back into the affordable pedal market with a plethora of essentials aiming to outshine the competition. But can they compete with the crowded class of 2022?
