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EQ Pedals

New Pedal: GFI System Enieqma EQ + Boost

Designed and built by an (unexpectedly) Indonesian wonder of a company, the GFI System Enieqma is a stereo / dual channel device that takes on equalizing and boost duties and does it both uniquely and impressively. With its large LCD screen displaying the EQ curve you are working with, this…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: GFI System Enieqma EQ + Boost

API TranZformer GTR EQ+Overdrive

A name nothing short of legendary in the pro audio realm, API entered the stompbox niche in 2017 with the TranZformer GT, an EQ + compressor inheriting the company's technology used in their mixing consoles' channel strips. As good as it sounded, that pedal had an obvious downside: it was…Click on the title for more

API TranZformer GTR EQ+Overdrive

Empress ParaEQ mkII (+ Deluxe Version)

When we put together this article about the best EQ pedal earlier in 2022, we couldn't believe how much interest there was in a discontinued pedal by Empress Effects, the ParaEQ, and wondered why it was out of production... enter the new Empress ParaEQ mkII and mkII Deluxe, two compact…Click on the title for more

Empress ParaEQ mkII (+ Deluxe Version)

Source Audio EQ2 Programable Equalizer

Presented at NAMM 2020, the Source Audio EQ2 Programable Equalizer improves upon the Boston company’s original Programmable EQ pedal. It offers a combination graphic and parametric equalizer with 10 fully adjustable frequency bands, stereo output and an eight preset system. Up to 12dB of boost. Additionally, EQs can be different…Click on the title for more

Source Audio EQ2 Programable Equalizer

Origin Effects DCX Boost

Despite its name, the Origin Effects DCX Boost is a lot more than just a boost pedal, but rather, as its "subtitle" suggests, a studio-grade preamp able to shape and overdrive your tone. The DCX follows a path recently embarked on by the British company linked to the designing of…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects DCX Boost

New Pedal: Homenoise More or Less Boost

Built in wonderful Denmark (which we visited just in July 2023!) the Homenoise More or Less Boost represents an innovative take on the frankly not-too-exciting but ever-useful boost circuit. With only two knobs and two modes, this pedal can do much more to your tone than initially expected, mostly because…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Homenoise More or Less Boost

Origin Effects M-EQ Driver

The large blue panel of the Pultec studio rack equalizer has a place like few other pieces of gear in the history of recording, and the Origin Effects M-EQ Driver puts its sound, quite literally, at your feet. Using the Adaptive Circuitry system recently introduced on the company's TS-inspired Halcyon…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects M-EQ Driver

New at NAMM 2023: Sunnaudio R2D3 Helion Preamp EQ

At the NAMM 2023 Show, Marc at Sunnaudio showed us and played for us the prototype of the company's new Sunnaudio R2D3 Helion Preamp EQ, a bass-oriented, high-end Swiss army device that works well also on guitar and any other instrument with a pickup. A 3-way parametric EQ section lets…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM 2023: Sunnaudio R2D3 Helion Preamp EQ

Sonicake Tone Group Graphic EQ

The Sonicake Tone Group EQ is a new, sub-$50 entry in the world of graphic EQ pedals. There isn't much to say about this device, besides that it's fully analog and offers ±15dB of boost or cut for a total of 1- frequency bands, and an overall volume knob placed…Click on the title for more

Sonicake Tone Group Graphic EQ

New Pedal: Muir Audio Design Morphtone EQ

Hand-built in the UK, the Muir Audio Design Morphtone EQ is a peculiar and powerful take on the dual parametric equalizer pedal designed for guitar and bass players. The basic approach here is to have two very different parametric EQ stages that operate in parallel on a wide range of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Muir Audio Design Morphtone EQ

Ibanez Pentatone Preamp and EQ Pedal

The Ibanez Pentatone is a new, analog Preamp and EQ pedal by an electric guitar builder that, notwithstanding having manufactured the most popular stompbox of all times, hasn't been particularly active in the pedal realm in the last few years. The Pentatone is an entirely new product in the Japanese…Click on the title for more

Ibanez Pentatone Preamp and EQ Pedal

2023 UPDATE! Best EQ Pedals for Guitar: Graphic & Parametric

Welcome to our article focused on the best EQ pedals for guitar, organized by features and price range. This article was updated on March 22, 2023. --- EQ may not be the flashiest effect there is, but we'd be hard-pressed to find a pro guitarist who doesn't tweak their EQ…Click on the title for more

2023 UPDATE! Best EQ Pedals for Guitar: Graphic & Parametric

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