Trevor Curwen
Trevor Curwen has played guitar for several decades – he's also mimed it on the UK's Top of the Pops. Much of his working life, though, has been spent behind the mixing desk, during which time he has built up a solid collection of the guitars, amps and pedals needed to cover just about any studio session. He writes pedal reviews for Guitarist and has contributed to Total Guitar, MusicRadar and Future Music among others.
Latest articles by Trevor Curwen
![The MixingLink's facilities make it a battery or 9V adaptor-powered Swiss Army Knife-style device that has loads of applications](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/286e3efb82816bcdc2d0c83b1acc916a-320-80.jpg)
Eventide MixingLink
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Eventide initially designed the MixingLink as a device to allow vocalists to access Eventide effects...
![Level and sustain are similar to a Dyna Comp's, and that clipping knob adjusts the input level](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/00f2c61d534b845dd7ad62450ad92487-320-80.jpg)
Keeley 4-Knob Compressor
By Trevor Curwen last updated
One of the most revered vintage compressors was created by Ross, using modified Dyna Comp circuitry. The Keeley 4-Knob Compressor, regarded as one of the best boutique examples, is derived from that
![The tap tempo and subdivision toggle-switch help set this compact delay apart from the crowd](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b6c1df25175878902f7c6006a394e417-320-80.jpg)
T-Rex Replay Box
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Two things set this apart from other compact delay pedals: a massive three seconds of delay time and a tap tempo with a subdivision switch
![This Custom Shop version is is faithful to the 'script logo' original](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/801ea8c21e27d44a6f082974aa484c3b-320-80.jpg)
MXR '76 Vintage Dyna Comp
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Launched in 1972, the MXR Dyna Comp was the original guitar-pedal compressor, and is still available from Jim Dunlop's revived MXR line
![The Quint is so named for its ability to pitch shift your signal a fifth up, alongside up and down octaves](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/80b56cd6df2f30ff4aac5949e5b24390-320-80.jpg)
T-Rex Quint Machine
By Trevor Curwen last updated
The Quint Machine is more than your standard octave pedal in that it not only gives you notes an octave up and an octave down, but also gives you a fifth up
![NeoComp lets you dial in the snap of the note with real accuracy, using those attack and release knobs](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c933af1e1c1243c234f82d0e032ff5cd-320-80.jpg)
T-Rex NeoComp
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Most guitar compressors are based on OTA circuitry, but T-Rex's NeoComp uses a VCA (as does the Boss CS-3), and is apparently modelled on the studio-grade Blackmer VCA
![The Creamer offers room, spring and hall reverbs selected by a toggle switch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/79d73f7493c209fc1755c220204c268f-320-80.jpg)
T-Rex Creamer
By Trevor Curwen last updated
The firm's Room-Mate pedals have been a favourite with many players, and now they can have T-Rex reverb in a smaller box, albeit without a stereo option
![The low boost switch helps emulate the bottom end of a large cabinet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/30bf99b79124157b556ec4f9fa56b78e-320-80.jpg)
T-Rex Vulture
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Offering more tonal options than most distortion pedals, the T-Rex Vulture features gain and level knobs, plus a tone knob and two smaller black knobs that control low boost and fat boost
![Finished in a shade that complements any Seafoam Green Fender, it's a simple two-knob design](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/025d3db4c1de0a697dd40fe9b9b879aa-320-80.jpg)
Red Witch Seven Sisters Grace
By Trevor Curwen last updated
A diminutive stompbox from the New Zealand effects firm
![Red Witch's Empress Chorus is used by the likes of Andy Summers](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/020f819f1cc80507f872f744ccfc66ee-320-80.jpg)
Red Witch Empress Chorus
By Trevor Curwen last updated
The Empress jams loads of chorus tones in a package that belies its size
![This Nano version is about one-quarter the size of the long discontinued Hot Tubes, which launched in 1978](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8c8f9a358137ec02336e00d08e140e7f-320-80.jpg)
Electro-Harmonix Hot Tubes Nano
By Trevor Curwen last updated
The New York pedal legend brings back a classic
![The Distortion Shout offers individual high, mid and low frequency controls, making it one tonally flexible pedal](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/67a5e298c15d7b03daa9d6d0e05045fe-320-80.jpg)
SSAudio Distortion Shout
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Another stomper from the Taiwanese newbies
![The tone switch controls the mid-frequency emphasis](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/63c471d68f223e6db0ea02a8015e8c7c-320-80.jpg)
Electro-Harmonix OD Glove
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Channeling classic British tones the OD Glove is one of EHX's new-for-2014 models
![The Overdrive Gig has a simple, easy-to-use design and a fetching brushed silver body](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3e818850abd04fee5965746fa54a4a03-320-80.jpg)
SSAudio Overdrive Gig
By Trevor Curwen last updated
We take a look at one of the debut offerings from SSAudio
![Despite its nano-fication, EHX's latest Big Muff Pi retains almost all of the character of the original](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a824fc599cde3336ba2c8c5b4572ef80-320-80.jpg)
Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff Pi
By Trevor Curwen last updated
The universally praised distortion/fuzz becomes more attainable than ever
![EHX's latest shares some its technical innards with Ibanez's famed tone machine](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7f2a6a151786d4f66917ee444429c923-320-80.jpg)
Electro-Harmonix East River Drive
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Not yet ratedThe NY firm sets it's sights on a JRC4558-based overdrive that recalls the famed Ibanez box
![The Magneto certainly seems robustly put together, especially given the excellent price](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/081f6116814008d2ca44a895b6564d92-320-80.jpg)
sE Electronics Magneto
By Trevor Curwen last updated
A marvel mic? Trevor Curwen gets attracted to sE Electronics' first venture into the budget mic market
![Fitting the Mastery Bridge is easy: its mounting posts slot straight into your guitar's two original recessed thimbles](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3d9c4e60273d5b92e39daae898a11009-320-80.jpg)
Mastery Offset Bridge
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Quality replacement bridge for Jaguars and Jazzmasters
![The VX can either screw onto a mic stand or camera tripod, or can sit on your tabletop on its own easily-angled stand](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4d3275e906d7f67b228b52d2d353b8eb-320-80.jpg)
Line 6 Sonic Port VX
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Line 6's new Sonic Port VX is designed to provide everything you need for recording to an iOS device or a Windows computer
![All of the effects have nine adjustable parameters](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bba8b8178f19a54da51181eefcc9ca74-320-80.jpg)
Source Audio Soundblox 2 Orbital Modeller
By Trevor Curwen last updated
While pedalboard-friendly, the Orbital Modeller offers access to two modulation effects chosen from a range of choruses, flangers and phasers
![Dedicated footswitches are available for bank up, bank down and the two presets](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c71b254de92681438f73cc6d94d97320-320-80.jpg)
Korg SDD-3000 Pedal
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Korg puts the essence of its 80s digital delay into a stompbox. You've found what you're looking for…
![From the Mooer Mod Factory up to the Strymon Mobius, there's an option for every budget](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4edd498f3f89085c60e301ccf0ce009c-320-80.jpg)
Modulation multi-effects: what you need to know
By Trevor Curwen last updated
Do you want a phaser, a chorus or a flanger? How about one pedal that has them all? We give you the lowdown on the beast that is the multi-modulation pedal...
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