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"The articulation is sensational even with the overdrive knob cranked, and every note rings true no matter what you’re playing”: Universal Audio UAFX Enigmatic ‘82 Overdrive Special pedal review

Has UA committed heresy with its digitization of the holy grail of guitar tone? We find out…

Guitar World

“The authentic genre-defining sound of one of the world’s most ferocious high-gain amps”: Universal Audio unveils the UAFX Knuckles ’92, offering monster Dual Rectifier tones in a compact pedal

The Dual Rectifier shaped an era of rock and metal tone and the Knuckles '92 Rev F Dual Rec Amplifier pedal brings its Metallica and Foo Fighters-approved firepower to your pedalboard

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“A modern-day rock and metal classic that delivers the most powerful tones ever to come out of a guitar speaker”: Universal Audio packs classic Mesa/Boogie Rectifier sounds into stompbox form with its Knuckles '92 Dual Rec Amplifier pedal

With six classic microphone and cabinet configurations, and the original amp's green, orange, and red channel voicings, the new UAFX pedal aims to supply the authentic high-gain tones of punk, rock, and metal

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“The world’s most authentic amp models, no UA hardware required”: Universal Audio releases its industry standard UAFX amp modelling pedals as plugins

The Dream ’65, Lion ’68 and Ruby ’63 brought golden age Fender, Marshall and Vox tube amp tones to our pedalboards – and are now available to run natively on Mac and Windows

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“The magic that made these amps so legendary with more customization than we've ever put in a pedal”: Universal Audio’s Enigmatic ’82 is now the Dumble pedal amp to beat – offering iconic mods and three decades worth of ODS sounds in one stompbox

The latest UAFX pedal was made after the firm closely inspected a host of Overdrive Special amps, and offers in-app tweakability for a Dumble replica like no other

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“The sound of the most elusive guitar amps ever made”: Universal Audio unveils the UAFX Enigmatic ’82 Overdrive Special Amp– a Dumble-in-a-box for “heavenly” tones in the style of SRV, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayer et al

These are bold claims but Universal Audio has earned them with the success of its UAFX amp pedal lineup. And the Enigmatic ’82 might just be its most exciting release yet

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“Unleash bone-crushing riffs, searing leads, crystalline cleans, and everything in between”: UAFX’s amp modelling stompbox lineup takes a turn for the brutal with the high-gain Anti 1992

UAFX takes on a modern metal classic amp with the Peavey 5150-inspired Anti 1992 your all-in-one compact solution for scooped chug and Swedish death metal savagery

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"I wish everyone could sit in a room with vintage AC30s or Plexi Marshalls and have that experience, and a lot of people won't – I'm happy we're trying to do that": How Universal Audio rewired the modelling amp pedal concept, and won the Edge over

We talk to Tore Mogensen and James Santiago about the UAFX pedal project – its success, challenges and future

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A signature Strat from the Edge’s personal collection is heading to auction, expected to fetch upwards of $75,000 for charity

Based on the U2 guitarist’s 1973 black Strat, it has been played and signed by the man himself, and it comes bundled with 3 UAFX amp emulator pedals

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“Just like driving a Plexi Super Lead flat out, but accessible at lower volume levels – and won’t cause permanent ear damage”: Universal Audio UAFX Lion ’68 Super Lead Amp review

UA sought to capture the tone and feel of one of the most legendary guitar amps of all time in a pedal – and the Lion nails the brief

Guitar World

“Dazzlingly authentic speaker and miked room tones that truly sound and feel like guitar speaker cabinets”: UAFX OX Stomp Dynamic Speaker Emulator review

It's the Ox in a 'box, offering the same studio-quality cab and mic emulation in a compact, pedalboard-friendly format

Guitar World

“Affordable, gig-worthy stompboxes that bring pro-level polish and timeless tones to any rig”: Universal Audio UAFX Evermore, Heavenly, Orion and 1176 review

Offering studio hardware in a compact, pedalboard-friendly format, UAFX is democratizing reference-quality guitar tones – and we can't get enough of it

Guitar World

Universal Audio UAFX Ox Stomp Dynamic Speaker Emulator pedal review

A wonderful and well-featured preamp partner for tones, but with some notable omissions on the usability side

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Build your dream home pedalboard: take a deep dive into the collection of pedals we feel add up to the ultimate home rig

From reverbs and delay to IR loaders and loopers these are the pedals we are choosing for our perfect home pedalboard

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The Strymon Cloudburst is the top-selling new pedal on Reverb in 2023, but overall Boss is still… the boss!

An old-timer distortion pedal comes out fighting this year

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Universal Audio UAFX Lion '68 Super Lead Amp pedal review

Bringing Plexi back

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The Edge confirms his switch from amps to Universal Audio's UAFX pedals for U2's Las Vegas Sphere shows: "It's a case of high-level complexity to make it sound simple"

Even better than the real thing? The U2 guitarist reveals to MusicRadar what he's using

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Universal Audio expands its guitar effects lineup with four compact stompboxes offering studio-quality compression, reverb and tape echo emulation

These UAFX pedals are smaller, more affordable, with simplified controls, and include the 1176 Studio Compressor, Evermore Studio Reverb, Heavenly Plate Reverb and the Orion Tape Echo

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Universal Audio UAFX Galaxy '74 Tape Echo & Reverb pedal

Space-time continuum

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Universal Audio UAFX Del-Verb Ambience Companion delay and reverb pedal

The best of both worlds?

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Madison Cunningham, Mateus Asato, Yvette Young and Emily Hopkins demo the new Universal Audio UAFX delay, reverb and compressor effects pedals

Hear the Del-Verb, Galaxy '74 and MAX compressor at UA's Santa Cruz HQ

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NAMM 2023: Universal Audio debuts 3 new UAFX pedals, taking on the Space Echo, classic compressors and the greatest hits of reverb and delay

The Galaxy ‘74 Tape Echo and Reverb, Max Preamp & Dual Compressor and Del-Verb Ambience Companion promise to take the already high-end range to new heights

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NAMM 2023: Universal Audio reveals 3 new UAFX pedals: meet the Del-Verb Ambience Companion, Galaxy ‘74 Tape Echo and Reverb and Max Preamp & Dual Compressor

A delay and reverb combo, a pedal version of UA's Space Echo-inspired plugin and a classic compressor fans' dream

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