AMPS & EFFECTS

1 FENDER HAMMERTONE SERIES PEDALS

Following 2021’s release of its Dual pedals, Fender has further expanded its effects range with the Hammertone series, featuring no fewer than nine new stompboxes that are due to start shipping in April. Designed under the watchful eye of Fender Effects bod Stan Cotey, the Hammertone line-up gives us an affordable, well-rounded collection of pedals starting at £69.99. Included in the range are the Hammertone Overdrive (pictured), Distortion, Metal, Fuzz, Chorus, Flanger, Reverb, Delay and Space Delay.

While the Hammertone range might appear straightforward with its series-wide utilitarian box design (in a hammer-style