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The Monument Harmonic Tremolo V2 gets an Editors Choice from Guitar.com!

May 7

One of our favorite gear magazines/websites recently reviewed the Monument V2 and gave it a Readers Choice pick! We're very honored and are so stoked that the pedal is being so well received. Read the full review here: h

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