Best electric guitar strings 2024: the finest electric guitar strings for every budget and playing style By Chris Corfield last updated 11 March 24 Keep your axe feeling and sounding fresh with the best electric guitar strings on offer right now
NAMM 2024: “A pedal that can withstand the crushing boot of metal’s most relentless lead guitarist”: Dunlop reissues Zakk Wylde's Cry Baby wah as they celebrate 20 years of partnership By Phil Weller published 2 February 24 The “thick, cutting wah” pedal follows the reissue of Zakk Wylde Rotovibe and five Wylde Audio/MXR pedals as Dunlop polishes up the guitarist’s pedalboard mainstays
NAMM 2024: “The same design as the one Jimi Hendrix wore when he stole the show at a 1967 music festival”: Vintage reissue straps are now a thing: check-out this Dunlop x Authentic Hendrix reproduction of Jimi’s Monterey Pop strap By Matt Parker published 28 January 24 Get the strap that held the guitar that Hendrix set on fire...
NAMM 2024: “A core component of Zakk's sound since 1988”: Dunlop has reissued Zakk Wylde’s go-to Rotovibe pedal to celebrate 20 years of partnership – and it’s got a sleek new look By Matt Owen published 28 January 24 The $399 unit follows in the foosteps of the original limited-edition Rotovibe revival, which has been a pedalboard mainstay for the Black Label Society guitarist
Best guitar picks: recommended plectrums to upgrade your playing By Jonathan Horsley last updated 18 October 23 Our expert guide to the best picks for bass, acoustic and electric guitar
“It’s the greatest wah, for me, that’s ever been made”: Kirk Hammett owns 200 wah pedals, but this is his studio go-to – and it’s not his signature Cry Baby By Matt Parker published 23 August 23 The Metallica guitarist says he uses someone else’s signature wah every time he’s in the studio
He’s one of Japan’s most iconic shredders and plays in a band called Loudness – now Akira Takasaki has an outrageous fuzz-loaded Cry Baby worthy of his reputation By Michael Astley-Brown published 2 August 23 The fleet-fingered virtuoso has collaborated with Dunlop on one of the wildest Cry Babys yet
The world’s most expensive guitar pick? A Kurt Cobain-signed plectrum, thought to have tracked the Nevermind demos, has sold at auction for over $14,000 By Matt Parker published 6 July 23 The pick features Cobain’s doodled take on the Dunlop Tortex logo. “I knew this piece was special when I saw it,” says buyer Shaun Ertischek
MXR might have just made the most versatile Fuzz Face ever – and it only has two controls By Michael Astley-Brown published 6 June 23 The Hybrid Fuzz combines germanium and silicon transistors for one era-spanning fuzz pedal
Dunlop, Daredevil Pedals team up to create "gnarly," fuzz circuit-loaded Cry Baby wah pedal By Jackson Maxwell published 1 May 23 A switch on the pedal's side lets users choose between the wah and fuzz effects, with further tweaking of the latter available via a pair of controls housed beneath its bottom plate
Dunlop Cry Baby Bass Wah: the most recognizable effects pedal ever made? By Nick Wells published 5 April 23 Classics don’t come much more heavyweight than the Cry Baby wah-wah and the 105Q Bass edition is no exception
Best mini pedals for guitarists: our pick of space-saving effects for your pedalboard By Alex Lynham last updated 2 March 23 Honey, I Shrunk The Rig! Get compact with our pick of the best mini guitar pedals
Dunlop honors Jimi Hendrix's iconic effects with Authentic Hendrix '68 Shrine mini pedals By Matt Owen published 2 February 23 Four pedals inspired by the Uni-Vibe, Octavio, Fuzz Face and Band of Gypsys Fuzz are included, featuring artwork remixed from John Van Hamserveld's Shrine Auditorium concert poster
Dunlop partners with Korn’s James “Munky” Shaffer and Brian “Head” Welch for new signature 7-string set By Matt Owen published 28 July 22 Featuring Dunlop's Heavy Core technology, these sweet Korn guitar strings look just the thing for adventures in low-end metal riffs, nu or otherwise
Jim Root partners with Dunlop for chug-friendly drop A and drop B signature strings By Matt Owen published 26 July 22 The Slipknot guitarist's new custom-gauge sets seek to provide tuning stability and high-end clarity capable of accommodating his low-end six-string onslaughts
Dunlop releases Kirk Hammett's second signature Cry Baby Wah, the KH95X By Jackson Maxwell published 2 May 22 Inspired by the Metallica guitarist's Ouija ESP, the KH95X delivers all of Hammett's signature wah tones in a purple sparkle enclosure
Dunlop unveils flashy special-edition Cry Baby Junior Wah pedals By Michael Astley-Brown published 7 April 22 Available in white and black finishes, the compact Pedaltrain collab pays homage to the iconic Cry Baby ‘wave’ logo
Dunlop Justin Chancellor Cry Baby Wah review By Joel McIver published 29 March 22 The ultimate Tool box? Filter, fuzz and wah in one souped-up Cry Baby
Kirk Hammett confirms his second signature Dunlop Cry Baby Wah is on the way By Matt Owen published 21 March 22 The signed, limited-edition pedal – which will arrive April 1 – is dubbed a spiritual sibling to Hammett's sparkly Ouija six-string
Yngwie Malmsteen partners with Dunlop for new signature Delrin guitar pick By Sam Roche published 17 March 22 Appointments include a beveled edge for “blistering speed and laser-focused accuracy” and stylized ‘Yngwie Malmsteen’ typography