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Loved by Frank Zappa, Bootsy Collins, Steve Vai and more, how the Mu-Tron III became a vintage pedalboard icon
By Chris Gill published
Mike Beigel's groundbreaking envelope filter made the world a funkier place

“Runs the gamut from boost through to fuzz-flavoured distortion”: Dinosaural Hypoid Drive review
By Trevor Curwen published
Dan Coggins makes the drive section of his award-winning Cogmeister powerhouse available as a pedal of its own

The iconic EHX Holy Grail has been championed by Jim Root – and now the first prototype has been found
By Phil Weller published
The classic reverb pedal can be found on pedalboards the world over, but JHS Pedals' Josh Scott has tracked down the first one

JHS Pedals says it has just made the ultimate first-stage overdrive pedal
By Jonathan Horsley published
Josh Scott says witnessing a soundcheck gave him the idea of the Morning Glory Clean – which reimagines the world-beating transparent overdrive

How Boss reimagined the wildest effect on your pedalboard
By Henry Yates published
Boss's Matt Knight gives us the lowdown on the XS-1 and XS-100 Poly Shifter series, the pitch-shifting pedals that put the DigiTech Whammy on notice

“A radical approach to fuzz – whether you’re a Muse fan or not”: Manson Guitar Works Supermassive Black Fuzz review
By Trevor Curwen published
Manson Guitar Works’ first stompbox delivers a high degree of variation in your fuzz tone

Polyend releases Endless, an open-source pedal that lets guitarists create effects from prompts
By Phil Weller published
It's ChatGPT in an aluminium stompbox format, with a growing pool of user-made effects, and coding and coding-free creating on offer

Jim Dunlop drops an Iron Maiden Killers edition of its Cry Baby wah
By Phil Weller published
Emblazoned with the album’s unmistakable art, the pedal celebrates the band’s gritty beginnings
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