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ProCo Rat in stage with Dave Grohl guitar
As a life-long Foo Fighters fanatic, I've spent years decoding Dave Grohl’s stadium-sized wall of sound – here are the 5 essential pedals you need to nail his tone

By Daryl Robertson Published

Ever wondered what pedals Dave Grohl uses live? Well, these are the stomps that power the Foo Fighters from Boss, ProCo, MXR, and more

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ThorpyFX x Lazy J The J: Analogue amp emulator based on the Lazy J J 20 amplifier
“It feels like you’re plugged straight into an amp, rather than a pedal”: ThorpyFX x Lazy J The J review

By Trevor Curwen Published

ThorpyFX team up with Lazy J to put the amp brand’s signature take on the Fender tweed sound into a pedal

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Long exposure of a musician adjusting dials on a pair of Musitronics Mu-Tron III effects pedals and Moogerfooger analog effects modules, taken on October 30, 2013
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

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Dinosaural Hypoid Drive
“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

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Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Prototype
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

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JHS Morning Glory Clean
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

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The Boss XS Poly Shifter Series takes pitch-shifting pedals to new extremes with the compact XS-1 and the treadle-equipped XS-100
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

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The Manson Guitar Works Supermassive Black Fuzz has control knobs crafted from exceedingly strong 6082 T6 aluminium and each is engraved with unique custom art to represent its function
“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

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Polyend Endless
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

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Iron Maiden Killers Cry Baby Wah
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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