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JHS Pedals says it has just made the ultimate first-stage overdrive pedal
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
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
“Those cleaner tones are very characterful and usable, evoking classic tube-driven bass amps”: Ashdown Geezer Butler Pedal of Doom review
Geezer Butler helped invent heavy metal. Here’s a slab of heavy metal bearing his name.
Best multi-effects pedals 2026: replace your rig
Our pick of the best multi-fx pedals from Neural DSP, Kemper, Line 6, Boss, and more
“A radical approach to fuzz – whether you’re a Muse fan or not”: Manson Guitar Works Supermassive Black Fuzz review
Manson Guitar Works’ first stompbox delivers a high degree of variation in your fuzz tone
Gator teams up with Vertex Effects for a one-stop “unified pedalboard system”
Made with durable material, in three different sizes with and without risers, direct collaboration leaves no stone unturned in the quest for the ultimate pedalboard
Laney puts the philosophy of Nathan East’s signature head into an all-powerful, dual-input preamp pedal
Packing all the features of the bass guru’s signature head into a portable unit, he says it’s a “game-changer” all over again
Polyend releases Endless, an open-source pedal that lets guitarists create effects from prompts
It's ChatGPT in an aluminium stompbox format, with a growing pool of user-made effects, and coding and coding-free creating on offer
