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DigiTech Drop Black Edition

"I need to be honest about how well this pedal holds up for down-tuning against the newer competition it faces": DigiTech Drop Limited Black Edition review

By Rob Laing published

The Polyphonic Drop Tune pedal first landed in 2014, and now a limited run in a new finish gives us a good opportunity to check where it stands today

Effects & Pedals

Best compressor pedals 2026: control your tone with the must-have utility pedal

By Jonathan Horsley last updated

My pick of the best guitar compressor pedals will enhance your tone with options from Boss, Keeley, MXR, and more

Effects & Pedals
EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath pedal shot on a wooden backdrop

How EarthQuaker Devices went beyond the boutique pedal boom and took left-field tones mainstream

By Rob Laing published

EQD founder Jamie Stillman on the pedal that made the company famous, why the overcomplicated is not for him, and the stompbox that serves death metal and country guitarists alike

Guitar Pedals
EarthQuaker Devices Towers

EarthQuaker Devices Towers review

By Matt Owen published

The latest entry into EarthQuaker Device's range of revolutionary ambience machines will make you rethink your relationship with reverb

Effects & Pedals

Best chorus pedals 2026: My pick of choices for your 'board at every price point

By Ross Holder last updated

From analog to digital, and shimmery to subtle, let me show you the top chorus pedals you can buy today from the likes of Boss, Ibanez, MXR and Walrus Audio

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Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Bass Pi 2

“The best Big Muff there’s ever been for bass”: Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi 2 review

By Connor Flys published

A long-lost EHX Big Muff variant, made real – and now made for bassists to enjoy too.

Effects & Pedals

I’m rebuilding my pedalboard for my first gig of 2026 and these 9 essential items in the Amazon Big Spring Sale will ensure I’m gig-ready from just $4.49

By Matt McCracken published

The Amazon spring sale just gave me the perfect opportunity to upgrade my pedalboard for a lot less

Pedalboards
Flattley The Outlaw – the red-pink boost/drive twofer is decorated in Mexican Day of the Dead inspired graphics

“Arguably the most practical single pedal you can put in front of an amp”: Flattley The Outlaw review

By Trevor Curwen published

Flattley combines the functions of two of its pedals into one chassis to create a Marshall-flavoured drive and boost

Guitar Pedals
Wampler Golden Jubilee

"It’s one of the most satisfying stacking combinations I’ve encountered in a dual-channel pedal for a very long time": Wampler Golden Jubilee review

By Daryl Robertson published

Wampler is going for gold with a versatile, fun and pretty great-sounding dual drive pedal

Effects & Pedals
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi 2 Dual Op-Amp Fuzz is built from a lost schematic that's 50 years old but the form factor is familiar for contemporary EHX stompboxes, a three-knob fuzz, red enclosure.

“More aggressive, more physical, more raw and in tune with the animal kingdom”: Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi 2 Dual Op-Amp Fuzz review

By Jonathan Horsley published

A schematic, lost in the shuffle, resurfaces with the help of JHS Pedals supremo Josh Scott, and presents us with a fresh slice of Pi

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