Boss shares first look at its highly anticipated HM-2 reissue, the Waza Craft HM-2W By Matt Owen Pedal fanatics will get a hands-on look at the prototype during a Boss livestream event on March 10
Wampler seeks to reproduce classic RAT distortion sounds with new Ratsbane mini-pedal By Matt Owen The compact pedal is based on the original ProCo Rat, and promises to deliver an equally throaty fuzz-like distortion
ProCo set to announce the Lil' Rat, a micro-sized version of the Rat 2 By Matt Owen The miniature version of the iconic distortion pedal features the same circuit and components as the flagship Rat 2 pedal
Electro-Harmonix supercharges the Metal Muff with new noise gate-equipped Nano design By Michael Astley-Brown Downsized distortion pedal boasts three-band cut/boost EQ and hum-free performance
Tube Screamer designer Susumu Tamura supercharges the Maxon SD-9 By Matt Owen Could the company's new Super Sonic Distortion pedal "break your sound barrier"?
Boss confirms an HM-2 Heavy Metal reissue is in the works By Michael Astley-Brown The Japanese effects giant wants your input on a Waza Craft version of its highly sought-after distortion pedal
Best distortion pedals 2021: the top 10 high-gain stompboxes for guitarists By Jonathan Horsley Crunch, filth, mayhem! Dive into our expert round-up of the best distortion pedals around today
Fender Compugilist review By Trevor Curwen Fender's distortion and compressor combo offers an array of practical tone-boosting options
Kurt Cobain’s battered Boss DS-1 distortion pedal sells for $9,000 By Richard Bienstock The announcement comes just days after the Nirvana leader’s MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E is auctioned for more than $6m
Green Carrot Pedals Comfortably Plum review By Trevor Curwen Two circuits combine to give you Gilmour-inspired drive tone in a box
Bogner updates its Burnley, Wessex and Harlow custom audio transformer drive pedals By Richard Bienstock Smaller enclosures, new rounded housings, same awesome dirt tones
Spice up your tone, and your pedalboard's looks, with this amazing deal on the Snake Oil Marvelous Engine distortion pedal By Jackson Maxwell This beautifully-designed pedal will do wonders for your tone - get it now for just $99
Sinvertek Drive N5 review By Michael Astley-Brown Need a dirty channel for your clean amp? Take 5 with this superlative distortion pedal
Melvins’ King Buzzo and Hilbish Design bring the noise with new Pessimiser distortion pedal By Richard Bienstock You'll never guess what the 'Blast' knob does...
5 types of overdrive pedal every guitarist needs to try By Brandon Stoner Give your music more crunch with our guide to every strain of overdrive, distortion and fuzz
Maxon’s Scott Henderson SD-9SH Sonic Distortion updates the “best distortion pedal in the world” By Richard Bienstock New stompbox boasts Henderson-suggested tweaks and an additional output level
NAMM 2020: The Sunn O))) dirt box rises again as EarthQuaker Devices unveils the Life Pedal V2 By Jonathan Horsley Smaller enclosure, same great mountain-chopping octave/distortion/boost taste... The cult drive pedal of 2019 gets a wider release for 2020
NAMM 2020: Danelectro unveils boutique-styled 3699 Fuzz, Back Talk Reverse Delay and Roebuck Distortion By Michael Astley-Brown The Foxx Tone Machine and Ibanez MT10 MOSFET Distortion return
Seymour Duncan shoots for hot-rodded hard-rock and metal tones with the Diamondhead Multistage Distortion + Boost pedal By Richard Bienstock Dual-use stompbox includes 805-derived boost and three-band EQ
Hear the tastiest tones out there on the premiere of Guitar World's Cooking with Sound By Jackson Maxwell Two of GW's editors get cooking with great gear from Line 6, MOD Kits DIY and Dean in the premiere of our new show
