Tube Screamer designer Susumu Tamura supercharges the Maxon SD-9 By Matt Owen published 18 December 20 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 published 25 November 20 The Japanese effects giant wants your input on a Waza Craft version of its highly sought-after distortion pedal
Fender Compugilist review By Trevor Curwen published 31 July 20 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 published 23 June 20 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 published 14 May 20 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 published 20 April 20 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 published 15 April 20 This beautifully-designed pedal will do wonders for your tone - get it now for just $99
Sinvertek Drive N5 review By Michael Astley-Brown published 31 March 20 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 published 4 March 20 You'll never guess what the 'Blast' knob does...
5 types of overdrive pedal every guitarist needs to try By Brandon Stoner published 7 February 20 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 published 31 January 20 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 published 9 January 20 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 published 6 January 20 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 published 14 November 19 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 published 2 October 19 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
JHS just recreated the legendary Lovetone Big Cheese - meet the Cheese Ball By Michael Astley-Brown published 27 September 19 New pedal captures the sound of the elusive fuzz
Add tremolo and dirt to your sound with Mattoverse’s new TremStortion By Richard Bienstock published 18 September 19 Dual-function pedal boasts eight waveforms, gain control
