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NAMM 2024: “The same design as the one Jimi Hendrix wore when he stole the show at a 1967 music festival”: Vintage reissue straps are now a thing: check-out this Dunlop x Authentic Hendrix reproduction of Jimi’s Monterey Pop strap
By Matt Parker published
Get the strap that held the guitar that Hendrix set on fire...

NAMM 2024: “A core component of Zakk's sound since 1988”: Dunlop has reissued Zakk Wylde’s go-to Rotovibe pedal to celebrate 20 years of partnership – and it’s got a sleek new look
By Matt Owen published
The $399 unit follows in the foosteps of the original limited-edition Rotovibe revival, which has been a pedalboard mainstay for the Black Label Society guitarist

“It’s the greatest wah, for me, that’s ever been made”: Kirk Hammett owns 200 wah pedals, but this is his studio go-to – and it’s not his signature Cry Baby
By Matt Parker published
The Metallica guitarist says he uses someone else’s signature wah every time he’s in the studio

He’s one of Japan’s most iconic shredders and plays in a band called Loudness – now Akira Takasaki has an outrageous fuzz-loaded Cry Baby worthy of his reputation
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The fleet-fingered virtuoso has collaborated with Dunlop on one of the wildest Cry Babys yet

The world’s most expensive guitar pick? A Kurt Cobain-signed plectrum, thought to have tracked the Nevermind demos, has sold at auction for over $14,000
By Matt Parker published
The pick features Cobain’s doodled take on the Dunlop Tortex logo. “I knew this piece was special when I saw it,” says buyer Shaun Ertischek

MXR might have just made the most versatile Fuzz Face ever – and it only has two controls
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Hybrid Fuzz combines germanium and silicon transistors for one era-spanning fuzz pedal

Dunlop, Daredevil Pedals team up to create "gnarly," fuzz circuit-loaded Cry Baby wah pedal
By Jackson Maxwell published
A switch on the pedal's side lets users choose between the wah and fuzz effects, with further tweaking of the latter available via a pair of controls housed beneath its bottom plate

Dunlop Cry Baby Bass Wah: the most recognizable effects pedal ever made?
By Nick Wells published
Classics don’t come much more heavyweight than the Cry Baby wah-wah and the 105Q Bass edition is no exception

Best mini pedals for guitarists: our pick of space-saving effects for your pedalboard
By Alex Lynham last updated
Honey, I Shrunk The Rig! Get compact with our pick of the best mini guitar pedals

Dunlop honors Jimi Hendrix's iconic effects with Authentic Hendrix '68 Shrine mini pedals
By Matt Owen published
Four pedals inspired by the Uni-Vibe, Octavio, Fuzz Face and Band of Gypsys Fuzz are included, featuring artwork remixed from John Van Hamserveld's Shrine Auditorium concert poster
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