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Best boost pedals 2026: lift your tone, push your tube amp and cut through the mix

By Alex Lynham, Ross Holder Last updated

Best boost pedals 2026: including the best clean boost pedals for guitar Vamp up your tone with the best boost pedals for guitarists, as well as the best clean boost pedals for making your electric guitar solos really sing

Best boost pedals 2026: including the best clean boost pedals for guitar
A close-up of a Gibson headstock installed with Robot Tuners
The 21st century guitar innovations that never caught on

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Including robot tuners and the multi-effects pedals that invited us to stomp on iPads

Guitar Gear
Emmergy FX pedals
Meet Emmergy FX, the British boutique pedal builder concocting effects for Slowdive and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien

By Guitar World Staff Published

Sponsor Content Created With Emmergy FX

The man behind the soldering iron and Emmergy FX is creating custom-built effect stompboxes that are quickly becoming favorites among left-field artists and the shoegaze scene

Guitar Pedals
Olly Curtis
Mad Professor Little Green Wonder review

By Pete Emery Published

"An impressive drive pedal with a unique Body control": Mad Professor Little Green Wonder review

Effects & Pedals
Yvette Young
The off-hand advice from a student that helped kickstart Yvette Young’s career

By Janelle Borg Published

The virtuoso may now be one of the most recognizable guitarists on social media, but Young admits she was initially reluctant to share her chops online

Guitarists
Casio Dimension Shifter
Casio’s strap-mounted Dimension Shifter lets players control effect parameters with their movements

By Phil Weller Published

With a swathe of customization, players can wirelessly manipulate their favorite pedals through assigned movements, taking expressive performance to a new level

Effects & Pedals
Gamechanger Audio Recorder Pedal
“Even we don’t fully know what it is yet”: Gamechanger Audio has reimagined the loop pedal with the Recorder

By Phil Weller Published

Take a recorded phrase, and send it into spectral realms with an array of oddball controls

Effects & Pedals
ToneWoodAmp2
“Acoustic guitarists – meet your new best friend”: ToneWoodAmp2 review

By Rob Laing Published

This is a sequel you need to see and hear

Effects & Pedals
Boss Effects Plugin
Boss has brought 8 iconic effects pedals to the digital realm for the first time

By Phil Weller Published

It’s the firm’s first foray into virtual effects – but paywall complications might deter some potential users

Plugins & Apps
Close up of Boss OC-5 octave pedal
Best bass effects pedals: 11 of the best pedals for every type of bassist

By Simon Fellows Last updated

Our guide to the finest sounding effects pedals for bass players, including fuzz, compressors and multi-effects

Effects & Pedals
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