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Josh Scott of JHS Pedals interrogated AI on the pedal industry – and what he found should alarm us all
By Phil Weller published
Misinformation, feedback loops, and a lack of detailed sources sit at the root of the problem, he says

The hottest new guitar gear releases of March 2026 – according to Guitar World readers
By Matt Owen published
The five biggest gear drops of the past four weeks, as voted for by you

All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including the most outrageous Ibanez I think I’ve ever seen
By Matt Owen published
Feast your eyes on all the weird and wonderful guitar gear that dropped this week, with new releases from Strymon, Ibanez, Catalinbread, and more

JHS Pedals pays tribute to mysterious pedal builder with the Coyote – a new fuzz based on one of the rarest pedals of all time
By Phil Weller published
The three-in-one fuzz is based on G.S. Wyllie’s Moonrock – and it took Josh Scott six years to find one

JHS Pedals’ first-ever octaver is imperfect and unpredictable – and that’s the whole point
By Phil Weller published
The all-analog stompbox draws from octaves of old for a purposefully imperfect pedal that puts up a fight

The iconic EHX Holy Grail has been championed by Jim Root – and now the first prototype has been found
By Phil Weller published
The classic reverb pedal can be found on pedalboards the world over, but JHS Pedals' Josh Scott has tracked down the first one

JHS Pedals says it has just made the ultimate first-stage overdrive pedal
By Jonathan Horsley published
Josh Scott says witnessing a soundcheck gave him the idea of the Morning Glory Clean – which reimagines the world-beating transparent overdrive

Reverb unveils the best-selling pedals of 2025 with more categories than ever before
By Phil Weller published
Last year’s winner falls to fourth, while there’s a surprise victor among the most popular used pedals

A forgotten design for the Big Muff 2 spent 50 years buried in dust – JHS Pedals and Electro-Harmonix unearthed it and turned it into a reality
By Matt Owen published
During a research trip for his new book, Josh Scott stumbled upon a never-before-seen circuit drawing that offered an alternate take on the Op-Amp Big Muff concept
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