New Year New Gear: Dean and Spector conjure multiscale madness, Maxon cranks up the gain with the Custom Shop SSD-9 Super Sonic Distortion pedal By Richard Bienstock Bring your playing to life in 2021 with this top-notch equipment
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"?
Feast your ears on Maxon’s “amazing” Apex808 overdrive pedal By Richard Bienstock The “apex of overdrives” delivers incredible punch and great transparency
Watch Guitar World’s Paul Riario hit the gas on Maxon’s OD808 and new Apex808 overdrive pedals By Richard Bienstock From vintage to modern, sweet to punchy, clear boost to full-on distortion, these Maxons have all your overdrive bases covered
Classic gear: Maxon Overdrive and Ibanez Tube Screamer By Rod Brakes That Pedal Show co-host Mick Taylor, Analog Man’s Mike Piera, and Tube Screamer circuit designer Susumu Tamura on one of the world's most popular and influential overdrive pedals
Maxon's Apex 808 could be the best-sounding Tube Screamer ever By Jackson Maxwell Designed by Tube Screamer creator Susumu Tamura, this 808 features the most-coveted IC chip and is available now
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
GW live at NAMM 2020: Godlyke goes pedal crazy with new Maxon and TWA distortion, fuzz and octave units By Richard Bienstock New offerings include the Maxon Apex 808 and SD-9SH and TWA Wahxidizer and MicroChasm Octave
Maxon recruits EarthQuaker Devices, Catalinbread, Pigtronix and Keeley for 40th Anniversary Tube Screamers By Michael Astley-Brown The legendary overdrive gets official mods from the pedal world's biggest names
Maxon Debuts New Robert Keeley-Modded 40th Anniversary OD808 By Guitar World Staff Pedal guru Robert Keeley has created his own Maxon 40th Anniversary OD808.
Maxon Announces 40th Anniversary OD808 Overdrive By Richard Bienstock Just 400 units of the limited-edition pedal will be available.
Review: Maxon DB10 Dual Booster Pedal By Chris Gill, Video by Paul Riario The following content is related to the March 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.