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Best wah pedals 2026: add an essential tone-shaping effect to your pedalboard with our expert guide
By Alex Lynham last updated
Get to know your Cry Baby from your Bad Horsie and choose the best wah pedal for you

Best fuzz pedals 2026: add some filth to your sound with these essential pedalboard effects
By Alex Lynham last updated
Want to know your Fuzz Face from your Fuzz Gun, or channel your inner Jimi Hendrix? This guide is for you

Blackstar unveils a high-powered floor modeler series with “insane versatility”
By Phil Weller published
Packed with tone-sculpting features and a focused amp collection for electrics, acoustic, and bass, the British amp firm is bringing its firepower to the modeler market via the new ID:X Digital Floorboard series

Best distortion pedals: the top high-gain stompboxes for guitarists
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
Crunch, filth, mayhem! Dive into our expert round-up of the best distortion pedals available today

Korn pioneered the very sound of nu metal with their debut album – now those tones have been put in a pedal
By Phil Weller published
The Indigo Sludge Preamp + Fuzz offers the band's iconic early tone in a stompbox

Singular Sound’s BeatBuddy 2 is here – your drummer just got an upgrade
By Guitar World published
Sponsored by Singular Sound
Capture every nuance of real drums, with more control than ever

Best overdrive pedals 2025: from mid-hump to transparent tone
By Matt McCracken last updated
My pick of the top-rated overdrive pedals will get your gain tones on point

Best acoustic guitar pedals 2025: pedals to transform your tone and boost creativity
By Richard Blenkinsop last updated
Improve and shape your tone with the best acoustic guitar pedals from the likes of Boss, Fishman, MXR & LR Baggs

"With a rugged build and more gain than should be legal, this pedal is a must-have for any metal guitarist looking to chug": Solar Chug Lite high-gain distortion pedal review
By Daryl Robertson published
Solar's new Chug Lite provides all the full-fat fury of the original with none of the bulk

DigiTech teams up with MonoNeon on a triple-octave Whammy for both guitar and bass – and it even comes with custom gaffer tape
By Janelle Borg published
The ultra-experimental MonoNeon Whammy – which comes in an eye-catching neon yellow and orange casing – takes the standard Whammy features up a few notches with a complete overhaul of the Detune settings and an onboard MIDI input
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