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Our pick of the best fuzz pedals in our studio
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

Effects & Pedals
Best overdrive pedals 2026: 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

Effects & Pedals
Fender Shields Blender
Shoegaze guitar has never been bigger – and these 5 pedals are a shortcut to its otherworldly tones

By James Grimshaw Published

From do-it-all multi-effects to lush reverbs, glitchy delays, and a must-have My Bloody Valentine signature pedal, our guide to the ultimate shoegaze stomps

Guitar Pedals
Best phaser pedals 2026: add swirling guitar tones to your rig with our expert guide

By Chris Corfield Last updated

Looking to create that swirling sound effect? These are the best phaser pedals to try from MXR, Electro-Harmonix, Walrus Audio and more

Effects & Pedals
Min Dunlop Cry Baby wah pedal on a wooden floor
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

Effects & Pedals
blackstar ID:X Digital Floorboard series
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

Amp Modeler Pedals
Fender Pugilist Distortion Pedal on a wooden floor
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

Effects & Pedals
Korn Indigo Ranch Pedal
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

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Guitar Pedals
Singular Sound BeatBuddy 2
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

Guitar Pedals
Close-up of TC Electronic Bodyrez acoustic guitar pedal
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

Effects & Pedals
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