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Buying Guides


  • Go for grind with our Top 10 list of the best distortion pedals from BOSS, Electro-Harmonix, MXR, EarthQuaker, ProCo and other saturation stompboxes.
  • Find the overdrive pedal that’s right for you. From cheap overdrives to the most versatile, we picked the top grind pedals from BOSS, Ibanez and more.
  • In this guide, we’ll take a series-by-series look at MESA’s current amp head, combo and cabinet offerings, spanning the California Tweed, Fillmore, Mark and Rectifier Series. No matter your style, whether you’re chasing the sounds of your idols in your bedroom studio or embarking on a world tour, there’s a MESA rig—or multiple (who’s counting?)—to suit your pursuit of tone.
  • Boost pedals can saturate your amp, enhance your tone and magnify solos and riffs. Dig into 12 popular boosts from BOSS, Keeley, TC Electronic and more.
  • Celebrate saturation with our ultimate list of fuzz pedals for guitar. Peruse germanium, silicon and hybrid models to find the most ferocious fuzz for you.
  • Add lush shimmer to your guitar tone with a top reverb pedal from BOSS, GAMMA, UAFX and others. Go for spring, hall, room or extreme ambience and more.
  • Animate your sound with 18 top-rated, modulation powerhouses from BOSS, MXR, GAMMA, Strymon, Electro-Harmonix, JHS, Eventide, Keeley and more.
  • We compare 10 of the top phaser pedals from BOSS, MXR, Fender, Strymon, Warm Audio and other stompbox makers to find the best lush swirl for you.
  • There are countless subgenres of metal with their own identifying traits, but a high-gain guitar tone permeates them all. The best distortion pedals for metal will turn any amplifier into a bludgeoning brute, letting you explore extreme styles of self-expression. For today’s aspiring metal guitar players, access to soul-rupturing high-gain tones has never been easier, as shown by our curated selection of some of the best distortion pedals for mind-melting metal.
  • In this guide, we’re breaking down the best reverb, delay, modulation and distortion pedals to help you build your own shoegaze sound.

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