Guitar pedals are an essential component of any creative musician’s toolbox. That’s all thanks to their infinite tone-shaping abilities and their potential to fundamentally change the ...

Here are 10 types of guitar pedals that every guitarist would find valuable across various musical styles, and our picks of the best models within each category. Tuner Pedal: Boss TU-3.

Best guitar pedals for beginners: Our top picks. For those who are finding the sheer amount of pedals available to be overwhelming, there are few that we’d absolutely recommend you buy before anything ...

Empress Effects promises total control over your tone with heaps of features, including three parametric bands with 15dB boost/cut, footswitchable boost, various filters and more ...

Best cheap guitar pedals: MusicRadar's choice . With phenomenal sound and affordability, the MXR Distortion + takes the top spot for us here. Used by everyone from Randy Rhoads to PJ Harvey, this ...

See It The Universal Audio Dream ’65 Reverb Amplifier pedal is an homage to the venerable Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb, a tube-powered guitar amp that’s made its way into countless recordings ...

From tone-tailoring to buying what’s rightfor you, here’s our guideto putting more of what counts onyour ’board ...

No matter which way you turn, which electric guitar sound you are looking for, there are options. Here we take a look at the last five years in new pedal releases and bring you a Top 30, a little ...

John Snyder plays the guitar and tests out a pedal. (Lukas Harnisch for WBUR) With his doctorate, Snyder seems overqualified for an industry largely made up of untrained musicians and artists.

The UAFX pedals clean up considerably if you turn down the volume on your guitar, or play very delicately. And they creep into break up as you start playing harder.

It’s 2024, guitar pedals are bigger than ever, and Bill Finnegan still hasn’t shown any kind of inclination or desire to make anywhere near enough of his legendary Klon pedals to satisfy demand.