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The best boost pedals can make a surprising difference to your overall electric guitar tone, but are very simple to use. These are our top picks

They all do the same basic thing – add harmonics and clip the audio signal. However, the sounds that they produce, and the amounts of distortion can be quite different.OVERDRIVE GUITAR PEDALSA

OK, pedal newb, listen up! Making music should be fun! So don’t let any jaded a-holes talk down to you, and especially don’t let anyone call you ‘newb’ – even us. It’s rude and gatekeeping

Want to use a real Big Muff Pi in your DAW session? With this one, you can just plug and go...

The Dinosaur Jr. main man gets his own signature Muff and its one for connoisseurs and collectors alike

Tech 21’s renowned Character pedals get a new lease of life in the form of the compact, channel‑switchable Character Plus series.

The Dinosaur Jr man shows off his most valuable offsets – and explains why “there’s hardly ever a Jazzmaster or a Big Muff on any studio recording”

Do these stompboxes deserve their notoriety or did they just get lucky? And how do you get the best from them? Dan Steinhardt and Mick Taylor share their thoughts – and tell us which pedals have go

Despite being given the guitar by the Smiths legend himself, the Dinosaur Jr man is no fan of his refined take on the classic offset

The pair celebrate the Talking Heads’ 1980 milestone with a special live performance