What on earth is the appeal of a single-pickup guitar and how can it help you to hone your modding skills? Dave Burrluck goes in search of a giggable ‘Junior’…

Gibson ES-5 Switchmasters

Manson Guitar Works’ first stompbox delivers a high degree of variation in your fuzz tone

Dan Coggins makes the drive section of his award-winning Cogmeister powerhouse available as a pedal of its own

Silvertone 1446 Spruce-Up

These new Boss pitch-shifting pedals have been a long time in the making, and now they’re here and ready to go toe-to-toe with DigiTech