We wanted to put together a giggable, impressive-sounding metal pedalboard that could easily go toe to toe with a professional 'board for under $500/£450. We wanted to prove just how far modern pedals ...

Avoid these common pedalboard mistakes, and you'll be sure to achieve tonal greatness ...

What goes on a hip-hop player's pedalboard? Stone Mecca shows us right here, and with a heavy hitting distortion from Boss, it might handle a metal gig, too ...

A dizzying array of brightly colored metal housings that more often than ... of Illinois has cooked up a really cool virtual pedalboard using a wiimote and custom “toe-mouse.” ...

Richie Kotzen explains why he ditched a regular pedalboard for an all-in-one pedal from the creator of the SansAmp. ... got a metal box, took the components I liked and put them in that box.

Drag and drop pedalboard builder Once updated ... With five setups to use for anything from jangly pop to face melting metal, I look forward to using it at an actual gig.

So, if you've put together a pedalboard but are still struggling to nail the sound in your head, let me walk you through the most common blunders I see guitarists make when it comes to their effects.

What goes on a hip-hop player's pedalboard? Stone Mecca shows us right here, and with a heavy hitting distortion from Boss, it might handle a metal gig, too ...