If it’s too loud, you’re too old – come on you lot, most guitarists generally want everything to sound louder than everything else – so you’ll be needing an overdrive pedal then. Huw Price gets crunchy with the Rocktron Sonic Glory and MXR Wylde Overdrive.

Rocktron’s client list – including Korn, Nickelback, Slayer, Pantera and Brian May – reads like a Who’s Who of contemporary musicians. Huw Price samples four of the best from an extensive range of stompboxes…