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• Best Guitar Amps For Gigging: 15 of our favourites

  

  Most guitarists will eventually feel the call of the stage and while your practice amp will see you through your early living-room gigs, it might not cut it in larger venues.

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• Best Chorus Pedals: Five of our favourites

  

  Welcome to the Marmite of guitar effects. Yes, it's the chorus pedal's time to shine: here are five of the best we've tested.

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• Best Beginner's Guitars: Five of our favourites

  

  Hoping for your first guitar this Christmas, but don't want the usual 'Strat pack'? Here are some solid beginner guitars you might not have thought of...

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• Best Distortion Pedals: Five of our favourites

  

  They're 'one louder' than overdrive pedals. Here we feature five of the best distortion pedals from the Total Guitar review archives.

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• Best Wah Pedals: Five of our favourites

  

  It's the ubiquitous sound to which countless washing machines have been 'repaired' and crimes in the 70s were solved. If your pedalboard deserves a little funk, check out our pick of the best wah pedals.

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• Best Delay Pedals: Five of our favourites

  

  We reckon these stompboxes have all the bases covered, no-matter what style of music you play.

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• Buying your first gigging amp

  

  When it's time to get out of the house and onto the stage, the amp you choose will radically shape your sound. Here's what to look for in a gigging-sized amp.

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• How to buy your first guitar

  

  So you've perfected 'Through The Fire And Flames' in expert mode on 'Guitar Hero'. All that's left is to get your first guitar and world domination will surely be yours. Here's everything you'll need to get started.

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