Issue 336 of Guitarist magazine was a bumper celebration of all things stompbox, with the team compiling a list of the 101 best guitar effects pedals ever produced. Whether for innovation, influence, sound, sheer popularity, or all of the above, each and every unit that made the cut is a tone-shaping tool worthy of a place on a pro pedalboard.

Here, we've gathered all of the overdrives, distortions and fuzzboxes into one place and the resulting rundown is a compendium of the 42 greatest vintage and modern dirtboxes on the planet. Whether you want to coax your amplifier into break-up, or obliterate your signal with crushing square wave fuzz, there's something here for everyone.