MXR's high-gain Eddie Van Halen collab headlines Jim Dunlop's fresh pedal drop – and there's an Iron Maiden Killers Cry Baby too

MXR EVH Modern High Gain: this classy, red high-end stompbox was co-designed with the late Eddie Van Halen in 2015.

NAMM 2026: Jim Dunlop has lifted the curtain on first new guitar effects pedals to come from its portfolio of brands this year. and there are some special stompboxes in the lineup – what Iron Maiden fan could resist a special Edition Dunlop Cry Baby wah pedal finished with Derek Riggs’ iconic cover art from Killers?

But we can’t look past the bright red enclosure of the MXR EVH Modern High Gain Pedal, an amp-in-a-box style drive that not only bears the most famous initials in electric guitar but has been co-designed by the man himself, Eddie Van Halen.