Some of the most recognizable guitar sounds in rock music were created with the fuzz pedal. The predecessor of distortion and overdrive pedals, it alters your guitar’s sound wave into a square wave, ...

Most of us are aware of harmonic nodes. You get the strongest one at the 12th fret, which is exactly halfway along the string length. There’s one at the 5th, which is a quarter length and another at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Wampler Pedals ...

We may be in the golden era of guitar fuzz pedals, where the past and present innovations combine to give us devices with options and range never before thought achievable. Boss, an industry leader ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. 60 years ago, Maestro’s first stompbox – the FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone – was launched. Kickstarting a ...

At this price – at this size – it’s a no-brainer. The Barrows could be the impulse purchase that rewilds your guitar sound, or maybe it’s the Tone Bender repro that you’ve been waiting for since ...

Sometimes, a pedal builder will be fortunate enough to design something early in their career, which gets them noticed and becomes a lasting favourite – a springboard for further success. For Akron, ...

In a previous entry into this “wondrous”, if not “ponderous” blogspace, I alluded to the fact that an industrious EE/designer could make a nice farthing or two just creating distortion pedals for ...

Innovator: engineer Glenn Snoddy, left, and Owen Bradley in Bradley Studio control room (Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum/Getty) Glenn Snoddy, who has died aged 96, was the Nashville studio ...