Between the effect's creation and its development as a guitar pedal, interest was kept alive by a trio of fuzz-loving ...

"The overall sound result which you hear is a combined sound of the natural guitar sound plus the ToneWoodAmp effects vibrating through the guitar's body," said the Twamp's inventor.

Guitar effects, like many things in life, go in and out of style. It could be said that chorus was the defining guitar sound of the 1980s, and some might say it was overused, ...

'Voices Within The Music': A Brief History Of Guitar Effects Be it an effects pedal or a hole stabbed in an amp, distortion and sound manipulation have long been part of rock 'n' roll's DNA.

When it comes to guitar effects pedals, the industry looks both back and forward in time. Back to the 50’s and 60’s when vacuum tubes and germanium transistors started to define the sound of ...

A little over 10 years ago, a Phoenix-based startup treated acoustic pickers to a bunch of effects directly through the sound hole courtesy of the smartphone-sized ToneWoodAmp. Now the much ...

A bit of a legend of software guitar processing, GTR3’s virtual stompbox effects are among some of the most treasured by home guitarists. Its distortion effects are particularly full-on, while its EQ ...

Most of us DAW users will have a decent sample-based guitar to hand, and one way to make it sound more authentic and huge is ...

While distortion and overdrive effects are among the most tricky to wrangle, the same, mix-first principle stands for the other smorgasbord of sounds at your disposal too. Remember, never just work on ...

We’ve seen inventive sound hacking from [Jeremy Bell] before on Hackaday. You may remember reading a few months ago about how he invented a new way to produce that familiar effect DJs create … ...

The wah-wah pedal makes a guitar sound as though it's singing "wah, wah, wah." The effect was a staple of 1960s psychedelic rock: Jimi Hendrix bent reality with it in classics like "Voodoo Child ...

Why it made the cut: The Boss GT-1 packs over 100 effects into a rugged and portable unit at an affordable price point. The BOSS GT-1 multi-effects pedal offers some of the best bang for your buck ...