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Strymon has modelled the new pedal on a unit in its possession: an EP-2 that was modded by the legendary technician Cesar ...
"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.
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 ...
First and foremost, I defer to [Friedman Amplification founder] Dave Friedman, who puts my gear together. Dave always knows ...
Modulation pedals are used for tones that sound effected. Modulation effects include chorus, phaser, flanger, rotary, tremolo, and vibrato. Due to a bunch of nerdy, specific math stuff these effects ...
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 ...
With little more than a gutted record player, a light bulb, and the legendary 555 timer IC, [Jacob Ellzey] has constructed this very slick optical tremolo effect for his guitar. By modulating the v… ...
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 ...
In real life, guitarists modify their sound (“tone” in guitar language) by chaining effects pedals together, between the guitar and the amplifier. The apps let you do the same thing, only instead of ...
This sound effects circuit is designed to work as a signal distorter. If used with an electric guitar, it allows the production of special sound effects. The signal distorsion is done by substracting ...