Effects pedals: for some an object of overwhelming addiction, but for many, an opportunity to hack. Anyone who plays guitar (or buys presents for someone who does) knows of the infinite choice of ...

Earlier this year, I got to check out an all-new lineup of guitar effects pedals from Fender. Fender is among the most famous brands in the music world — but although its iconic Stratocasters and ...

GEAR EXPO 2023: We've got everything from acoustic guitar ranges right up to complete guitar rigs in one box as we search out the best guitar pedals arriving this year. Never has there been a more ...

Or how Skillet kept growing and the ’board kept growing until the Boss MIDI switcher assumed executive function on Cooper and ...

The world of guitar effects is weird. It’s a place where old-school analog gear and crazy high-tech digital pedals are both fetishized with the same amount of zeal. Some companies, like Empress ...

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“When I was in second grade, my parents gave me one of those little kits you get for kids to learn about electricity,” Zack Vex explains as he leads me through his office in a suburban Minneapolis ...

2018 was a big year in the world of guitar effects pedals, as a lot of boutique companies have come into their own alongside a trend by manufacturers to include presets while not compromising tone ...

Musicians have a fantastic language to describe signals. A sound can be fat, dark, crunchy, punchy — the list goes on. These aren’t very technical terms, but they get the job done. After all, it’s ...

Do you want your guitar to sound like farts instead of, you know, a guitar? Well, you're in luck. Musician and sound tinkerer Steve Gadlin has created The Fart Pedal, an unprecedented guitar effects ...