What makes an electric guitar pedal collectible? Some guitar pedals are desireable because of a popular song that used that pedal, or the recording artist who used it.
In general, a good pedal should “cut through” when used in a live setting, and many of the best pedals have a transparent sound quality that does not [...]
Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm recorded what is widely accepted as the first distorted guitar sound, heard on the single “Rocket 88” in 1951. A guitar amp had been accidently dropped and a tube output stage shorted out, creating the distorted sound.
Another early first fuzz tone on a recording was Link Wray’s 1950’s [...]
Some things just about every guy owns: a basball glove; a pool cue; and a wah pedal. There are many brands and models of wah pedals available today. Here are the Top 10 Selling Wah Pedals for Week 35, 2009.
Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal
The Dunlop GCB-95 is the current edition of the classic Crybaby wah [...]
I was expecting to see mostly distortion pedals in a Top 10 list, but that was not the case. Here are the Top 10 electric guitar effects pedals, for Week 27, 2009.
Boss RC-2 Loop Station
A friend demo’d his RC-2 Loop Station for me the other day. While there is a steep learning curve [...]
There are several companies making wah-wah pedals. I suppose the market leaders have always been the Cry Babys, Morleys, and Vox pedals. Nowadays, there are also pricier boutique makers, such as Budda Wah, Fulltone, and Teese. I find all this rather strange, considering how simple the original wahs that Jimi Hendrix played were.
I mean, what are we are we talking here? An [...]
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