There are more overdrive pedals on the market now than we can keep track of, but most have common ancestors, design decisions, even designers, or components. As a result, there should be only so much ...

In country music, effects aren’t thought of as the focal point of the tone. If 90% of it comes from the playing, then 4% is from the guitar, 4% is from the amp, and the last 2% comes from the pedals.

Since the pandemic’s “hobby boom” grew the guitar effects pedal market exponentially, overdrive pedals are a dime a dozen. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of clones and variations on ...

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Musicians, it seems, have always wanted to alter the sounds of their instruments. Over the course of centuries, strings have been added to guitars for a fuller sound. The composition of those strings ...

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 ...