Acoustic players looking to augment the natural sound of their guitars with live effects may well have to succumb to a world of cables, amps and stomps to do so. Ofer and Helene Webman out of Phoenix, ...

The grungy, extraterrestrial “Mk.gee tone” is everywhere and depends on a decades-old device.

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 ...

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.

Best of 2022: Effects pedals are many guitarist’s most treasured playthings. But, the right software selections can not only imitate, but exceed such pedal-based effects When you purchase through ...

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 ...

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 ...