If you're playing rock guitar, chances are that at some point you're going to want to use overdrive or distortion effects. Saturated, gnarly guitar tones are synonymous with rock music, and every ...

Pretty much every guitarist's first port of call when it comes to effects, the humble drive pedal won’t change your sound entirely, but instead adds some extra flavour to your base. The best overdrive ...

Wampler Pedals and Brent Mason have unveiled the latest version of the session ace’s signature overdrive and distortion pedal, ReWired. A two-channel monster, designed to create all of the master ...

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Every electric guitarist should have a few pedals in their arsenal to help shape their instrument's tone, boost its dynamics or sonic capabilities, or perform practical duties to ensure they always ...

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Lari Basilio has joined the likes of Madison Cunningham and Paul Gilbert as a JHS Pedals signature artist, and her pedal, Violet, is an overdrive/distortion pedal with more than meets the eye. Violet ...

JHS Pedals has partnered with Lari Basilio to produce The Violet – a new signature distortion pedal that promises to offer “a new take” on the effect. As JHS founder Josh Scott explains in a launch ...

Analog pedals use traditional circuit components to create warm, continuous signals, while digital pedals use computer chips for precise effects processing Gain-based effects typically sound more ...