What Do Tone Knobs Do on Amps and Pedals?
I’m not sure if crafting a great guitar tone is an art or a science.
What I’m sure of is that it’s not easy at all.
Every step of the signal has its own controls, and influence in shaping the …
I’m not sure if crafting a great guitar tone is an art or a science.
What I’m sure of is that it’s not easy at all.
Every step of the signal has its own controls, and influence in shaping the …
Guitars create beautiful sounds. Unless, of course, they are out of tune.
Unfortunately, a guitar needs to be tuned regularly. Otherwise, it is better not to play with it at all.
So, if tuning a guitar is a must, …
Guitar tuners are non-negotiable if you’re going to be a guitar player.
And while there are many cheap tuners that do the job just fine, they lack the convenience and accuracy provided by industry-standard tuners.
The Pitchblack, Polytune, and TU-3 …
Like most people, my introduction to Line 6 products was one of their Spider series amps around the same time that rap-metal was dominating the rock scene.
Regardless of your opinion of them, Line 6 sold so many of those …
There has been an explosion of boutique builders in the effects pedal market lately.
There are so many that you may even be faced with choice paralysis when trying to decide which one is right for you.
What makes a …
There are several ways that your signal can pass through effects pedals.
In older pedals, the signal would travel through the pedals’ circuits.
Nowadays you can find pedals with true bypass technology that allow the signal to pass through without …
Pushing a tube amp until it produces an overdriven sound is one of the great pleasures of playing guitar.
But it’s not always practical and although it sounds great it’s been done millions of times.
So overdrive pedals are worth …
As guitar players, some of us have a primal urge for one thing: more volume!
Guitar pedals do offer us different ways to control and set that glorious volume (whether making things louder, or even quieter).
The Level knob differs …
One of the oldest effect pedals made, the wah pedal is a staple among guitar players everywhere.
Whether you dig the “Shaft” waca-chica, to those vocal-esque solo lines from “Enter Sandman” or “Surfing with the Alien”, you can thank the …
Guitar pedals have gone through a major phase of development over the past couple of decades, offering a plethora of choices for the consumer.
Arguably one control that we’re seeing more and more often that arguably has the biggest impact …