The Red Hot Chili Peppers axeman has had a long history with the Boss DS-1 and its sibling, the DS-2. A quick glance at his ...

Best distortion pedals: Our top picks . For pure value for money, you can’t do much better than the MXR Super Badass Distortion. Not only does it have an awesome name, but it boasts an excellent, ...

Almost every electric guitarist owns a distortion pedal of some description or, failing that, a switchable high-gain channel on their amplifier. Distorted guitar tones have come to represent the ...

My distortion pedal isn’t giving me the sound I hear in my favorite songs. ... Our take: A distortion pedal that can be applied to rhythm and lead guitar parts with equal satisfaction.

In the octave circuit, though, the Kaamos’s unique appeal comes out. The degree of control over the pitch-shifted signal is a ...

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 ...

The best guitar pedals will help you get even more out of your guitar, ... For example, to add a distortion pedal to a basic guitar-to-amp connection, ...

We didn’t really expect that a guitar distortion pedal would lead down the rabbit hole to diode theory and digital signal processing, but we’re glad it did.

My first distortion pedal was a 80’s Technics tape deck. I had an acoustic guitar, so I put some old headphones around the body and plugged in. I loved that growl.