Pedal-building wizard David Rainger is back at it again with “another brilliantly unconventional dirt pedal”, the Rainger FX ...

Learning guitar starts with excitement – the thrill of the first clean chord, the dream of playing a favourite song, the feel ...

MXR has launched a distortion pedal honouring the late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. The Jail Guitar Doors Drive was ...

Who: Colin Raffel, 37, associate professor of computer science, University of Toronto, and associate research director at the Vector Institute Known for: Researching how to make machine learning ...

The pedal in question is called the King of Tone. It has a six-year waiting list. ‘Best sound’ Piera was a software engineer working in Japan in the mid-1980s.

Mike Piera, owner of Analog.Man Guitar Effects in Bethel, CT, has a six-year waiting list for his most sought-after pedal, the King of Tone.

John Snyder plays the guitar and tests out a pedal. (Lukas Harnisch for WBUR) With his doctorate, Snyder seems overqualified for an industry largely made up of untrained musicians and artists.

Tuner: These pedals do exactly what they say on the tin, helping your electric guitar or bass to stay in tune while playing. Overdrive / Distortion: Commonly used by rock bands, distortion pedals ...

Why it made the cut: The Boss GT-1 packs over 100 effects into a rugged and portable unit at an affordable price point. The BOSS GT-1 multi-effects pedal offers some of the best bang for your buck ...

Mac DeMarco has explained his hate for guitar pedals, calling them “cheap pieces of shit”. During a recent MusicTech cover story, the Canadian singer-songwriter/producer spoke about his ...

that goes without saying. my personal guitar usage is that the thing stays in a closet for months, nay even years, at a time until i read about some new effect pedal or other guitar upgrade. i ...

Shoegaze heroes My Bloody Valentine are one of the loudest bands on Earth, so much so their wall of sound has even caused buildings to crack. Chief noisemaker Kevin Shields has now made a pedal so ...