Most of us are aware of harmonic nodes. You get the strongest one at the 12th fret, which is exactly halfway along the string length. There’s one at the 5th, which is a quarter length and another at ...

Wampler Pedals has unveiled a new fuzz pedal for players who are tired of clones, who will entertain the idea of summoning some gated, Velcro-ripping magick from their pedalboard, but at the same time ...

At 70 years old, Rick Crownover finds himself closer to the electric guitar than ever. A lifetime tinkerer, he now builds his signature fuzz guitar pedals made from eclectic tin containers found in ...

Super-simple, affordable and a lot of fun, the Tuna Fuzz makes a compelling introduction to the unhinged world of Beetronics’ sound, and is a no-brainer for all those Cro-Magnon players out there who ...

Ever since those first new notes in Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones, players have been on the hunt for the best fuzz pedals to recreate that brash, raspy, horn-like guitar tone. It tends to be more ...

Some of the most recognizable guitar sounds in rock music were created with the fuzz pedal. The predecessor of distortion and overdrive pedals, it alters your guitar’s sound wave into a square wave, ...

From the squeaky to the scuzzy, the blipping to the beeping, a collection of effects pedals can be one of the greatest assets in a guitarist’s arsenal of tricks. We geeked out with 16 gearhead ...

In a basement office in downtown Whitehorse, in a space they share with a dressmaker and a filmmaker, two young musicians are trying to make magic from a pile of old electronic parts. Patrick Hamilton ...