If you are like me, you are obsessed with gear. Be it drums, guitars, drum accessories, or guitar accessories, I am constantly checking out sites like Reverb to see what is on the market. This has inevitably led me to acquire numerous guitar pedals, which in turn led to the need to keep them more …
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Guitar pedals can bring a lot of value to a guitar player’s repertoire. From classic reverb to distortion and just about everything in between, pedals can give you that extra edge to bring your playing to a whole new level. If you love pedals as I do, now is an excellent time to be a …
If you bought your first effects pedal and opened the box expecting a ton of accessories to get the pedal up and running, you were probably quite disappointed. Those still considering a pedal purchase might be curious what I mean and wonder: Do guitar pedals come with a power supply and cables? Most guitar pedals …
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Cleaning and regular maintenance of your music equipment is paramount if you want to keep them working well for years to come. The worst thing you can do is neglect to clean and provide regular preventative maintenance on your music equipment. You do not want to be like me in my younger years of playing …
If you’re a new guitar player trying to decide how to spend your limited gear budget, you might be considering an effects pedal but also have some concerns. A pedal can cost quite a bit, after all, and you want to know whether it’s a wise investment. That raises the question: How long do guitar …
Guitar pedals are an often-essential part of an electric guitarist’s equipment, and you might be wondering why anyone would want to remove the rubber feet. After all, they came like that, so shouldn’t we leave them be? That depends on how and where you intend to use your pedals. Say you do want to remove …
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Guitar effects pedals are a great way to expand your sonic horizons, but they can cost a lot, especially when you consider they’re mostly made with just a few dollars of electronic parts. That leads some to wonder: Is building your own guitar pedal worth it? In many cases, you can replicate an existing pedal …
If you have been playing guitar for any length of time, there is a good chance that you own a guitar pedal or two or have at least spent countless hours browsing online for your dream pedals that you want to buy. Guitar pedals are often an essential component of a guitar player’s gear. They …
One of the most important, but also most difficult, part of learning to play guitar is developing your own sound, something that for many players involves technique and tone, including things like effects. So if you want to use effects to explore new sounds, you might wonder: Can you use guitar pedals with any amp? …
From the beginning of guitar playing, people wanted to make a sound that was all their own. For some, that means one or more effects pedals, but with the rise of amps that can model nearly any sound and computer plugins that can reproduce vintage pedal effects, are guitar pedals obsolete? While there are more …
