If you are a guitarist and have never used a looper pedal before, you are missing out on a huge experience. And I say this out of the personal experience- when I was new to guitars, I didn’t know about the value that playing with friends could bring. Even if you don’t have any friends …
The delay pedal has been around for quite some time now, and many bands have used it for their signature sounds. It can be very useful when you are trying to sound better without spending a lot. There is barely any guitarist today who isn’t used to the humble delay effect. In this short article, …
The best guitar compressor pedal is just a ten-minute read away, and if you are a quick reader, you may be able to learn all about compression pedals even faster. Every guitarist knows the value of using compression to boost the signal output and to be honest, I cannot imagine using any other effect if …
You may not know about distortion if you are mostly playing an acoustic. For the electric guitarist, however, distortion and overdrive are probably very familiar terms. Every rock guitarist has spammed distortion at some point in their playing, and rightly so. There isn’t quite anything like some distortion and gain when playing over a track, …
A volume pedal can be something that you don’t pay much attention to. After all, why bother getting a pedal when you’ve got handy knobs on your guitar to adjust the master volume, right? If you have been playing guitar for a while, you may know that there is a ton of value that pedals- …
As a guitarist, you not only need to be mindful of the timing and notes you are playing, but also how you sound to your audience. Most bands have a unique sound to them- thanks to their pedals like wah, tremolo and whammy. You can imagine how bland the sound of John Petrucci would sound …
If you have been playing guitar for some time, you may have heard about guitar pedals. Not only are guitar pedals a good way to get some unique sounds out of your limited gear setup, they can also help provide the motivation to keep improving in your guitar journey. There are a plethora of pedals …
Everybody who plays an electric guitar knows how expensive it can be to find good-sounding pedals. And you need a separate one for each style you want to play. Want to sound better? Reverb and delay! Want to play metal? Overdrive! Want to sound like Satriani? Another expression pedal! I know firsthand how troublesome rewiring …