1. What was the first pedal you built and how did the design come about? “The first pedal I built from scratch was a clone of the Sam Ash fuzz [Astrotone/ Fuzzz Boxx]. I just thought it was a really ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a previous entry into this “wondrous”, if not “ponderous” blogspace, I alluded to the fact that an industrious EE/designer could make a nice farthing or two just creating distortion pedals for ...

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 ...

Boss unveils the Waza Craft TB-2W Tone Bender, an authentic recreation of the legendary mid-60’s guitar effect pedal used by Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Mick Ronson and more. The new pedal was designed in ...

We may be in the golden era of guitar fuzz pedals, where the past and present innovations combine to give us devices with options and range never before thought achievable. Boss, an industry leader ...

As well splitting a guitar input over three separate fuzz pots, the variable frequency control and resonance switch of Fairfield Circuitry’s new Four Eyes Crossover Fuzz pedal help make it one ...

Innovator: engineer Glenn Snoddy, left, and Owen Bradley in Bradley Studio control room (Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum/Getty) Glenn Snoddy, who has died aged 96, was the Nashville studio ...