Electro-harmonix has just released a $220 guitar pedal that evokes the sound of the B-series Hammond organ. I was tipped off by my programmer consultant buddy Gil Garcia, who I met when we both worked ...

When we first saw [Maarten Tromp]’s article about a “momentary latching switch” for guitar effects pedals, we have to admit to being a bit confused. When it comes to push-button switches, “momentary” ...

Nothing can bad can happen to your iPad down there on a stage floor. Nothing. Photo: IK Multimedia Electric guitar players have effects pedals. It’s an addiction, and a law of nature. We keep buying ...

GEAR EXPO 2024: If you need to spice up your guitar tone, you really have come to the right place. At this year's NAMM show there were plenty of amazing new stompboxes announced, and since the show ...

The electronics I used in this project consist of: 1 Mono Audio Jack (1/4") 1 Piezoelectric Transducer 1 Potentiometer (must use one with a 5 Meg Ohm rating or better) Other parts and tools required: ...

IK Multimedia has drawn key tone-shaping features from its mighty Axe I/O instrument interface and put them into the Z-Tone Buffer Boost preamp pedal for gigging and Z-Tone DI active box for studio ...

The worst thing about being in a rock band is waiting for the guitarist to set up and adjust—and re-adjust, and then re-re-adjust—his interminable collection of effects boxes and pedals. But now ...

[Brian McNamara] fed the output of his guitar pedal back into its input creating a looped synthesizer. He started with an effects pedal he made but now we think he’s ended up with an electronic stomp ...

Native Instruments on Tuesday released Guitar Rig 1.2. The new version of the developer’s digital guitar studio adds four new stomp boxes — the fuzz pedals Fuzz Ace and Big Fuzz and the distortion ...