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Ever since Jimi Hendrix brought guitar distortion to the forefront of rock and roll, pedals to control the distortion have been a standard piece of equipment for almost every guitarist. Now, there are ...

Since the pandemic’s “hobby boom” grew the guitar effects pedal market exponentially, overdrive pedals are a dime a dozen. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of clones and variations on ...

While $150 is still a fair amount of investment by mini effects pedal standards, the MXR Custom Shop Duke Of Tone comes from the impressive lineage of Analog Man Mike Piera's King Of Tone and the ...

It’s an open, gritty but not spitty, low to mid-gain overdrive that offers a lot of clarity and definition. Where the original lacked in level, all of the modern versions improved on this and one of ...

Among serious electric guitar players and collectors, a few bits of gear stand out as holy grail acquisitions: Good examples of a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar, or amplifiers built by Howard ...

Last year, Tone Box released a uniquely menacing overdrive unit shaped like a human skull where red LEDs lit up the orb sockets. Now the company has announced a new Skull Crusher in steel or gold ...

Editors’ Note: This week, CT Mirror is publishing our Best of 2024 series. This story, originally published on July 29, 2024, was chosen because it is part of our “Crossing Connecticut” series. We ...