Z.Vex Effects is perhaps the original weirdo boutique pedal maker, and their reputation can be traced back almost entirely to this one appropriately eccentric fuzz pedal. So, what is it and how did it ...

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The sound of fuzz is the sound of rock. Every generation, a new wave of players discover and redefine this classic effect. Whether you're inspired by the Stones, Hendrix, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, The ...

Manson Guitar Works has expanded its M-Series electric guitar lineup with new models that usher in fresh colorways and ...

“When I was in second grade, my parents gave me one of those little kits you get for kids to learn about electricity,” Zack Vex explains as he leads me through his office in a suburban Minneapolis ...

Way back in the dark ages of the late ’60s, the music industry experienced a sudden explosion of fuzz pedals that popped up on the market like mushrooms on cow dung after a spring rain. In an instant ...

Some of the most recognizable guitar sounds in rock music were created with the fuzz pedal. The predecessor of distortion and overdrive pedals, it alters your guitar’s sound wave into a square wave, ...

"The World's Biggest Pedal Board" appeared on Facebook Dec. 30, courtesy of ex-Cult/Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum. Taking a page from Dave Grohl's tome, Matt Sorum's Fierce Joy ...

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 ...

In a basement office in downtown Whitehorse, in a space they share with a dressmaker and a filmmaker, two young musicians are trying to make magic from a pile of old electronic parts. Patrick Hamilton ...