About this time last year, California's Positive Grid released some nifty software for Mac, PC and iOS that allowed tone wizards to dive into virtual circuits to create custom fuzz, overdrive and ...

Like it or loathe it, fuzz distortion effects units have been an integral part of rock music ever since a Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone made a guest appearance on Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones. Early ...

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 ...

There is a certain demographic of guitar players who need no more details other than the name of this brand new fuzz pedal from the beautiful mind of Way Huge’s stompbox guru Jeorge Tripps. And that’s ...

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 ...

Back in December 2011, I gave my Godson, for his 21 st birthday, my 1968 Gibson Les Paul gold-top guitar. Yes, I included the original case with its chips, scratches, and stickers from every place it ...

The guys played a show at London's KOKO last Sunday, and we caught up with (mostly) frontman Mark Arm and (some of) guitarist Steve Turner beforehand, to talk changing attitudes, day jobs, the music ...