| If you are serious about the guitar then you may want | | | | distorted sound. This gives you a rock type sound |
| to consider investing in guitar effects. Guitar effects | | | | found on hundreds of songs. |
| pedals come in lots of different shapes and sizes. | | | | Wah Pedals |
| Their main use is to change the way your guitar | | | | Wah pedals are a great guitar effects pedal. Rather |
| sounds. | | | | than just an on/off situation this is an expression pedal. |
| There are thousands of different guitar effects pedals | | | | It is called a wah pedal because literally, it makes your |
| to choose from some new some rare and old - some | | | | guitar sound as though it is saying "wah". This is great |
| create sounds that alters your guitar sound so much it | | | | for slow and fast lead playing and produces some |
| is almost unrecognisable as a guitar sound. | | | | really great results. |
| Guitar effects pedals come in many different formats. | | | | Delay Pedals |
| You can get he single effects units - often called | | | | This adds an echo effect to your sound. Can be used |
| stomp boxes and chain them together or you can opt | | | | to layer multiple sounds or, more commonly, and in my |
| for a multi effects unit that combines lots of effects in | | | | case, used to beef up your lead sound. It is a subtle |
| one box. There are also other formats such as rack | | | | difference that can make such a difference to your |
| mounted effects units and processors. | | | | playing. |
| For the purpose of this article I am going to illustrate a | | | | Chorus Pedals |
| couple of the most commonly used guitar effects | | | | Another popular guitar pedal that adds depth to both |
| pedals that I consider an essential. I personally use | | | | your clean and distorted tone is the chorus pedal. This |
| these pedals. These can be easily chained together in | | | | thickens the sound by doubling up notes in layers and |
| whatever way you choose and changed to get the | | | | altering delays in a very subtle way. |
| sound that you want from your guitar. | | | | With guitar effects pedals there are massive |
| Distortion / overdrive pedals | | | | differences in sound quality. Often the more expensive |
| Whilst the above is in fact two separate pedals the | | | | a pedal is, the better it will be. It is also very true, |
| effect they produce are similar. I personally own a | | | | especially with the examples above, the older the |
| distortion pedal but tend to use the amplifiers overdrive | | | | pedal is the better quality sound it will produce. As with |
| effect to get the sound I want.. Basically they take | | | | most things guitar related, they don't make |
| your clean sound and convert it to an overdriven or | | | | things like they used to. |