Welcome to a guitar-focused space by Leigh Fuge — guitarist, educator, and content creator from Swansea, UK — featuring lessons, gear demos, amp and pedal reviews, collaborations with top brands like ...

Most of us are aware of harmonic nodes. You get the strongest one at the 12th fret, which is exactly halfway along the string length. There’s one at the 5th, which is a quarter length and another at ...

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, ...

At 70 years old, Rick Crownover finds himself closer to the electric guitar than ever. A lifetime tinkerer, he now builds his signature fuzz guitar pedals made from eclectic tin containers found in ...

EarthQuaker Devices has just unveiled a compact solution for nailing LCD Soundsystem’s gnarly fuzzed-out bass guitar sounds, teaming up with James Murphy himself to make a replica of his beat-up, ...

While it's become normal to see boutique effects pedals at $200+, there are still plenty of bargains to be found. But what about the ones from mainstream brands that might not be getting their dues?

Less than a month ago, Portlander Chris Benson won the guitar gear equivalent of the Super Bowl. Preamp MKII, a handmade effects pedal Benson made in collaboration with Minnesota company Chase Bliss ...