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 ...

Copenhagen-based stompbox specialists Reuss Effects has developed a signature distortion and fuzz pedal with Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite. The Plasmatron has a dual-circuit design, jamming fuzz ...

If you’re bored of your run-of-the-mill distortion pedals, then the Soma Labs Harvezi Hazze is definitely worth a look. It gives you those classic borderline distortion tones of the ProCo RAT and can ...

A look at the evolution of the technologies that give rock its signature sound Fifty years ago, a faulty connection in a mixing board gave birth to fuzz, which is a term of art. Although it came to ...

On June 6, 1965, London Records released The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in the United States. Keith Richards’ devastating fuzz distortion riff launched a salvo on the ...

Engineer Glenn Snoddy, who opened Woodland Sound Studios and who revolutionized electric guitar sound with the distorted "fuzz-tone" heard on Marty Robbins' "Don't Worry" and, later, the Rolling ...