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The King of Tone, released in 2005, was designed by former software engineer Mike Piera to create an improved version of the then-discontinued Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal. A two-sided pedal with independent controls and internal DIP switches to choose between boost, overdrive, and distortion modes, Piera started building the pedals by hand in ...
The first distortion effects unit made by Boss, [1] it has become a classic effect, used by many notable guitar players. [2] Boss released a successor, the DS-2. [3] The DS-2, "Turbo Distortion" was released in 1987, and is very similar to the DS-1 except that it features a "turbo" setting, which produces a sharper midrange tone. [4]
The Klon Centaur is an overdrive pedal made by the American engineer Bill Finnegan between 1994 and 2008. Finnegan aimed to create a pedal that would recreate the harmonically rich distortion of a guitar amplifier at a high volume. Finnegan struggled to meet demand, and used units sold for inflated prices.
By rolling the volume knob, the guitar player can decrease the gain of the pedal and get a clean or crunch sound, while still having all the gain when the volume knob is on maximum. [ clarification needed ] For the same reason, Fuzz Face pedals react differently when placed directly after the guitar than when after other pedals or after a ...
Since then, he develops his own pedals, starting with a boost pedal; his most popular effect is a compressor (first built in 2001), selling more than 27,000 copies. [3] According to Guitar World, Keeley Electronics has grown into "one of the world’s top sellers of guitar effects pedals". [4]
Various type of guitar and bass effect pedals. An effects unit is also called an effect box, effects device, effects processor or simply an effect. The abbreviation F/X or FX is sometimes used. A pedal-style unit may be called a stomp box, stompbox, effects pedal or pedal.
An earlier Electro-Harmonix pedal, the Axis Fuzz, was also manufactured for the Guild guitar company as the Foxey Lady and used a similar chassis as the early Big Muffs, but had a simpler two-transistor circuit. With the introduction of the Big Muff, the Axis was discontinued and the Foxey Lady pedal became a rebranded Big Muff.
Numerous variations of the original RAT pedal are still being produced today; it has become one of best selling guitar effects boxes of all time, with some retailers placing it in their top-ten most-sold pedals. [2] The pedal has changed in appearance over the years, but its tone has remained largely the same.