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Fulltone USA Inc. is an American manufacturer of effects pedals for the electric guitar.Founded by Michael Fuller in California in 1991, Fulltone was one of the first "boutique" pedal companies [1] and became best-known for its overdrive pedals, the Full-Drive and OCD, with the latter dubbed by Music Radar "one of the most legendary overdrives ever made."
First building guitar pickups for the Greco-brand electric guitars produced by Kanda Shokai, Nisshin Onpa in 1969 also became an effects pedal manufacturer. They created a fuzz-wah pedal that was very popular, and marketed under multiple trade names including Ibanez. During the 1970s, Ibanez became one of the company's main OEM customers.
DOD Electronics, or simply DOD, also known as their brand name DigiTech, is an American manufacturing company that makes guitar effects pedals, as well as active crossover gear. DOD is owned by Cortek, the parent company of Cort Guitars. Their DigiTech Whammy pedal has been called "one of the most significant innovations in pedal tech". [1]
The Metal Zone (MT-2) was released in 1991. In 1992 Boss released nine new pedals, including the Turbo Distortion (DS-2). The Heavy Metal (HM-2) distortion pedal was an integral part of the guitar sound of many styles of heavy metal music ever since. [6] The pedals all share the same 'footprint', for compatibility with pedal boards.
Later models introduced more accurate pitch tracking for chords, with the option to switch to the "classic" sound. [4] Guitar World described the Whammy as one of the most iconic guitar pedals. [1] According to MusicRadar, "It's hard to overstate the effect of a mass-market digital pitch shifter becoming available for the first time." [3]
A collection of effects pedals, including several distortions: a MXR Distortion + (top row, second from left), and a Pro Co Rat, Arbiter Fuzz Face, and Electro-Harmonix Big Muff (all middle row, from left). Distortion pedals are a type of effects unit designed to add distortion to an audio signal to create a warm, gritty, or fuzzy character.
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Strobe tuner and regular electronic tuner pedals indicate whether a guitar string is too sharp or flat. [128] Stompbox-format tuner pedals route the electric signal for the instrument through the unit via a 1/4" patch cable. These pedal-style tuners usually have an output so that the signal can be plugged into a guitar amp to produce