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2. List of distortion pedals - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Boss MT-2 - Wikipedia

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   In a retrospective, Premier Guitar described the MT-2 as "literally the hottest piece of gear in the guitar world" upon its 1991 release. [3] For its October 1992 issue, Guitar Player conducted a "shoot-out" of 29 distortion pedals and concluded the MT-2 was the standout model for metal players. Demand was so high, however, the magazine could ...

4. Boss HM-2 - Wikipedia

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   Since its discontinuance, the HM-2 has become one of the most demanded pedals of the Boss back catalogue. [3] [1] [2] Guitarist and record producer Kurt Ballou has been cited as an influence for the pedal's resurgence [4] and bands such as Nails and Rotten Sound have also appropriated the pedal's sound for different extreme metal styles. [5]

5. Pro Co RAT - Wikipedia

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   Numerous variations of the original RAT pedal are still being produced today, and it has become the 8th best selling guitar pedal of all time. [2] The pedal has changed in appearance over the years, but its tone has remained largely the same. Pro Co has also introduced variations of the RAT, including the Turbo RAT and the You Dirty RAT, among ...

6. Fuzz Face - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Electro-Harmonix - Wikipedia

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   Electro-Harmonix was founded by rhythm and blues keyboard player Mike Matthews in October 1968 in New York City with $1,000. [3] He took a job as a salesman for IBM in 1967, but shortly afterwards, in partnership with Bill Berko, an audio repairman who claimed to have his own custom circuit for a fuzz pedal, he jobbed construction of the new pedal to a contracting house and began distributing ...

8. Effects unit - Wikipedia

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   By using a looper pedal, a singer-guitarist in a one person band can play the backing chords (or riffs) to a song, loop them with the pedal, and then sing and do a guitar solo over the chords. Some units allow a performer to layer multiple loops, enabling the performer to create the effect of a full band. [109]

9. Frantone Electronics - Wikipedia

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   The company was one of the world's first boutique guitar effects companies. [2] Over the years, the company's boutique pedals would be used by notable musicians including Lou Reed and R.E.M. [3] The company's growth was never steady; Blanche moved Frantone repeatedly, being gentrified out of several NYC-area locations. [4]