Those colorful stompbox things lining the stage in front of your favorite musicians or at the feet of that trending singer/songwriter guitarist on TikTok look pretty cool, but what do they actually do? Effects pedals give musicians the ability to change the tone and color of their sound in brand new ways, or even recreate traditional tones from past genres. When used strategically, these effects can help you establish your defining tone and style as a guitarist that will set you apart.
Guitar effect pedals are electronic devices that allow you to alter the sound of your guitar or other music instruments by manipulating the audio signals. In other words, the pedals are small, metal enclosures with an internal circuitry that is activated when you step on it, changing the sound waves produced by your guitar. The pedals are built to have a variety of different effects on your guitar tone including drive, distortion, modulation, reverb and more. They are typically controlled by a musician’s feet so you can keep your hands free to shred your away on your guitar.
There are many different types of guitar pedals out there that offer a wide array of possible effects. Understanding the basic types of effects pedals and their functions can help you decide what will ultimately end up on your pedal board.
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This pedal is not actually an effect, but a crucial piece for any guitarist’s arsenal as it helps you quickly and accurately tune your guitar - very handy for those noisy gigging venues!
In the early days of guitar amps, rock guitarists began to turn the amps way up past their limits to overload the valves and create a completely new and different tone. Since this was hard to achieve at reasonable volumes, overdrive pedals were designed to emulate that same break-up of cranked tube amps but in a controllable format. This gain effect will retain much of the original sound of your guitar, but gives it a heavier, thicker signal.
Distortion pedals pick up where overdrive pedals leave off, taking your guitar signal and distorting it by adding volume, crunch and sustain to your sound like it’s being played through an amp breaking up. For guitarists who want to play hard rock or metal, a distortion pedal is a must have.
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Fuzz is a dynamic distortion effect that is the most extreme of the distortion effects, creating a more gnarly, jagged sound. Fuzz pedals get rid of your original guitar tone and replace it with heavy bass and push your amp to its breaking point.
The delay pedal is a time-based effect where a copy of your guitar tone is created and repeated to sound like a fading echo. You can usually choose the length of the delay intervals as well as the volume to customize your echo.
Reverb pedals simulate what you hear in an enclosed, physical space when sound bounces back to your ears off surfaces like walls and the ceiling. This reverberation effect can range from adding just a slight echo, to making it sound like you're in a massive cave. Many guitar amps have built-in reverb effects already, so a reverb pedal may not be necessary.
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This modulation effect pedal makes your guitar sound like more than one guitar is playing. It does this by doubling your guitar tone one or more times and then varying the timing and pitch of the doubles slightly from the original.
A compressor pedal normalizes the volume of your guitar by smoothing out its highest and lowest levels. So, if you pick your guitar strings lightly and then heavily, the output will sound the same. These pedals aren’t the most exciting, but they can help make you sound more professional by creating a more consistent tone. It’s for this reason that they are often used when recording or playing live performances.
This pedal is as simple as it sounds, allowing you to raise or lower the volume of your guitar with a foot controller. You can lower your guitar signal between sets or swell it for effect during crescendos in the song while keeping both hands on your guitar.
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Tremolo is a dynamic effect that creates a nice wobble sound by rapidly lowering and raising the volume of your guitar tone at a rate that you choose and control. This pedal makes it sound like your volume is being turned up and down very quickly after you play a note.
The Wah effect is exactly what it sounds like, a frequency-based effect that creates a “Wah” noise. A Wah pedal uses a filter that is controlled by the movement on the pedal itself. This lets you manipulate and emphasize specific parts of your playing by accentuating various frequencies and pitches depending on how you press down on the pedal. Pushing on the toe will bring out higher frequencies in your guitar sound and the heel will highlight bass frequencies. It is widely used in funk and rock music and is especially useful during guitar solos.
An octave pedal automatically plays the notes you're playing up or down one octave. This can create a robust sound when used with single notes.
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Pitch pedals are similar to the octave pedal but have a wider variation. These pedals can change the notes you are playing to one or two octaves up or down as well as in between an octave.
A harmonizer pedal gives a frequency-based effect that makes it sound like a second guitarist is playing in harmony with the original guitar signal. This effect is created by copying the guitar input signal and then adjusting the pitch of the double up or down at a certain interval (typically a 3rd, 5th or octave). You can often hear this effect being used in metal and hard rock guitar solos.
Flanger and phaser pedals create effects that are time-based and similar to a chorus effect. However, instead of sounding like there are hundreds of guitarists copying your sound, it simply thickens your own guitar tones or can make it seem like just a few other guitarists are playing with you. The effects can cause a swirling, swooshing filtered guitar tone or a sweeping sound by creating peaks and troughs in your guitar tone. You can change the range of these tonal peaks and troughs by altering the controls on the pedal.
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Looping is a technique that allows you to record a snippet of what you’re playing on the pedal and then play it back through your amp to form a repetitive loop, or phrase in real-time. These phrases can play sequentially in a song-style format or overdubbed to create multiple layers of music. One-man band style performers or solo guitarists could use this to add in a second guitar part to a song when there is only one person playing guitar.
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Artist background: Despite a relatively short professional career, Stevie Ray Vaughn is considered an icon in Blues music history and one of the most accomplished guitarists. Drawing inspiration from classic blues artists such as Albert King and rock artists such as Jimi Hendrix, he developed a uniquely eclectic and fiery style that sounded like no other guitarist. His tragic death in 1990 only emphasized his influence on blues and American rock & roll.
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Song background: “Pride and Joy” was composed by Vaughn and his backup band Double Trouble and put the Texas-raised musician on the map when it was released in 1983. The Super Overdrive effect pedal lent the song a warm, crunchy sound helping support its upbeat blues style.
Artist background: Andy Summers is a guitarist best known for his tenure with the English rock band The Police. Since picking up the guitar at age 13 and training in classic guitar and jazz, Summers developed his own distinctive style famous for his unique rhythm technique combining reggae and new wave elements. His trademark guitar sound with the Police relied heavily on a chorus effect.
Song background: “Message in a Bottle” was the first single from the second Police album, Reggatta De Blanc (1979) and the band’s first #1 UK single. The song’s mesmerizing guitar riff starts off the track with a chord progression that repeatedly denies the harmony our ears expect it to provide. It was even included in the Rolling Stones 2008 list of the “100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.”
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Artist background: Prince was a charismatic performer, a renowned singer with a huge range and incredible falsetto, and one of the most underrated guitar players in Rock. In addition to his immense talent and amazing songwriting abilities, Prince was considered revolutionary because of the deals he struck with record companies, and for being an artist that brought to light the oppressive nature of recording contracts.
Song background: In 1984, Prince broke through genre barriers with his hit song “Purple Rain.” Purple Rain propelled Prince to superstardom
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