Archive for April 19th, 2010
Have you noticed at a concert whether it be in person, DVD, or TV that most the members in the band playing electric guitar or electric bass guitar have a board on the floor in front of them. That board has a series of effect pedals that help them achieve the sound that you hear.
An effect pedal is either a metal or plastic box that when used alone or with a series of other effect pedals, change the sound of the instrument you are playing, mostly through a series of filters. There are pedals to help your volume like a preamp, compressors that automatically monitor your output and stops the sound from being too loud.
You also have pedals that control overdrive or distortion, tremolo, wah-wah, and equalization among others. There is also a talk box pedal that is used in conjunction with your mouth, Peter Frampton uses one all the time.