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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Some Information About Used Guitar Pedals For Everyone

By Bennett Erich Moss


Trained and practiced musicians will often recommend used guitar pedals or effects machines to enhance a new players abilities and sound. All musicians are interested in beefing up the sound they produce with their instrument, or changing it to add melody to their tunes.

A WAH-pedal or special effects machine creates a sound unlike anything heard from the guitarist in the past and the sound can be made to be unique and outstanding. Special effects can make one strum of a single string sound like many beautiful chords.

The machines can be used to either slightly or very dramatically change the sound that the instrument produces. It can create a feedback sound, sustain the note for a lengthy period of time, change the pitch or tone and filter out any certain pitches. They can make one chord sound like several. They can make some truly amazing sounds.

The small metal box that you see the player step on is the most commonly found kind of pedal. It is the type that is referred to as the wah-pedal, simulating the sound the guitarist is often going for. Just by stepping on it, they activate it. It is connected to the instrument with a cable.

There are many of these that can be purchased used or new on the internet, from fellow musicians or in music stores everywhere. The foot pedal is the most common but you can also purchase a rackmount, which as several pedals to produce different sounds.

There are some of these that stand up high while other are long metal boards with different pedals mounted on the top. These would also sit on the floor in front of the musician, the same way as a singular pedal. Both new and used guitar pedals and effects units are highly effective and can produce some unique and wonderful sounds.




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