Alex Lifeson’s LERXST brand has continued to grow with the unveiling of the limited-edition Snow Dog octave fuzz pedal. The Rush legend announced his entry into the gear market last November. At the ...

So you want to build guitar effects pedals? Well, one place to start might be at the hardware store, stocking up on the soldering iron, reverse-action tweezers, a multimeter and perhaps a solder pump ...

EarthQuaker Devices is celebrating 20 trips around the sun with a special VOS reissue of the pedal that started it all, the Hoof Fuzz. This “hyper-limited edition” follows a similar template to the ...

Designed in 1966 by Arbiter Electronics in London, the Fuzz Face is supposedly the first pedal to use the distinctive DPDT switch that has become the de-facto standard for stompboxes; though it’s ...

Like it or loathe it, fuzz distortion effects units have been an integral part of rock music ever since a Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone made a guest appearance on Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones. Early ...

ANAHEIM, California -- The Willy Wonka of guitar pedal builders is giving away the keys to his kingdom. Zachary Vex, the mastermind behind the handcrafted and hand-painted Z.Vex line of boutique ...