Blackstar bass jack
From the s on, the creation and refinement of new sounds for the electric guitar or any amplified instrument, for that matter have often relied on effects units, frequently in the form of effects pedals, also called stomp boxes since they lie on the floor, waiting for the musician to stomp on them to add or remove their contribution to the landscape of their amplified sound. The first type of effect unit developed in the s was the distortion pedal, which added dirt, grit, and boosted the gain volume of the original instrument signal. Distortion effects eventually were divided into three separate flavors: Fuzz, Overdrive, and Distortion, based on severity of clipping and how much gain boost could be added to the audio signal., ...1
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