What makes BOSS guitar stompboxes the world’s best-selling effects pedals? When the original BOSS overdrive stompbox, the OD-1, was first released way back in 1977, it looked very different from any other stompbox of the day. Where others were simple squared-off aluminum boxes crudely screwed together, the OD-1 was a smooth cast-metal body. It had [...]
Let’s Connect Our Pedals Together As discussed in Part 1, the first rule in connecting guitar effects: there are no rules. There are, however, some good ideas. Plugging In Using our basic guidelines, let’s connect our pedalboard together:
Rule Number 1 — There are No Rules Free BOSS mobile phone wallpaper—choose from 10. So you decided to play electric guitar. Once you get a guitar and an amp, the next step is to explore effects. Effects pedals can be separated into groups based on their functions. Understanding the different pedal groups is the key [...]
