Benjamin J. Heckendorn returns from a vision quest of Xbox 360 laptop-building and Jasper-hunting to share a new how-to project with Engadget readers. In this episode, he'll describe how to build one ...

There's a whole world of software-based effects available to use in your DAW, but sometimes nothing beats the sound and feel of a rock-solid guitar pedal you can hold in your own two hands. The only ...

Two pedals can help simulate a valve amp turned up, but at low volumes. A clean boost and compressor can both enhance your dynamics, especially when practising at low volumes in the home. The boost ...

For most guitarists, having the perfect pedalboard setup is very important. Of course, others are perfectly content with an acoustic guitar or plugging their favorite electric guitar directly into the ...

As far as guitar effects pedals go, there’s no shortage of simple stompboxes that distort the instrument’s sound, add a delay or an echo, or other basic modifications. Then there are others that take ...

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