We didn’t really expect that a guitar distortion pedal would lead down the rabbit hole to diode theory and digital signal processing, but we’re glad it did.

As a youth, [David Hilowitz] couldn’t afford a loud aggressive amp, a distortion pedal, or even a proper electric guitar. This experience ended up teaching him that you can use random old audio ...

They use knobs and footswitches to apply any number of alterations to the guitar’s sound, from echo and distortion to reverb and pitch-shifting. Pedals aren’t just for guitars, either.

The Misfits have teamed up with Distortion ... overdrive pedal to celebrate 40 years of the band’s seminal Earth AD album. The idea is that the Earth AD 40th Anniversary Edition gives you everything ...