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- Roger Mayer made fuzz, vibe and Octavia guitar pedals for Jimi Hendrix
- MXR Innovations founder and engineer Keith Barr created popular pedal manufacturer Alesis Corporation
- CE-1 Chorus was the first pedal made by Boss Corporation (1976)
- Guitar effects can be pedals, rack mounted or internal to a Guitar Amp
- Common pedals: Distortion, Chorus, Flanger, Delay, Reverb
- Distortion pedals are essential for the rock, hard rock and heavy metal formats as most amps cannot fully overdrive the sound of an electric guitar on their own
- Famous distortion pedals: The Ibanez Tube Screamer, the Electro-Harmonix USA Big Muff
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Guitar pedals, sometimes called stompboxes, are small audio signal processors usually powered by 9-volt batteries and activated by stepping on them like an automobile's gas pedal.
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