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6/09/2011

New Features At EffectsLounge

We've added some great new features. Now you can browse your entire board history at My Boards. You can also check out all the boards built by your fellow guitarists at Board Gallery. Don't forget about the Ultimate Pedalboard Giveaway!

5/05/2011

What's That Dude Play Record Review: The Foos Bring Their A Game

Over the past 17 years, Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters have become the Pixar Studios of the music business. With everyone seemingly

4/26/2011

More History of Fuzz -- Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face

The Fuzz Face is a classic guitar pedal, originally produced in England by The Arbiter Company in the mid-1960s. Tħe company was later sold and

4/23/2011

The Black Keys Slinky Fuzzed Out Tones

The Black Keys have become figureheads of twenty-first century guitar rock by combing the back roads of twentieth century blues and infusing it with fuzzed out bong water riffs. Sounds simple? It is and it isn’t. For every band that copies the same formula there are only a handful that can elevate the same old sounds to something new and fresh. Like the now defunct White Stripes, The Black Keys have taken a few simple ingredients of the rock and roll cookbook and made them their own.

4/05/2011

Marc Ford and his Endless Effects Lineup

Guitarist Marc Ford has been creating some of the most stellar bluesy licks and phrases for over twenty years and counting. Ford always knows exactly what to play and perhaps more importantly, what not to play. From his electric work to his slide and acoustic material, Ford consistently provides melodic and emotional guitar work wrapped around old school know-how and attitude. His work with the Black Crowes is sweetly interwoven in two of the group’s most seminal works (The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion and Amorica).

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