guitar pedal
Floor-mounted tone modifier
A guitar pedal is a small floor-mounted device that modifies an electric guitar's sound.
The guitarist steps on it to activate effects like distortion, delay, reverb, or wah.
Multiple pedals chained together form a pedalboard: He's got twelve pedals on his board but only uses three.
Also called a stomp box or effects pedal.
- stompboxFoot-switched audio processor
- distortionTwisting from original state
- fuzzFine downy fibers
- overdriveEfficiency mode at speed
- wahCrying vocalization
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signal chain function
guitar pedalamplifier
Signal-strengthening electronic device
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