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- Active PickupsActive Pickups: Guitar pickups that use a battery's electricity as a preamp boost before sending the to the amplifier. Active pickups require a(...) - Read More
- b
- Boost
- Buffer
- c
- Capacitor
- Chorus
- CleanClean: The lack of any distortion or tone changes of any kind. This isn't as easy as just not using guitar effect pedals. Many amplifiers(...) - Read More
- CompressionCompression: A compressor effect pedal creates sustain without adding distortion or clipping the signal. The compressor controls the volume.(...) - Read More
- d
- Delay
- Digital ModelingDigital Modeling: Digital modeling uses processors in amplifiers and effect pedals to replicate the sound of a variety of amplifiers and(...) - Read More
- Diode
- DirtyDirty: The tone produced with the addition of distortion: The more distorted the dirtier sounding. Distortion, overdrive and fuzz all get(...) - Read More
- DistortionDistortion: Distortion technically is anytime the input signal differs from the output signal. The distortion effect was created to replicate(...) - Read More
- Dry
- e
- Echo
- Equalizer
- f
- Flanger
- Fuzz
- g
- Germanium
- l
- Loop
- Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO)Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO): is an electronic frequency which is usually below 20 Hz and creates a rhythmic pulse or sweep. They are used(...) - Read More
- m
- MIDI
- n
- Noise GateNoise Gate: A noise gate effect pedal is used to reduce any electronic unwanted noise. Noise in the guitar world is usually the result of(...) - Read More
- o
- Octave
- Overdrive
- p
- Phase CancellationPhase Cancellation: Also known as "Bucking", phase cancellation is when two or more sound wave signals are out of phase and therefore cancel or(...) - Read More
- Phaser
- Plate ReverbPlate Reverb: One of the very first artificial means of replicating reverb was the plate reverb. This was actually a roughly 4x8-foot steel(...) - Read More
- r
- Reverb
- Round
- s
- SaturationSaturation: A point at which a guitar tone becomes notably distorted. This can sometimes be known as the “sweet spot” on the gain knob where the(...) - Read More
- Scooped
- Silicon
- Spring ReverbSpring Reverb: Just like Plate Reverb, Spring Reverb was created mechanically by sending the signal electrically through springs instead of a(...) - Read More
- t
- Through Zero FlangerThrough Zero Flanger: Through Zero Flanging is created when a flanger pedal splits the incoming signal into two. The original signal is(...) - Read More
- TimbreTimbre: Also known as tone quality or tone color, it is the perceived sound quality of a given note.Simpler Definition: Timbre is the(...) - Read More
- Tone ColorTone Color: Tone color or timbre of a sound is determined by the relative strengths, presence, and absence of the different harmonics and(...) - Read More
- TransparentTransparent: Not coloring the overall sound of your guitar. Allowing the original sound and character of the instrument to shine through,(...) - Read More
- Tremolo
- v
- Vibrato
- w
- Wah
- Warm
- Wet