In a previous entry into this “wondrous”, if not “ponderous” blogspace, I alluded to the fact that an industrious EE/designer could make a nice farthing or two just creating distortion pedals for ...

The sound of fuzz is the sound of rock. Every generation, a new wave of players discover and redefine this classic effect. It's pretty common to see a fuzz and a distortion on rock boards, and the ...

A look at the evolution of the technologies that give rock its signature sound Fifty years ago, a faulty connection in a mixing board gave birth to fuzz, which is a term of art. Although it came to ...