Guitar Effects
Everything published on Viyolens under Guitar Effects — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
Line 6 Helix Explained: Features, Types and Tips
What a Line 6 Helix actually is, how the family breaks down, and how a preset's signal chain is put together.
Common Overdrive Pedal Mistakes to Avoid
Most overdrive mistakes come from the same source: misunderstanding what the format actually does. Here is the list of what goes wrong and how to avoid it.
The Complete Guide to Strymon Timeline Delay Pedal
The Strymon Timeline is one of the most comprehensive delay pedals ever created, offering studio-quality sound in a remarkably compact format. Perfect for any guitarist seeking versatile, professional...
Guitar Pedal Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Charlotte Bennett explains what guitar pedals actually do — from the gain pedals that defined rock and roll to the reverbs and delays that set the mood — and how to begin thinking about your own sound...
Octave Guitar Effect: A Complete Buyer's Guide
An octave guitar effect transforms your tone with harmonic layers and thick textures. This buying guide covers polyphonic vs monophonic options, tracking accuracy, and how to choose within your budget...
The Complete Guide to Guitar Effects Looper
A guitar effects looper lets you record and layer audio loops in real time, creating complex arrangements one part at a time. Learn types, features, and techniques.
Tremolo Guitar Pedals: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Choosing the right tremolo guitar pedals requires understanding waveforms, rate range, and build quality. Our guide helps you select pedals that enhance your tone.
The Complete Guide to Voice Guitar Pedal
A voice guitar pedal synthesises vocal-like tones from your guitar input, opening creative possibilities in ambient, progressive and experimental music.
The Complete Guide to Chorus Effect Pedal
The chorus effect creates a lush, shimmering texture by layering a slightly delayed, pitch-modulated copy of your signal. This comprehensive guide covers controls, placement, and techniques for captur...
Keeley Electronics Compressor: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Keeley Electronics compressors transform guitar tone through sustain and dynamic control. This buying guide helps you understand compression, compare models, and choose the right compressor for your r...
The Best Fuzz Pedals for the Money
The right fuzz depends on the sound you want, not just the price. Here's how the options break down by type, with honest picks at each level.
Fuzz Pedal for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Fuzz has a reputation for being unpredictable, but most of its quirks make sense once you know what's behind them. Here's how to get started.
A Guide to Tuner Pedal
A tuner pedal sits in your signal chain and provides silent, accurate tuning during live performance. Here is how they work, the differences between types, and what to look for when choosing one.
Behringer Guitar Effects Pedals: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Behringer guitar effects pedals deliver surprising value at budget prices, but intelligent purchasing means understanding compromises and recognising which effects work well at budget pricing.
E Bow: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Not a pedal, not a pickup modification, but a small handheld device whose entire purpose is to sustain one string through magnetism.
Pedalboard Bass for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A bass pedalboard organises your effects and makes your setup portable and professional. This beginner's guide removes the confusion and helps you build your first effects rig with confidence.
Common Pedal Power Supply Mistakes to Avoid
Most pedalboard power problems come from preventable mistakes: using wrong voltage, undersizing current capacity, or daisy-chaining high-current digital pedals. Here's what to avoid.
E Bow for Beginners: A Complete Guide
This little device rewards patience far more than natural talent, and getting comfortable with it is easier than it first feels.
Everything You Need to Know About Ring Modulation Pedal
Modulation pedals add movement and character to your tone. This guide covers the most popular modulation effects and how to use ring modulation and other pedals creatively.
Delay Strymon for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Strymon delay pedals intimidate beginners, but they're incredibly beginner-friendly once you understand the basics. This guide covers core controls, tap tempo, and common mistakes.
The Complete Guide to Cool Guitar Effects
Cool guitar effects transform your sound and expand creative possibilities, from subtle enhancement to radical sonic transformation.
The Complete Guide to Guitar Modelling
Guitar modelling digitally recreates classic amplifiers and effects, offering flexibility and affordability. Discover what this technology offers, how to use it effectively, and whether it suits your...
Common Chorus Pedal Mistakes to Avoid
Most chorus pedal problems come down to a handful of predictable mistakes. Here's what to watch out for and the straightforward fixes for each one.
Guitar Pedal Harmonizer for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A guitar harmonizer pedal generates harmonies in real time to match your playing. This beginner's guide covers setup, first steps, and how to use it musically.
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Bass Effects Pedals
Bass effects pedals add tone shaping, texture and control for recording, rehearsal and live bass work.
Boss Pedal
Boss pedals are durable, reliable effects for guitarists who need straightforward tone shaping in rehearsal, studio and...
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Distortion
Distortion gives guitarists gritty, saturated tone for riffs, solos and heavier styles across live and studio settings.
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Distortion Pedal
A distortion pedal adds focused gain, sustain and punch for guitarists building classic or high-gain tones.
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Guitar Pedal
Effects pedals for adding drive, ambience and tonal variety to your guitar sound in practice, recording and live perform...
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Line 6 Helix
Line 6 Helix delivers powerful modelling, routing and switching for players who need studio-grade flexibility in one sys...
Looper Pedal
A looper pedal helps guitarists build layered parts for practice, composition and live solo performances.
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Tc Electronic
TC Electronic pedals and audio tools for guitar, bass and studio signal processing.
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