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If you're playing rock guitar, chances are that at some point you're going to want to use overdrive or distortion effects. Saturated, gnarly guitar tones are synonymous with rock music, and every ...

MURFREESBORO — Ever wondered how the distorted sound effect of electric guitars started? It happened in Nashville in 1960 — an accident of technology that would forever change the face of music. And ...

We all know what distortion sounds like. We’ve heard it in heavy metal tunes, cheap iPod docks and the crummy speakers at Taco Bell drive-thrus. And we’ve all read distortion specs on things like ...