
Alamo Music Center | Getting Started With Guitar Effects Pedals | A Beginner's Look at the Basics of Guitar Effects
If you're somewhat new to playing guitar, maybe you've been allured by the beautiful, colorful world of pedals. Today, Cooper Greenberg is here to walk you through some of the basics, and help answer the question of where to start. It can be a daunting task to know which type of pedal to build your collection off of, and it's one of the most common questions we get here at Alamo Music. In this video, we take a look at understanding the gain-based effects (overdrive, distortion, fuzz), time-based effects (delay, reverb), compression, modulation (phaser, chorus, flanger, etc.), wah, and looping. This is simply an introduction for those who could use some direction, and we will be expanding some of our pedal basics videos moving forward! Let us know your favorites down in the comments, and ask any questions you might have!
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