Electric guitars use magnetic pickups to convert string vibrations into an electrical signal, which is then amplified. Unlike acoustic guitars, they rely on amplification for volume and tone shaping, making them highly versatile in genres like rock, blues, jazz, and metal. Electric guitars come in many body styles—solid, semi-hollow, and hollow—and feature different pickup configurations, neck types, and hardware. From smooth clean tones to aggressive distortion, they offer a wide sonic range, making them the backbone of modern guitar music.
A pedal is a compact device that guitarists use to alter their instrument’s sound by shaping effects such as distortion, delay, reverb, and modulation. Typically housed in a rugged enclosure and controlled by footswitches, pedals are designed to be placed on the floor for hands-free operation during playing. They can be analogue or digital, true bypass or buffered, and come in countless varieties to suit different styles and preferences. Pedals are essential tools for creating signature tones and adding colour and texture to a guitarist’s sound.
Reverb, short for reverberation, is an essential guitar effect that simulates the natural reflections of sound in a physical space, such as a room, hall, or cathedral. It adds depth, ambiance, and spaciousness to the guitar’s sound by creating a series of discrete echoes that decay over time, mimicking the way sound reverberates in different environments. Reverb pedals offer controls for adjusting parameters such as decay time (the length of the reverb tail), pre-delay (the time between the original signal and the onset of the reverb), and mix (the balance between the dry and reverberated signals). By adjusting these parameters, guitarists can achieve a wide range of reverb effects, from subtle room ambience to lush, expansive reverberation. Reverb is widely used across various music genres, including rock, jazz, ambient, and electronic music, to add depth, dimension, and realism to guitar tones, creating a sense of space and immersion in the sound. Popular reverb pedal models include the Strymon BigSky, Boss RV-6, and Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail.
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SubZero is the in-house brand of UK retailer Gear4music, offering a range of affordable musical instruments and accessories. Their product lineup includes electric guitars, basses, amplifiers, pedals, and accessories, catering primarily to beginners and budget-conscious musicians.
£69.99
Reverb pedal perfect for unlocking a world of interstellar sounds Enrich your tone with 'room', 'spring' and 'shimmer' modes Instantly dial in huge tones thanks to the intuitive 3-knob layout Maintain maximum signal integrity via true bypass switching Please Note – This pedal does not come with a power supply
£49.99 £36.99
7-Mode Effects: Room, Hall, Church, Spring, Plate, Studio and Mod. Digital circuit design, true bypass provides transparent tone. Whole Aluminium-alloy classic, stable and strong. LED indicator shows the working state. DC 9V Adapter power supply.(not included)
£42.99
Professional digital reverb effect pedal with 9 reverb in total, it can be adapted to a variety of music. 9-Mode reverb selection knob to adjust at room, hall, plate, spring, shimmer, cloud, bloom, swell, and lofi. MINI-EFX will let you get warm, natural and bright timbres, also it has dynamic response. Reverb pedal also with PARAM 1, PARAM2, PARAM…
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£154.33
Authentic emulation of a vintage digital studio hardware, in a compact stompbox Bit-for-bit emulations of iconic Room, Small Hall, or Large Hall programs Vintage-correct Bass, Mid, and Treble decay lines Mod control for lush, grainy "early-digital" textures Selectable true/trails bypass, short/long Pre-delay, analog dry through Timeless UA design a…
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