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Effects Pedals

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Effect Pedals and the Ukulele

Updated: 19 Sep 2018

Typically effects pedals are not used with the ukulele. However there is no reason they can’t be used.

Pedal Manufactures

Boss

Boss (Roland Corporation U.S.)

Known around the world as the company that put the “stomp” in “stompbox,” BOSS is the division of Roland Corporation most easily recognized for its legendary line of colorful guitar and bass effects pedals. But beyond these killer pedals, BOSS has pushed the envelope for over 30 years with innovative multi-effects, rhythm machines, personal digital studios and other easy-to-use instruments for musicians of all types. Put simply, BOSS gives you the great-sounding tools you need to spend less time tweaking and more time playing.

Danelectro

Danelectro

Danelectro was founded by Nathan Daniel in 1947; throughout the late forties, the company produced amplifiers for Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward. In 1954, Danelectro started producing the Danelectro lines of solidbody electric guitars and amplifiers, and also working as a “jobber”, that is producing guitars and amps by contract, that were branded not with the Danelectro name, but with the names of various store brands, such as Silvertone and Airline.

Fishman

Fishman Transducers, Inc.

Fishman is dedicated to helping acoustic musicians achieve the truest sound possible whenever they plug in. Our ongoing commitment and wide range of innovative products has helped our company grow to become the industry standard for acoustic amplification.

LRBaggs

L. R. Baggs

We started this in a loft in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a hope and a dream, and no business sense whatsoever. The first L.R. Baggs product was our LB6 Series Pickup. We would like to thank Leo Kottke for his early support. Stores would call us and say, "Leo Kottke said he was using your pickup." We could literally track his touring route as the stores would order in his wake. Early endorsers were Steven Sheehan of the Judds, James Taylor and Kathy Mattea. These endorsers gave us the encouragement and support that sustained us when we had more enthusiasm than business sense. They spread the word and gradually our business grew.

Peterson

Peterson Electro-Musical Products, Inc.

In 1948, 10 years after the invention of the strobe tuner, Chicago-based Peterson Electro-Musical Products began building instrument tuners under the direction of Dick Peterson, a pioneer of solid state electronics. The first Peterson tuner was the Model 150 in 1952. This was updated to become the Model 200 in 1959 and the design was advanced to solid state with the Model 300 in 1966.

SonicResearch

Sonic Research

"The Turbo Tuner"- True Strobe Tuners from Sonic Research - The LED ring on the Turbo Tuner is a true stroboscope. The LEDs are driven directly by the analog input signal and electronically strobed, showing the actual stroboscopic effect between the input signal and internally generated frequency reference. This gives instant response and extreme accuracy.

TCElectronic

TC Electronic

Every once in a while, you find a tool that makes your project or performance even better than what you imagined possible. Well, in the world of audio, we make those tools. Whether the tool you’re looking for is an inventive new stomp box or an intricate surround processor, we’ll help take your music to the next level.

TC Electronic is an individual in TC Group.

Mooer

Mooer

Shenzhen Mooer Audio Co., Ltd. is an energetic and technological innovative company, dedicated in researching, manufacturing and marketing electronic musical instruments and audio equipments, by applying the state-of-the-art technology into our products. We have developed a variety of products in electronic musical instruments, ranging from Synthesizer, sound and audio processor, and digital audio effects etc, relying on our strong and efficient research &development team, most of them have deep accomplishment in the area of music and musical instruments and have many years of accumulation in synthesizer technology, wavetable synthesizer technology and digital audio effects technology.

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