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Warning: Childish guitar pedal technology ahead

Guitarists are always chasing that perfect guitar tone, the one that they hear in their heads. Pick-ups, amps, and, of course, effects pedals figure into the formula. This, however, provides a solution to a problem no one had: How to make an electric guitar fart.

The Fart Pedal, funded with a Kickstarter campaign in 2021, is now shipping devices, promising “the very latest in musical fart technology” and the ability for guitarists to augment their favourite solos “using ear-rattling butt blasters.” Note the settings.

Wolfgang Van Halen has one. His reaction? “I WANT ONE!”

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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