Alex Lynham

Alex Lynham

Alex Lynham is a gear obsessive who's been collecting and building modern and vintage equipment since he got his first Saturday job. Besides reviewing countless pedals for Total Guitar, he's written guides on how to build your first pedal, how to build a tube amp from a kit, and briefly went viral when he released a glitch delay pedal, the Atom Smasher.

Latest articles by Alex Lynham

Paul Cochrane Timmy overdrive pedal

Classic gear: Paul Cochrane Timmy

By Alex Lynham published

One of the first boutique overdrive pedals, the Timmy has been endlessly cloned due to its fantastic sound and versatile tone-shaping options

Effects & Pedals
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff round-up

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff review round-up

By Alex Lynham published

Triangle, Green Russian, Op-Amp and Ram's Head Muffs rated - which is the right fuzz pedal for you?

Effects & Pedals
A guide to ambient guitar: channel your post-rock heroes using delay, reverb pedals and more

A guide to ambient guitar: channel your post-rock heroes using delay, reverb pedals and more

By Alex Lynham published

Learn how to create stunning electric guitar soundscapes with our hands-on examples for all levels of guitarist

Guitar Gear
Classic Gear: Electro-Harmonix POG

Classic gear: Electro-Harmonix POG

By Alex Lynham published

With the POG, polyphonic pitch-shifting finally arrived for the average player, and its great tones and superior tracking have cemented its place in pedal history

Effects & Pedals
Classic Gear: DigiTech Space Station

Classic gear: DigiTech Space Station

By Alex Lynham published

We dig deep into the renowned effects company's trailblazing XP-300

Effects & Pedals
Ian Williams of Battles performs live

Battles' Ian Williams: "My philosophy is, 'The guitar is dead, long live the guitar'"

By Alex Lynham published

The experimental rocker on his radical approach to looping, life as a two-piece and why he will always be a guitarist at heart

Guitars
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