
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

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead: "I look for beauty in music... It's probably why I don't listen to a lot of rock music"
By Alex Lynham published
Frontmen Conrad Keely and Jason Reece detail the creation of their latest album, X: The Godless Void and Other Stories

Alex Henry Foster: "This album was liberating for me - it was more about the songs than the performance"
By Alex Lynham published
We caught up with the frontman of Your Favorite Enemies to discuss his esoteric debut solo album, Windows in the Sky

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

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?

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

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
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