Classic gear: Maxon Overdrive and Ibanez Tube Screamer

Classic gear: Maxon Overdrive/Ibanez Tube Screamer
(Image credit: Future / Phil Barker)

In the hard-rock era of the '70s, the sound of overdriven Marshall stacks filled stadiums around the globe – and terrified the parents and neighbours of bedroom guitarists everywhere. 

These were the good old days of LOUD, when tone equalled eardrum-splitting volume and hard-rocking guitar players were, for better or worse, anti-social by nature.  

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