The 50 Greatest Effects Songs Of All Time…

AS VOTED FOR BY YOU

In our recent poll on Guitarworld.com, Total guitar readers voted in their thousands to decide the greatest effectsfeaturing song of all time. Your favourites included everything from Pink Floyd’s Run like hell and Echoes, illustrating David Gilmour’s mastery of delay, to Isaac Hayes’ blaxploitation classic Theme from Shaft, with its signature wah-wah from Charles ‘Skip’ Pitts. But in the end, the battle for number one was a straight shoot-out between two of the most brilliant and influential players of them all, Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. Read on as we take you through the top 50, complete with tips on how to dial in some classic tones.