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[[File:Ibanez-ts808-vintage-tube-screamer.jpg|thumb|right|The original TS-808 - everything you need for that fat, creamy, crying tone.]] | [[File:Ibanez-ts808-vintage-tube-screamer.jpg|thumb|right|The original TS-808 - everything you need for that fat, creamy, crying tone.]] | ||
An [[effect]] is, ''always'', a [[noun]]. One may speak of the '''rainbow effect''', '''special effects''' or, if one is a fan of the [[electric guitar]], an '''effects pedal''' like Ibanez’s | An [[effect]] is, ''always'', a [[noun]]. One may speak of the '''rainbow effect''', '''special effects''' or, if one is a fan of the [[electric guitar]], an '''effects pedal''' like Ibanez’s '''{{google|tube-screamer}}'' or Jim Dunlop’s {{google|Cry-Baby Wah-wah}}. Put those two puppies together: now ''that’s'' an effect. | ||
But one must ''not'' use [[effect]] as a {{tag|verb}}, even as a space-filler, however clamorously your inner [[Mediocre lawyer|articled clerk]] implores you to. “Effect” is the weakest {{tag|verb}} in the English language. Whatever you are intending to “[[effect]]” is almost certain to be a [[nominalisation]] of a stronger, better [[verb]]; one better suited to the task you have in mind. | But one must ''not'' use [[effect]] as a {{tag|verb}}, even as a space-filler, however clamorously your inner [[Mediocre lawyer|articled clerk]] implores you to. “Effect” is the weakest {{tag|verb}} in the English language. Whatever you are intending to “[[effect]]” is almost certain to be a [[nominalisation]] of a stronger, better [[verb]]; one better suited to the task you have in mind. | ||