After PNW chair Steve Turnidge did Section business and had attendees introduce themselves, a short opening musical performance was given by Ian Moore, a popular Austin TX-based guitarist/singer.

Greg Mauser noted that the effects boxes, which can be connected in series and/or parallel arrays between a guitar and amplifier, are very popular for guitarists' artistic expression.

He divided the major types of effects devices into categories, then took one category at a time and described the history and people involved, showed the technical explanation of the effect, gave examples of circuitry, showed typical units, played musical examples and gave other background.

Then, Matt Johnson described his feelings about the effect category, and showed details of the example from his company, Tortuga Effects. Ian Moore played examples.

In this manner, guitar pedal devices for tremolo and reverb, then fuzz and distortion were presented before intermission.

After the break, Chair Steve Turnidge showed some guitarist accessories he found, including a battery tester and a tuner. Door prize winners were:

• (Starbucks Music CDs), Jeff Stelzner, Rick Smargiassi, Daniel McCoy, Steve Turnidge, Ian Moore, Rick Rodriguez, Rob Riggs, Greg Mauser, Tyler Winterton, Bob Moses, Duncan McColl, Jon Krug, Scott Mehrens, Steve Malott, Robin Skouge, Jonathan Stuart, Zack
• Courtesy Rick Rodriguez/Fluke/Rick
  • Fluke Infrared thermometer: Sarah Rollins
  • Fluke Volt-light: Janey Wallick
  • Meterman DMM: Steve Wilkins
• Patch cords Courtesy Uneeda Audio/Rick Chinn, Charles Oxley, Jim "Stringstation"

Continuing after the break, effects pedals for echo and delay (including tape loop devices), wah wah, and phasing/flanging/chorus were discussed. A wah wah pedal was not demonstrated this evening. Also discussed was building up a pedal board of multiple effects units, and the ways of interconnecting them.

Finally, Ian Moore performed a closing song, demonstrating many of the effects.