<P> Shortly thereafter, the American instrumental rock band The Ventures asked their friend, session musician and electronics enthusiast Orville "Red" Rhodes for help recreating the Grady Martin "fuzz" sound . Rhodes offered The Ventures a fuzzbox he had made, which they used to record "2000 Pound Bee" in 1962 . The best - known early commercial distortion circuit was the Maestro FZ - 1 Fuzz - Tone, manufactured by Gibson, released in 1962 . </P> <P> Also in the early 1960s, surf rock guitarist Dick Dale, who produced hits such as "Let's Go Trippin"' (1961) and "Misirlou" (1962), worked closely with Fender to push the limits of electric amplification technology, producing the first 100 - watt guitar amplifier . </P> <P> In 1964, a fuzzy and somewhat distorted sound gained widespread popularity after guitarist Dave Davies of The Kinks used a razor blade to slash his speaker cones for the band's single "You Really Got Me". </P> <P> In May 1965 Keith Richards used a Gibson Maestro FZ - 1 Fuzz - Tone to record "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". The song's success greatly boosted sales of the device, and all available stock sold out by the end of 1965 . Other early fuzzboxes include the Mosrite FuzzRITE and Arbiter Group Fuzz Face used by Jimi Hendrix, the Electro - Harmonix Big Muff Pi used by Hendrix and Carlos Santana, and the Vox Tone Bender used by Paul McCartney to play fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself" and other Beatles recordings (even in 1962 in their live shows they used something about distortion). </P>

How did the kinks get their distorted sound