An electronics module for an electric guitar comprising: a processor mountable within a base of an electric guitar and configured to receive an audio signal generated by a vibration of one or more of a plurality of strings of the electric guitar; an input interface to a plurality of controls mountable to the electric guitar, whereby the plurality of controls are operably coupled to the processor; a communication interface to an antenna to allow reception of a wireless signal including an effects parameter from a first external device; and a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium allowing the processor, based on control positions of said plurality of controls, to store states of said plurality of controls in said computer-readable medium, said computer-readable medium further having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a control of the plurality of controls associated with the received effects parameter; adjust a state of the determined control, stored in said computer-readable medium, based on the received effects parameter; modify the audio signal based on the states of the plurality of controls as stored in said computer-readable medium; and output the modified audio signal through the communication interface to the antenna and thereby to a second external device. a processor mountable within a base of an electric guitar and configured to receive an audio signal generated by a vibration of one or more of a plurality of strings of the electric guitar; an input interface to a plurality of controls mountable to the electric guitar, whereby the plurality of controls are operably coupled to the processor; a communication interface to an antenna to allow reception of a wireless signal including an effects parameter from a first external device; and a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium allowing the processor, based on control positions of said plurality of controls, to store states of said plurality of controls in said computer-readable medium, said computer-readable medium further having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a control of the plurality of controls associated with the received effects parameter; adjust a state of the determined control, stored in said computer-readable medium, based on the received effects parameter; modify the audio signal based on the states of the plurality of controls as stored in said computer-readable medium; and output the modified audio signal through the communication interface to the antenna and thereby to a second external device. determine a control of the plurality of controls associated with the received effects parameter; adjust a state of the determined control, stored in said computer-readable medium, based on the received effects parameter; modify the audio signal based on the states of the plurality of controls as stored in said computer-readable medium; and output the modified audio signal through the communication interface to the antenna and thereby to a second external device.