Episode 9 – Hyperdrive (overdrive & distortion guitar pedals by Mooer, Keytars, Mimidi, Dolamo)
In Episode 2, I talked about the iconic guitar effect known as fuzz, and explored a variety of pedals. However, there are other types of “dirt” effects, as well, that run the whole range from clean, transparent boost all the way up to the abruptly clipped sounds of a fuzz. In this video, we’re going to go full throttle and jump warp speed into the effects known as overdrive and distortion. We’ll take a look at the audio waveforms to see how overdrive and distortion circuits alter the signal and the tone. To save money and show how you can still get these iconic sounds, I’ve chosen very inexpensive, compact clones of iconic pedals such as the ProCo RAT, Xotic RC Booster, Ibanez Tubescreamer, MI Audio Crunch Box, and Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff.
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