overdrive pedal?

[neil groves]

I just got around to trying some pedals my wife bought me for Christmas and the fuzz is awesome, I plugged my compressor/sustain in and thought what a bunch of crap…it didn’t appear to do anything until I fiddled with the settings and compared the same piece of music both with and without the compressor/sustainer….now I doubt I will play without it lol

but now I come to the tube overdrive….what is it for? i’m not sure what I’m supposed to be hearing? is it for lead….single riffs etc?

Neil.

[jiffy]

Tube overdrive replicates (or supposed to?)the sound of an overdriven tube (Valve in UK)amp,,just like the old days!.

I Started out With Nothing & I've Still got most of it left. (Seasick Steve)

[neil groves]

distortion for lead playing?

[Maradonagol]

Hi Neil,

The category of pedals called distortion has several components: overdrive, Fuzz, distortion, boost…and maybe some others. But each pedal is a way to distort your guitar sound, each has a different purpose and sound and they can be played together to achieve a Hendrix tone for example. IN my case I have a fuzz before an overdrive and I use that combination to achieve a specific tone. It isnt a matter of using one for lead or rhythm, it’s a matter of using and combining to achieve tones you like, independent of lead or rhythm. Here’s a video that can help you sort through, there are many on youtube that address the issue. Roberto

Roberto

[6stringer Pete]

what I like about a distortion pedal, brings back my teenage years when I first picked up the guitar and bought one of them 6 dollar distortion pedal. It made me feel that I actually could play something, at least loud anyway. LOL

They really are fun to have. Start out at low level and gradually work yourself up to where the tone/distortion is in agreement with your ears and the drive/feel that you are trying to achieve in your style of playing.

The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

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