Difference between overdrive pedal and gain dial on amp?

deefstes · 2011-05-26T10:24:50+00:00

OK, I realise you get all sorts of different overdrive pedals that give you all sorts of different flavours of overdrive (not that I really understand what the different flavours are) but, more generally speaking, can someone please explain to me what the difference is between using a high gain setting on your amp and using a pedal to achieve overdrive?

AlanRatcliffe

Dingwall wrote Guitar Player mag in US used to give a free floppy vinyl with each mag for a while.

'84 IIRC. The first three were Steve Vai's Attitude Song (he was transcribing the series, so they put him on first to establish his cred), Malmsteen's Black Star and Allan Holdsworth's Devil Take the Hindmost - first I'd heard each and I very nearly gave up playing...

Well the guy that won was Glen Kuykendall and his playing blew me and my best friend away at the time.

The track Legs Akimbo wasn't it? A very unusual and almost atonal piece.

The main problem with using amp for gain was the cleans I was getting with the volume rolled down just did not cut through like a proper clean sound.

You just need to add a decent treble bleed circuit to your guitar's volume control. ? Simple mod involving at most a small cap and resistor.

---mario---

Sorry if this is a bit of a hijack, but I'm curious ?

Alan Ratcliffe wrote You just need to add a decent treble bleed circuit to your guitar's volume control. ? Simple mod involving at most a small cap and resistor.

And where shall such an adjustment be made, I guess the resistor comes in parallel with the cap for discharge though, but where applied and what value components is sufficient? ?

AlanRatcliffe

http://ratcliffe.co.za/articles/volumepot2.shtml

---mario---

Alan Ratcliffe wrote http://ratcliffe.co.za/articles/volumepot2.shtml

ah, thanx, there is quite a bit one can do then quite easily ?

ezietsman

Have a look at 50s wiring too, if you have a dual humbucker guitar. Its great.

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