*Overdrive is an effect and distortion is a outcome (tube amps) or added layer to the signal (solid state).

I tried many different distortion pedals. Thorpy Warthog is my favourite.

@Toasty_1992

2 жыл бұрын

Are y’all using teles?

Great, guys! Now I (novice)know! Andy is so likeable british, and Kris so sympathic with his maghyar style gestures and face-expressions. Keep rolling!! (the colors of the furniture though..., kinda 70's vibe...you should wear T-shirts in that same color and even the guitar matching, just for fun))

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses

5 жыл бұрын

You are too kind! I like the t-shirt idea. //Andy

So new to signal chains, if I wanted to try boosting my distortion or boosting my over drive, whichever one im trying to boost should go before correct? And then a noise gate would go after the boosted pedal?

I have a Wamplur Tumnus deluxe and I love it. Would stacking a Boss Blues Driver either before or after make it sound better or worse?

I bet the two dislikes so far are from old farts like me who are triggered by the word 'gain' being used to describing clipping distortion (I am not one of those two though). When overdrive pedals came out in the 80s the sales pitch was that they gave you the sound of an overdriven amp. It was emulating the clipping distortion that happens in the valves/tubes when they are pushed past their limits of clean amplification. Gain is simply how much a signal's level increases by when passing through an amplification stage in an amp, so therefore 'gain stage'. A ECC83/12AX7 has a rated gain factor of 100. That is 100x more signal coming out than went in. When pushed past this by increasing the gain past its clean rating it will overdrive and the signal will become distorted. They can also distort if they receive a hotter signal that they were designed to. The same applies to power valves/tubes. Distortion pedals were never sold to us with that sales pitch. They did what it said on the box, i.e., made the guitar sound distorted. They were not trying to emulate the sound of an amp cranked into overdrive. p.s. When a valve/tube amp is turned up past a certain point there is no more clean headroom. That point is what people refer to as 'edge of break up'. Then when it's pushed even harder it can not get any louder, so just gets more distorted. This is called saturation. The very loud peaks of the waveform are heavily clipped and the lesser peaks are boosted (a clipped waveform looks like a hill that is flat on top because it has been cut off). The result is a form of compression, which is why a cranked amp can sustain a note longer (the other reason is feedback between the pickups and the speaker). The response will be less dynamic. The volume difference between soft and hard picking will be less. That can make things silky smooth for shredding, but is not desirable if you want a cleaner sound when picking softer.

@nickolaynaydenov3292

5 жыл бұрын

Perfectly explained! Cheers!

@mrfreezer0079

3 жыл бұрын

A+

which pedal would work great to copy the crunch on the xone 96 mixer? its for electronic music (tech house and techno)

That 78 distortion is pure classic rock. Great video as always guys 🤘☺️🤘

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TUBE DRIVE AND OVERDRIVE . EXAMPLE BK BUTTLER TUBE OVERDRIVE VS ROCKET .45 OVERDRIVE PEDAL.

If we stack to overdrive, can we have a proper distortion?

you guys should do a breakdown/setup of multi-effects units vs pedals/pedal boards. Ive always been told that single effects pedal units are the best but BOSS, ZOOM, LINE 6 and a load of other brands have been doing multi-effects for decades and they still do. hearing the advantages and disadvantages of each setup would make an interesting video... Personally i still have a vintage Korg AX3000G that i used for most of my live playing a good 10+ years back. it doesnt see much use anymore as i prefer to hook up straight to an amp without any effects but it has always been there when i needed it.

Is Distortion generally less subtle than Overdrive? I only have a Boss DS-1 distortion pedal but no overdrive pedal. It seems to be only distortion, just at different levels or different tones of distortion when I play it, whereas I imagine the Overdrive would allow some clean tone and subtleties to come through. Is that correct? Is Overdrive more versatile for different styles of music in general because it would still allow for a slightly distorted or overdriven clean tone whereas Distortion is just distorted? It seems harder to play rhythms and lead lines with Distortion and still sound relatively relaxing to the ear because of that distortion all the time, whereas maybe Overdrive could just be an edgier sound if you wanted but still cleaner and clearer to listen to. Would that be a correct assessment?

@bebertease

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, overdrive is more versatile and subtle. Distortion will sound the same whether your string attack is soft or strong. Overdrive can sound almost clean if you play very softly, and will start crunching and saturating the more you attack. And if you push the settings close to the max with a powerful guitar (with humbuckers), you get quite a lot of drive, more than enough for most styles. Only metal rock will require more than an overdrive, imho.

hard clipping, soft clipping, boost, square wave , mid monsters and bass breakers distortion is just lots of overdrive then fuzz is a wooly bully distortion stack them all for a twisted clipping tone. I think it was Cory Taylor that said... I will remember before I forget Before I forget that then the drums go all blatt dat dat blaatt blatt da da da dat or something IDK

Damn. I have both pedals. Nice review/explanation. I use both simultaneously. Very nice combo.

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses

5 жыл бұрын

Happy you liked it! Yes, great combination for sure. //cheers, Kris

Loved the SD-1 sound very crunchy, yet smooth.

@stanislavmigra

5 жыл бұрын

Like when granola soaks up the right amount of milk

Mrx the Distortion sound great

These two pedals sound great stacked. I have them both. The '78 isn't that great on its own.

With overdrive some of the sound signal is still clean and not clipped. With distortion all of the harmonics in the notes or chord at any playing aggression will be distorted.

Cool

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I preferred the amp on its own. Neither of those pedals sounded that great to me.

Hi Andy, I know you are a katana guy, so what’s your recommendation for good OD and Dist pedals into the katana clean channel? I ask because the kat clean channel is cleaner than a clean tube amp on the edge of breakup.

@moritzlienhard273

5 жыл бұрын

Judosailor why not try the onboard effects or the overdriven channels? You could also try turning the gain up on the clean channel and more volume etc. sounds pretty good without any pedals already :) Else: an sd-1 is always a good choice

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses

5 жыл бұрын

Hey! I would actually recommend using the crunch channel on a very low gain setting. Works really well with a lot of pedals. The actual pedals you choose is very personal. //Andy

@judosailor

5 жыл бұрын

Thomann Music Thanks guys. While I appreciate the responses, part of the reason that I specified the clean channel is because I want to be able to go back-and-forth between clean and dirty. And I’m talking about a situation in which I’m either using a katana mini which does not have foot switches, or using my katana 50 which doesn’t have an effects loop, so I’m running pedals in front of a looper into the clean channel. Are there not any OD or distortion pedals that work well for that kind of application?

@judosailor

5 жыл бұрын

Moritz Lienhard Hey man, see above for a better explanation of what I’m looking for. You think the sd-1would work for that?

@erlannderrantem6972

5 жыл бұрын

Judosailor best thing you can do is go to a guitar store and try some pedals! Or you buy a bunch at thomann and send those back, you didn‘t like. No one can say to you if this or that pedal is right, because everyone got a different taste. Sure, the Sd-1 will work, but if you‘ll like it is up to you to find out!

Dont expect a Marshall to sound clean like a fender amp

Gooood that tele sound narly AF...never would have thought i'd ever say that...

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses

5 жыл бұрын

Well then welcome to the Tele universe. Once you walk down that road, there's no way back. Ha ha! //cheers, Kris

The difference is how much 🤘 there is.

@shavannac2771

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Clean more el 6 and 12 7 sound

ah my favorite two youtube gear nerds (i mean that in the best way!)

Stomp box vs multi effects pedals ...I see .I said , stomp pedals , can be , will be great , long , larger on line , of no limit....one piece by piece 's ,.. . From brands A , to brand D ....like point A to point D .....drive crazy '

Overdrive VS Distortion - What is the difference? first thing they say, we're not going to get technical, lol

Stomp boxes. Are a rooms ...of no limit

Boss Mt

he looks like napoleon dynamite mixed with david cross

Distortion always rules over overdrive and fuzz. Distortion is king.

angry charlie taught me distortion and overdrive can have a baby.

Sembrate due babbei! I'm joking

The best (overdrive or disstortion) pedal is NO pedal! Guitar - cable - amplifier!

@erlannderrantem6972

5 жыл бұрын

Well that really depends! On your guitar, amp, style, and first and foremost taste!

@sneifert1968

5 жыл бұрын

Overdrive is good for pushing an amp into breakup without having to be too loud. Unless you have a smaller amp. To get good tube saturation in a Fender twin or a 100 Watt Marshall , it’s gotta be loud as hell. An attenuator could lower your volume and still allow your tubes to growl. Good ones are expensive, though.

@wolfmannn2008

4 жыл бұрын

sneifert1968 so true, it’s annoying on 100w+ amps to try and get distortion while other people are in the room. You either deafen everyone or there’s none. And the pedals fix that, I have the bluesbreaker 2 and i can lower the volume on the pedal, to keep the volume of the amp lower while having a nice distortion.

The whole point in vibrato is to bend the strings, not shake the entire neck of the guitar 😂

oh please play chords...