Overdrive:
Overdrive
pedals are used either to boost the signal to "overdrive" the input of
the amplifier, resulting in mild distortion, or to approximate this
sound through the use of non-linear cicuitry. Most times, you get a
little of both! This type of guitar effect is generally a soft-clipping
device.
Some argue that
the definitive overdrive pedal is the Ibanez Tube Screamer. Austin
musician Stevie Ray Vaughan used Tube Screamers throughout his career,
and due to the influence he continues to have on so many people, you
often find a Tube Screamer of some variation or another in use by most
guitar players.
Austin
Retro Overdrive
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