overdrive and distortion
 

what is the difference between distortion and overdrive on a guitar? at first i thought they were the same thing but apparently they are not

overdrive is cleaner than distortion

uh oh.........the thought this was a guitar question, i guess its a gear question.......................oh well

























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Overdrive is a natural 'distortion' of the sound where the signal is too much for the amp and distorts. It is usally created in an amp with a preamp which boosts the signal to create an overdrive. This means an amp like a Marshall or whatever would have overdrive.

Distortion is the artificial creation of the sound like in stomp boxes and stuff. To use distortion you would usually have a pedal running into an amp on a clean setting.

Both are used for the same purpose though.

i find that if you turn down the volume on your guitar, overdrive becomes cleaner

Would running a 10-band EQ through an overdrive make it a distortion? Or is it just an enhancement? :drunk:

its just an enhancement to the sound to boost certain things and cut overs

overdrive and distortion is about the same, the more gain the more distortion, overdrive is more light distortion.

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Why???

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I'm in a bad mood.