D vs OD

[Adji]

So whats actualyl the difference between overdrive and distortion. All i know is overdrive sounds better imo

[clameo]

Distortion is mostly for rhythm, overdrive for leads.

[Adji]

Ah ok, can you reccomend any good distortio pedals

im htinking of buying a tubescreamer also

[clameo]

Rat(t ?), Boss distortion pedals etc. Go to a guitar shop and try to find the one you like, that's the best advice I can give you.

[dream777]

clameo said:

Distortion is mostly for rhythm, overdrive for leads.

Thats not really definition but i can see what you mean. Distortion is more aggresive(has more gain) while overdrive is more mild(less gain). Distortion alters your signal alot more and compresses a ton more than overdrive does.

Adji, if you play stuff like angelo and need about the same amount of gain than just a tubescreamer wont do you much good. It's good if you use it to boost the preamp on your amp and that your amp is already overdriven( or distorted) , especially on tube amps!

A really great distortion pedal is the tonebone hotbritish tube pedal from radial eng.( a canadian company). It is kinda moddeled after a jcm800 exept it has alot more gain and really many cool features wich will give almost any tone you desire. You can soundclips at www.tonebone.com.

Cheers!

[Adji]

Cheers dream, ill check it out.

[Blondie]

Overdrive, distortion and fuzz is three different ways to descripe the same ting.
When You overdrive (putting to much signal into) a electroinc circuit some components will start to distort (ie compressing the loudest harmonics and raising the weaker one) and create a fuzzy tone.

Mostly overdrive is concidered less radical than distortion and fuzz is a more vintage (Hendrix/Cream)style distortion. But sometime the the borders are blurred.
Go try out a much of pedals and find what You like and what suits Your style.