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What is a peddle?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 1/16/2023

OK, a distortion pedal is an effect pedal mostly used by musicians to get a "meaner" sound. Where as fuzz pedals just make your sound "dirty"; these "distortion" pedals push your sound over the edge.

There are some that give more of a "crunch" and other's that sound more ... "liquid".

Sorry for all the poor descriptions. Some specific examples of the sounds produced by these pedals are:

AC/DC guitarist Angus Young's trademarked sound is what most would call "crunch".

The late ex-Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrel had what most would call "liquid" distortion.

Older distortion pedal achieved these effects by use of analog circuitry and manipulation of the signal generated by the guitar. Modern pedals generally use digital circuitry.

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Stefanie Little

Lvl 10
2y ago

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