Chords for EFFECTS 101: Overdrive

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_ Hi, I'm Johnny DeMarco, and I'm [Ab] here to talk about overdrive.
Overdrive pedals are [Eb] made to produce the sound of a tube amp turned way up.
_ When you turn a tube amp up, the incoming signal is too much for the tubes, so it gets
clipped by the tubes and becomes compressed.
This results in a [E] sustained, distorted kind of sound that guitar players love.
Overdrive pedals work by electronically clipping the waveform [Eb] to make it the same as the way
form that the overdriven tube amp produces.
That's how they got their name.
[E] Here's what they sound like. _ _
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_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ Overdrives also can add some volume and can act as a booster, [E] and they can actually help
get more tone from a tube amp [B] that doesn't have enough gain or distortion.
_ Many pro players use them for this reason.
This one, a Boss Super Overdrive, is famous for being used this way.
Let's see what the controls do.
Level controls how loud the pedal will be.
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_ _ _ _ Drive controls how much overdrive the pedal produces. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Tone adjusts the overall EQ of the pedal so that you can dial in just the right tone. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ The sound of overdrive is very common in guitar music, and here's some examples.
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[G] To recap, here's what an overdrive [A] pedal is. _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [A] I'm Johnny DeMarco, and thanks for checking it out. _ _ _ _ _ _ _