This Simple Trick Unlocks ANY Overdrive Pedal
The world of overdrive pedals is vast! There’s Tube Screamers, Klons, Amp-Style, and so many more types. But choosing a pedal is only half of the battle. Dialing in the perfect overdrive tone can be tricky, especially if you aren’t familiar with gain staging and tone adjustments.
Today, I’m going to break down my simple step-by-step method to dial in overdrives for rock, pop, country, and worship. I’ll break down how to gain stage (set the volume) like a pro, adjust the drive knob for the perfect balance of richness and clarity, and how to use the tone knob to get the voicing you’re after! So grab your overdrive pedal, and let’s dial in the sweet spot for your overdrive!
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0:00 There a lot of Overdrives
0:39 This is what will make you seem more PRO (Gain Staging)
4:02 Dialing in the Sweet Spot for Gain
7:41 Using Tone to Shape our Voicing
9:50 Fine-Tuning
12:12 Final Thoughts
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Originally posted by UCDwaZa0wrIPVaY9znjPpTPA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clCq2gt-CmY
Very helpful, thanks
Is there a pedal with a volume meter like your DAW so I can set my gain stages on my board without having to plug it into my computer?
you should match levels mostly by ear because the perceived volume is going to be louder with the drive because its clipping the peaks
Why not set the level to zero as opposed to -9db?
Worship? WTF?
This is a very great video about overdrive and have never seen another video like this! Thank you!
Edit: showing the screen of the DAW made this very easy to understand
Love all the tips! Your videos always have awesome informative content. I look forward to hearing what you are going to share and teach every week! Thank you!
Well, thank you for making me want a Nobels ODR-1….
1st, this was great! 2nd, do you test against a mix? Typically when I try a tone it sounds so different (actually bad lol) against a mix. The sound by itself then against the mix are so different! (Again that’s my experience)Then, live? Totally unusable lol Thanks man!!
Justin. could you help me.. I am thinking about to switch to quad but I want to not spend months with tweeting and I want to use it also for vocals Slap Back long Delay and Reverb with Electric Guitar. I use Toneking Imperial on big Stages and on small Pub Gigs I use Dream 65 with Protein, Walurs Mako and Tc Helicon Play Acoustic for my Vocals. Could you help me with your Opinion and thoughts. Thank in Advance
Really good tips!