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In this video, we’re diving into distortion pedal circuits for electric guitars. While we’ve explored breadboarding techniques for building overdrive and boost circuits in previous episodes, it’s a good time for us to focus on the realm of distortion. We start by revisiting the breadboarding process, a great tool for quick and solder-free prototyping, tailoring the approach specifically for distortion pedal design.
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But what’s the difference between overdrive and distortion circuits? We’ll dive into that, as well as some design philosophies and the nuanced differences between these two types of circuits.
For those who love the technical details, we dive deep into a few different circuit types, discussing why they do what they do. We discuss everything from the role of diodes to the significance of gain stages, to help explain how these elements contribute to the overall feel, sound, compression and saturation of your sound.
If you’re a beginning DIY’er, you’ll like this video as well. We’ll provide a circuit walkthrough and explanation on breadboarding each circuit we explore. To keep things accessible, our component selection focuses on basic, readily available parts, like the TL072 op amp and 2n7000 mosfets.
Overall, no matter if you’re more into the guitar tone chasing side or the DIY electronics learning enthusiast, this video translates the complexities of pedal electronics into terms every guitarist can appreciate—how it all influences your guitar tone.
Song at end written, recorded, mixed and mastered by my nephew Kyle Wampler:
(If you’re in the Tampa/Sarasota area check out their band "Ten76")
Timestamps:
00:00 Beginning
00:22 basic non-inverting op amp with clipping diodes
01:35 playing through the circuit
02:06 soft and hard clipping through this circuit
03:19 schematic and circuit discussion of this circuit
05:49 adding another gain stage – an inverting op amp
08:04 soft and hard clipping through this circuit
08:47 schematic and circuit discussion of this circuit
10:39 using mosfets instead of op amps and diodes
12:52 schematic and circuit discussion of this circuit
15:44 My thoughts on all 3 circuits