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Guitarists primarily use overdrive pedals in two ways: As a Standalone Tone: Placed in front of a clean amplifier to give it a bluesy "edge-of-breakup" character. As a Booster: Used in front of an already-distorted tube amp to tighten the low-end, add sustain, and boost the volume for a guitar solo. https://youtu.be/LNTY8a-TjGM?is=tzy7A6F5_FEoYePk

There was a show, possibly a movie, back in the early '90s, possibly before that, probably a VHS we rented from Pharmore, where blue men, before the Blue Man Group, would get the set ready for the subjects of the story would go. Like living in a simulation. But, say someone forgot their keys and couldn't find them and they knew they laid them on the coffee table. Well, the blue man, or men, would have to sneak back to the last set and place the keys somewhere for the subject to find them and then sneak back out undetected. It was pretty funny. I still blame the blue men whenever I lay something down and an instant later I can't find it. I'll look on YouTube and see if the video is out there.

I have an amp that does quite well without a pedal. Overdrives have done nothing for me except take out some high frequencies. The Robin Trower overdrive did nothing for me when it was used with an unmodified Fender Bassman head. Volume knobs work better for me. So why do people use overdrives? What are they doing that I have not learned to do?

it came to my attention while watching some hi fi youtuber repair guy, it appears that it would make it possible for me to do a lot of my own tech

My favorite Mirage was @veatch's Mirage 1.5

1. Choose a blood-sky morning. 2. Observe the in and out plug holes. 3. Plug them in correctly. 4. Plug in the proper power source. 5. Turn it on. 6. Turn it up to eleven. 7. Brace yourself for 12.

I mentioned this yesterday. It seems to be hit or miss - some post the link with a message about that particular video 'not allowing embedding' or some such and then others behaving as they used to. An : https://youtu.be/9a2WW9RDlkM?si=MFqCq8hkA5zIamEP Pasting that ^^ gets the message: The link could not be embedded because youtu.be does not allow embedding of that video. Reads like YouTube has changed permission settings. Google AI says: You will get that embedding error if the video creator has turned off the embedding setting on their channel, or if you are using a shortened youtu.be link instead of the properly formatted youtube.com/embed link required by iframes. To fix this: Verify Embed Permissions: Check the video's settings in YouTube Studio and ensure the "Allow embedding" box is checked under the License section. Use the Correct URL Format: Change your embed URL from https://youtu.be to https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID to prevent browser blockages. If you are a viewer trying to watch the video, the creator has blocked it from being viewed on third-party websites, and you will need to click the link to watch it directly on YouTube. Okay(?) If I modify the URL, above, to youtube.com/embed/ I get (instructing the board to paste the video reference as plain text): www.youtube.com/embed/9a2WW9RDlkM?si=MFqCq8hkA5zIamEP And I'll post the Reply to see if the board picks up the reference ETA: didn't work, but I got some error message from the board right before it posted. I wasn't able to read it before it went away. ETAA: Google AI further recommended (for WordPress sites) pasting in the URL (rather than the Share link), so here goes: ANIKA’S VIRAL “OK” RETURNS — BIGGER & MORE PLAYFUL | RUSH FORT WORTH FINAL 7½ MINUTES UNCUT - YouTube Again, I got the The link could not be embedded because www.youtube.com does not allow embedding of that video. error. 💩

Great story! I also have been converted... heads and cabs sit pretty while I plug into mu Neural Quad Cortex.

^- This!

Posting the link to the video is usually all that you need to do. It is definitely behaving differently now... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8SSHvc7zGo

Yep, listening with my eyes, that picture sounds phenomenal!

I was attempting to post a YouTube link - something I guess I haven't done in a while - but I can't seem to figure out (or maybe I forgot) how to make it come up as a "preview" rather than just a clickable link. I tried using the "Embed" option, but that didn't work either. The video is from one of my own YouTube channels and the permissions are set to "Allow Embedding." Am I having a senior moment or did something change? Thanks in advance. Recent example of a clickable link: Recent example of a preview:

Turn the knobs 🤷‍♂️

My friend has moved on to Facebook and no longer goes to Kramerforumz.

Hamer would have ordered logo sheets in batches. Someone filling an order may have pulled up the font on their computer and printed out what looked good on that day. The "USA" definitely changed over the years.

I have never understood how to make an overdrive/boost pedal work. Please give us the Boost for Dummies simple explanation.

Agreed but...to be fair, last time the band I'm in played out I had two 4x12s blasting behind me and it was pretty glorious. 🤣

I heard/read the same thing years ago, too. Audiences and musicians alike tend to listen with their eyes anyway, from what I've learned, me included.

Thanks for the tip... I've been looking for something like this to start checking/repairing some of the vintage receivers that I have laying around👍 And it's on sale 😃

These tend to flush @Travis out of the woodwork.

Peak is the real shit. I have a $25 unit but you have to put the leads into a slot, so testing small devices is a pain, involving old resistors leads sticking out and wrangling them to contact the cap leads.

Now I’ve seen everything :)) Thanks Dave👍

Another great interview from RB. His channels are stellar.

Here's mine