SteveXFR Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 31 minutes ago, paul_c2 said: Overdrive is less gain than distortion. Where the dividing line is, is undefined though. Fuzz is a distinct type of high gain/distortion, I think its something to do with the electronic components involved in producing it and the resulting sound wave. Isn't fuzz a square wave where overdrive/distortion is a clipped sine wave? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) Fuzz is overdrive on steroids - so overdriven that it compresses the top (peaks) off the wave and turns a sine wave into something similar to a square wave. And bass fuzz is awesome. Edited May 10, 2021 by paul_5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_c2 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 If you have an hour and a half free..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) I've just watched the pedal show video - I'm now fully enlightened and not at all confused. Funny how the only mention of bass was that "Don't Worry" by Marty Robbins was the first record to feature distortion in 1961 which featured a bass going through a knackered mixer channel. Edited May 11, 2021 by Jean-Luc Pickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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