7 Distortion Circuit Stages

If you're into building or designing effects, this video on the 7 most common distortion stage circuits will be up your street. Grant Kelsay covers the stages your distortion needs to go through, and how alterations in each stage will alter your signal. Including circuit diagrams and live demos of the stages as the video procgresses, its a great introduction to distortion design... 

Analog dirt pedals can sound drastically different, but open up the enclosure and you'll see that they are nearly the same circuits. 

In this video I break down the most common common stages, why they are used, and explain exactly how they effect your final tone. 

Making your own guitar pedals doesn't need to be complicated--with a little bit of practice you can start to recognize the similarities between different pedals and start shaping your own unique tone.

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