How to get a overdrive tone — and 127 famous songs that use it, each with researched amp settings and gear you can adapt to your rig.
Overdrive pushes your amp harder. Low DRIVE + high LEVEL turns it into a clean boost that tightens a cranked amp (the classic Tube Screamer trick — it also humps the mids and rolls off low end, so palm mutes stay tight). Crank the drive and it becomes its own smooth crunch.
Famous songs that use overdrive include Time by Pink Floyd, Breathe (In the Air) by Pink Floyd, Ride the Lightning by Metallica, Parisienne Walkways by Gary Moore, Digital Bath by Deftones, Jane! by The Long Faces — and 127 tones on this page have researched settings you can adapt to your own rig.
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