
As guitar players and pedalheads, we know that we like the sound of certain pedals over others—but not all of us can identify what it is about those pedals' components that result in a more favorable sound to our ears.Today, Joe Shadid is sitting down with an expert on the subject, Daredevil's Johnny Wator, to demystify dirt pedals. Read more on Reverb:
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0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Resistors, Capacitors & Potentiometers
5:00 - Single Transistors
9:00 - Op-Amps
14:16 - Multiple Gain Stages
17:25 - Clipping & Diodes
18:41 - Hard Clipping
20:02 - Soft Clipping
22:20 - Symmetrical & Asymmetrical Clipping
26:24 - Switchable Clipping
29:44 - Outro