Overdrive & Distortion: How to Be Creative
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Here are 5 different ways to think about getting overdrive/distortion/breakup/dirt into your guitar signal. Affiliate links are below. Stop motion animation by John Marty, additional glitchy graphics by Greg Sadetsky. Thank you to Matthew Farrow at Alexander Pedals for helping me think of examples of non-clipping distortion.
If you recognized that the song for pro-tip #4 was "Powerslave" by Iron Maiden, you get a kick out of this essay I wrote about almost getting into a fight at an Iron Maiden concert when I was 17:
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AFFILIATE LINKS:
Boss SD-1:
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Benson Preamp:
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29 Boost:
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MXR EVH 5150:
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Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop:
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MXR PHASE 100:
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Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water:
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Strymon Iridium (this is what I used instead of real amps for this whole video):
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Pro-Tip #1: Dirty Amp + Overdrive
03:02 Sound Example
03:40 Pro-Tip #2: Clean Amp + Pedals
04:35 Sound Example
05:31 Pro-Tip #3: Pedal Order + FX Loops
06:00 Sound Example
08:08 Pro-Tip #4: Distortion Pedals
09:57 Sound Example
11:02 Pro-Tip #5: Undiscovered Realms
12:51 Sound Example
PRO-TIP #6: if you wanna buy any of this gear using my affiliate links, here they are:
Boss SD-1:
bit.ly/3wnCLJy
Benson Preamp:
bit.ly/3QCnyeC
29 Boost:
bit.ly/3wfYao3
MXR EVH 5150:
bit.ly/3wfY2oz
Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop:
bit.ly/3LKwqfu
MXR PHASE 100:
bit.ly/3JSQECs
Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water:
bit.ly/3cOrd81
Strymon Iridium (this is what I used instead of real amps for this whole video):
bit.ly/3Uah6ur
Again, these videos are the equivalent of hanging with your older sister's cool friend. Solid advice, no marketing bullshit, just tips and art and music.
i hate to break it to you but your older sister and i are more than friends
@@CyberattackWorld ahahaha
😂😂😂
cyberattack out here just casually being a fucking fantastic guitar player
that last solo was 👌🏼
Came here to say that too. Rippin solo!
I concur
Another great vid - thx! This is one of the only actual guitar channels worth watching at the moment, all the other channels just seem to be marketing outlets, with very little actual useful content.
I agree, I’m burned out on the blatant shilling of every new piece of gear.
Cyberattack, Michael Banfield and Stompbox Breakdown are fighting the good fight. I've basically unsubbed from every other "gear" channel.
@@theyoganath3073Michael makes good stuff
Video making is a tough and time consuming process. Are you saying these people don't deserve money for doing a job?
@@ileutur6863 Not at all - I'm saying it's refreshing to see actual original content and knowledge that will push guitar sounds and technique forward, instead of the same old cheesy boring metalcore/djent riff with "product x/y/z" being pushed.
13:23 Definitely thought for a second you were gonna start reelin' in the years
I didn't hear it until you said it, but I can't not hear it
It’s interesting how you slip those grungy riffs like "The Day I Tried to Live" and "Cherub Rock" to create these awesome pro tips, please don’t stop making videos.
Even though your videos are usually about being advanced and creative, you explain the fundamentals in such a clear way that I often have forehead-smacking "a-ha" moments where I learn something that I wish I learned when I was starting out.
Ahh the clean squeaks of that computer- game like solo at the end- that was awesome! And the money sample.
It’s riffing on the original Digital Love solo. The original is on synth but there are a bunch of amazing guitar covers of it.
Best guitar youtuber out right now, wish nothing but the best
Damn dude - love the production candy on this one (the vid itself and the tracks)! You’ve leveled up!!
Also, love the 29 JFET - beautiful saturation.
That solo on the Daft Punk tune was wicked.👍🏼
THE DAFT PUNK GUITAR RIFF
Just started playing lead for a band in February, physically couldn’t do it without these videos, glad I found ya!
DUDE! This video has insanely helpful info in it that I've never considered before. I always thought that the more volume/dirt pedals you add, the louder it gets until the amp can't handle it anymore. (which is still kinda true in a way). I tried experimenting with a Boss DS-2 with all settings maxed (John Frusciante style) into my Twin Reverb and the volume jump was OUTRAGEOUS. Totally unusable - and I thought the only solution to this was a different amp, until I placed a pre-amp pedal after my DS-2 and noticed there was some sort of "cap" or "ceiling" in which my volume couldn't get any louder, despite maxing all the settings on my DS-2. The pre-amp was almost acting like a compressor when I pushed it that hard. I knew something was happening but I didn't really understand how it was working until I watched this video. Thanks for making another banger vid! :)
Glad this video helped but you were already right there
Next time I have a bad day, I’m going straight to that joyous Digital Love guitar solo. Brings a smile to my face.
Damn both Powerslave AND Digital Love in another great CyberAttack video, this must be my lucky day.
Another fantastic video - love the sounds from those overdriven phasers!
Also, the werewolf thing walking through an office building might hurt be my favorite stop-motion yet. Full-force laughter at the TV when it came on.
it might be my favorite too, there's just something about it
Vid after vid the tones you make are just the best man
Oh yes - Powerslave riff. Love it. I'll be happily earwormed for the day now.
That last piece was on fire - love that solo!
As usual, this is the best guitar channel on the 'tube. Thanks for all you do.
best pedal channel👊👊👊, graphics are amazing man! greetings from chile✌️🇨🇱
Some very cool guitar playing in tip #5. Great phrasing. 😎🤓
Thanks man I spent a bunch of time writing that one phrase to phrase (it was not improvised)
This might be my favorite pro tip video yet. Super insightful stuff, and some sick guitar chops to back it up!
This one's gonna be a banger
Love this channel. I like to chain dirt pedals together, adding a little bit of gain and tonal character with each pedal. One of my other hacks is using a pedal with a strong volume pot at the end of my chain as a kind of pre-“Master Volume” when the kids are asleep and I don’t want to wake them up.
Man those tones from driving the modulation pedals are so good
I had that exactly idea of overdriving non distortion pedals, inspired by the brian may thing of using a tape deck pre amp. I stacked two boss EQs and pushed both to max gain, with the bonus of frequency shaping, can get everything from some overdrive to full on fuzz.
One of my favorite distortions is Luke Bentham’s of The Dirty Nil. He puts a Rat into the fx loop of a Marshall 1959 that’s only slightly driven. For solos, he just adds a second Rat after the first. Everything has great string definition and distortion character
So much CyberAttack content lately! What a treat!
That fight scene interlude was sick.
sadly both men died in excruciating pain!!!!! RIP
Dude you nailed the conversational differences of the pedals... I agree they are all distortions but they way it's used and the way it's designed to be used are crucial - the comment you made about effects loops is spot on and the idea of overdrives working with the amp sound vs the distortion pedals printing onto a clean speaker is the key application difference. Then you have fuzz that throws all of this out the window as its part of the actual guitar for so many players.
Last Jam was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Smooooookin
dude youre insanely good at guitar
You kick ass. I love your music and the modes you use. For me it is in that "Happy, Saturday morning awesomeness I used to feel when I was younger," type of feel. I find that sound hard to find and consider those that can pull it off as gifted in theory and tone.
This is a personal metaphor but it equals the morning sun in spring. That's the only way I can describe it.
Thank you.
Thanks for the comment, glad you get it
Barbershop is on my “short” list of pedals and gear I want atm. I hear its decently natural on bass.
Man your content is perfect! Thank you for your contribution to the youtube guitar/music space. You're wicked!
Love the toejam and earl soundbyte haha. And that's an awesome tip for the shallow water, which is already a super versatile pedal. Now I need to do some experiments to figure out how my distortion/overdrives are actually interacting with my Iridium...
I'm so glad you caught that it was from Toejam and Earl. Also, I used the Iridium to record 100% of what you're hearing in this video, so you should be able to get pretty close.
@@CyberattackWorld ah! Perfect! Always love to see your deep dives on effects. Seems like the guitar pedal UA-cam space in particular is lacking in this type of content. So many videos show off 10-20% of what a pedal is capable of doing.
10/10 total sauce
Audio demos were extra sick in this one!
Another absolute banger!
best ytb channel ever change my mind
Fantastic playing throughout. Hearing the Cherub Rock opening in tip 4 has made me do some reflection on tone chasing. Like, that sound is associated so hard with big muffs and JCM800s, but your setup and technique got really close despite not including those staples.
yeah I would not have thought of the 5150 as the first place to go for Siamese Dream tones either, but when I played it I thought it worked pretty well. I think trying to get identical gear for whatever you're trying to sound like is usually not super important. but being able to play the riff is.
Comparing the EVH to Jem and the Holograms and the Fairfield Barbershop to Barbie and the Rockers was not the metaphor I expected going into this video but I’m so glad it exists.
Thank you engaging with the video this deeply
Love the Cheap Trick jams! Taking Me Back, Auf Wiedersehen...yes sir 👍
i'm glad somebody noticed it was "Taking Me Back," love that band and that whole album
Another cracking vid sir. Good job
One of your best yet - rock on!
Love your style of playing and your videos are so well done and inspiring.
Another awesome video! You are honestly one of the best music channels going right now. Thanks for the tips! ❤
Killer video and killer solo at the end! That phrasing was great 🙌
Thank you for explaining the whole point of an effects loop in an amp. And thanks for your exceptions slide @1:05! Maybe one day I'll try to implement some.
the exceptions are gonna get their own videos at some point
Excellent content dude. Those are some unique dirt sounds you achieved.
amazing videos. truly helpfull
maaaan I love this kind of videos!!! great content
I never knew Daft Punk was missing ripping guitar solos, but I do now. Super tasty, my friend!
ONLY BANGERS IN THIS ONE
The last solo sounded like a hybrid of Jeff Baxter, Elliot Randall, and Larry Carlton
Nice song pick dude, one of my fave daft punk tracks. Id love to see a video on interesting ways to stack distortion with fuzz and other effects
That solo at the end was rad!!!
I would add a sixth technique: put an equalizer after your pedal After I started using equalizers I started to have access to incredible tones, sometimes making a single pedal sound like 5 different ones, with a 5-band equalizer it's already very good, currently I use a 10-band one and I get very interesting tones, besides that I can adapt the distortion depending on the amplifier's behavior
yes this is good
Loved the jams
Wow last solo is great! Big fan!
finally, the cyberattack video i've been waiting for (my board is all dirt)
oh hell yeah, i can't wait to try life with my boost after my fuzz and bring my Ts808 back into the fray in the before spot, ive been running fuzz last in chain and boost at front, and i think boost at the end is going to fix a lot of my leveling volume problems--gave me lots to chew on! another hit from the hitmaker!!
and damn, rippin' Digital Love!
Thanks dylanna I love you always
Oddly, that last jam was giving me Steely Dan vibes if they tried to get a Huey Lewis and the News sound lol
WOW 🤩 @ the last solo.
your videos rule, SO helpful
Excellent
Fantastic video, thanks man!
damn this guy can play guitar left AND right handed
You deserve happiness. I adore your videos and always come out the other side a more learned hairless monkey.
Another banger. I absolutely love my benson preamp. So simple but does so many things
Commenting for the algorithm 🗣️💯🎸🔥
Awesome vid. Barbershop is probably my favorite drive pedal, never leaving my board.
it's extremely good
Dude this video is so fucking dope
Awesome video as always! Love the Daft Punk section at the end. Have you ever thought about interviewing someone like Brian Wampler or other pedal manufacturers?
I would love to do it. I've found interview videos the hardest to edit, and they also don't do great in terms of UA-cam analytics (at least on my channel), but I would still love to do it.
@@CyberattackWorld Yep, I totally get that. In order for it to work for you and UA-cam at the same time, you would have to make the video fun enough to be somewhat popular for the analytics, but also true to your pedal-nerd base. Maybe asking pedal manufacturers for their favorite wildest tones (with examples) and how to get those tones? (or something along those lines?)
Big fan of your videos! \m/
big fan of your channel name
Damn I love your vids
Good to see the 5150 get some love. This is one of those "desert island" pedals that can do everything really well in most set ups. What are your pro tips on running parallel drives?
Yeah the 5150 rules. OK for parallel drives, I think the basic thing is to combine sounds that are different-like two mid-boosting overdrives in parallel is pointless. It's cooler to run a distortion and a fuzz, or a bit crusher and an overdrive, etc. I talk a little about this in this video: ua-cam.com/video/guBnF9D8Ayw/v-deo.html
But I actually think double-tracking is more straightforward and probably sounds better than running multiple drives in parallel. Obviously you can't do it live, but when it comes to recording, the variations you get in performance across the two takes is super interesting and has a bigger overall effect in my opinion than the benefits of adding to a distortion sound with a different distortion in parallel.
You can also emphasize making the double-tracked performances different in ways that are interesting. For example, in pro-tips 2 and 5 in this video, I use different chord voicings across the two takes, and it makes the whole thing sound a little cooler. That's more subtle than the Randy Rhoads thing of putting certain notes a half step apart, which is totally bananas. But the idea of stacking chords in slightly different ways across a double-tracked performance can be fun and adds some force to whatever you're doing.
I'm now thinking of the possibilities of doing that modulation effect trick with a stereo pedal
i wish you would make another whole video about the unknown realms! i feel like you could get way weirder with it and i'm all for that. i make mostly prog metal music so i would really appreciate weirder distortion sounds to try out for myself
Nice steely dan style
you are a good man
I just transitioned my guitar rig from mono to stereo, and I'm playing around with using different overdrive/distortion pedals in parallel. Before both sides of dirt (one overdrive + one distortion + one fuzz, though not all on at the same time usually), I run my signal into a stereo chorus with dual LFOs, so everything sounds MASSIVE. I'm just trying to set up the L/R dirt pedals to be complimentary right now though.
bravo
I have an old 70s mic preamp that essentially works as a really good distortion pedal because a mic has a way lower output than a guitar. If you hit it with a boost it gets into a Big Muff type territory.
That sounds awesome
I use an OBNE signal blender to run different drives in parallel, then adjust them to each other with eqs. I'm still in the testing phase but the results are promising.
On another note, that fairfield barbershop sounds really good.
yeah the Barbershop rules. Also if you're into parallel signal flow, this may be of interest: ua-cam.com/video/guBnF9D8Ayw/v-deo.html
I like using heavy overdrive even though I play reggae 😅 it makes for an interesting combo, sort of reminiscent of the clash
I had one of those Marshall chorus pedals that would distort if you put a higher signal into it and played with the impedance. Wasnt supposed to do that, technically but it happened. I think it was a fault with the construction on mine.
Man I used to love jamming on Digital Love, I need to relearn how to play that one.
Nice Cheap Trick!!! Sweeet!
DIGITAL LOVE 🫶🙌
Do you have any editing videos, love your skits
thanks, yes: ua-cam.com/play/PLzaV6dQDtY1-hXAu4LI-GLnqpm_sNfaDp.html
You should have shown the DigiTech grunge it's the best distortion pedal it's so buzzzy
Totally unrelated, but I feel like you’d really enjoy this song. I am in no way in affiliation with the band. Just seems like you may dig it.
The Yum Yums - Too Good To Be True
I DONT WANNA DIE IM A GOD WHY CANT I LIVE ON
The game or the song
Damn another reason to buy a shallow water I seem to be late to the game on alot of really cool pedals I keep buying vintage stuff and neglecting the badass stuff that is new I guess I'm just trying to be careful cause I've spent way too much money on the next big thing and it ends up not working for me
At 0:30 seconds I’m sorry but I have to ask how exactly you got that sound, it made me sit up in amazement that a guitar can sound that good.
thank you, that's gonna be a song called "Unrealistic" on the next Cyberattack album. the lead tone is something I explain in one of the pro-tips here: ua-cam.com/video/_JNypShQP08/v-deo.html
and the rhythm guitar tone is something I explain in one of the pro-tips here: ua-cam.com/video/6X6fkw_pkRE/v-deo.html
YES YES YES AND YES !!!
thanks man I'm glad you dig it
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0:26 What's that lead tone? Square wave tremolo into slapback delay? With a bit of whammy at one point? So tasty!
It's none of those things, but I explain exactly what it is here: ua-cam.com/video/_JNypShQP08/v-deo.html
@@CyberattackWorld Thanks!
🤘👍🏿
Just bought a mxr 5150 been trying to find one for like 100$ forever but said screw it and paid like 175$ for one I'm tired of waiting for probably the best distortion ever