41 circuits
Distortion pedals run several gain stages into hard clipping for a saturated sound that stands on its own rather than just pushing your amp. These 41 distortion circuits each come with a free printable drill template sized for their enclosure.
One of the original boutique drive pedals from the 1970s, notable for its method of overdriving an op-amp directly rather than using diodes for clipping.
View template →Based on the MXR® Distortion+ and DOD 250, one of the first drive circuits to use an op-amp.
View template →Compare to Fulltone Secret Freq
View template →Compare to JHS PG-14
View template →Compare to Animals Pedal I was a Wolf in the Forest Distortion
View template →Compare to GTC Bloody Finger
View template →The 1978 redesign of the classic Big Muff, using op-amps instead of transistors. Famously used by Billy Corgan on Siamese Dream.
View template →Based on the Cornish P-2 and G-2, two adaptations of the Big Muff circuit that add Pete Cornish’s meticulously-tuned buffered bypass switching.
View template →Compare to Boss DF-2 Distortion
View template →Compare to VFE Alpha Dog
View template →Compare to Seymour Duncan Dirty Deed™
View template →Compare to BearFoot Dyna Red Distortion
View template →Compare to DOD FX-50B, FX-53, FX-55B
View template →Compare to Cornish G-2
View template →Compare to Mad Professor Stone Grey Distortion
View template →Based on the BOSS® HM-2 Heavy Metal, a unique distortion effect favored by extreme metal guitarists for its characteristic “buzzsaw” sound.
View template →Compare to Marshall Guv'nor
View template →Based on the Electro-Harmonic Big Muff Pi, one of the most classic pedals of all time, somewhere between distortion and fuzz with incredibly long sustain.
View template →Based on the Pro Co RAT Distortion, a distortion pedal with a very distinctive and tight mid-to-high-gain character made iconic by 1980s hard rock bands.
View template →Compare to Colorsound Tone Bender Distortion
View template →Compare to Snake Oil Marvellous Engine Distortion
View template →Compare to Mr Black Thunderclaw Distortion
View template →Compare to ProCo Rat
View template →Compare to Ibanez MT10 Mostortion
View template →Compare to Cornish P-2
View template →Compare to Boss HM-2
View template →Based on the Ibanez® MT-10 Mostortion, a rare and very expensive low-to-mid-gain overdrive with 3-band EQ popular in the Nashville scene.
View template →Compare to Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra
View template →Compare to Boss HM-3
View template →Compare to Maxon SD-9 Sonic Distortion
View template →Compare to Electro-Faustus EF-111 Guitardammerung Distortion
View template →Compare to Cornish SS-2
View template →Compare to Cornish SS-3
View template →Compare to MXR Distortion II
View template →Compare to Providence Stampede SDT-2
View template →Based on the Marshall Shredmaster, a great mid-gain amp-like distortion with a 3-band EQ that was Most notably used by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
View template →Compare to Castledine The Wizard
View template →Compare to Funny Little Boxes Skeleton Key
View template →Inspired by the Friedman BE-OD, the Thermionic Distortion provides searing British-flavored high gain tones through any amp
View template →Compare to Dawner Prince Red Rox
View template →Compare to Noel Victoire
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