DESCRIPTION:
I designed this circuit from the ground up. I'm sure that this circuit will work great with magnetic pickups as well, but the main point of this was to have an overdrive for use with cigar box guitars (or other instruments with piezo pickups) without tons of feedback which is a common problem for any instrument with piezo pickups. Keep in mind that my prototyping rig isn't perfect a perfect setup and is obviously not shielded. A completed pedal with this circuit in it wouldn't allow as much noise in the circuit (if you hear any.) In my opinion this sounds great for CBG and is very amp like. I'll have to get my strat put together soon so that I can sample it with magnetic pickups. Also, please note that it helps with feedback if you point your amp away from your instrument. The video starts out with the overdrive setting in about the middle position. I'm still trying to figure out where the best limit would be for the upper end. I end the video with the overdrive setting back at about the middle position and I'm changing the volume on my guitar a lot to show how it reacts to it at different volume settings.