Overdrive vs. Distortion vs. Fuzz

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[oh_finks]

overdrive pedal: normal
distortion pedal: normal
fuzz pedal:

[AJEDDY]

I'm not a fuzz guy, normally, but I have to admit, the way you dialed it in on this video is really nice.

[dextrovert]

I love distortion, but that fuzz fit the riff you're playing

[flylvr]

that distortion is cleaner than my clean sound jesus christ

[pianistjoyaljohn]

For me
Overdrive :-riffs
Distortion :- strumming
Fuzz:- solo'z ✌️👻

[isaacvelasco]

Overdrive just sounds too thin to me, I'm digging both the distortion and fuzz

[barstantan]

That overdrive is like a clean
Distortion like an overdrive
And fuzz is actually distortion

[SlyHikari]

I like all of them.

All 3 work in different contexts.

[AlfonsoMataC]

For this track, no doubt that fuzz is the best effect to solo over it
It depends not only from the solo to choose an effect, it depends from the track too

[jeffrivera]

based on the backing track, the fuzz tone fits nicely..

[anthonyrojas]

Thank you for doing this. Because I never really understood the key differences to the pedals sound themselves. And you just helped me so much figuring out what kind of pedal I can use now for certain riffs and licks. Thank you so much!

[Maybeprobablynot]

Loving the Distortion, it's got the clean-ish tone on top and a hint of balls underneath that makes it sludgy and grungy without being muddy or sloppy like the fuzz

[ryworze]

Finding that perfect fuzz tone on both the guitar and bass and then putting them together just makes it so fucking HEAVY

[malicedraven]

Whoa, id never thought id be picking the fuzz sound over the distortion petal. That sounded pretty nice.

[futur_sunds]

They all have there place of course. I think fuzz is more experimental and doesn’t fit as many genres but I would rather have only a fuzz pedal then overdrive or distortion, I just love the way it sounds!

[lunkums]

fuzz sounds soo good with the rest of the track

[willymack]

The fuzz seems to add more harmonic overtones, which sound stupid cool.

[shanewshal]

Fuzz seems like a specific use thing, it could sound good under the right pretenses. Overdrive and distortion are pretty good for anything grittier.

[brandonroebuck]

A decent od or distortion and a solid tube amp will always be the most diverse but fuzz always has the unique punch/flare factor