How do you create distortion on an electric guitar amp without a gain, distortion, or overdrive setting on the amp?
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"The earliest uses of intentional distortion that have been recorded were achieved through "doctoring" amplifiers and speakers. Guitarists would use a razor blade, screwdriver or pencil to poke holes into their speaker cones to create a distorted sound"
Now Back to your Guitar and Amp setup
1. Stomp box effect pedal - Buy a Distortion or Overdrive pedal and add it on you signal chain. You step on it to turn on and off. The quick and easy way to do it.
Guitar Amp <- cable-> stomp box <- cable -> Guitar
2. High Gain Pickups - this is more of an advanced way to do it. If you change you weak stock pickups with aftermarket hotter high gain pickups. It will distort the 'clean' channel your amp by simply rocking the guitar volume to 10. Then if you rock the volume down lower you get a cleaner tone. However, you may never get that "crunch" tone distortion. Its more like a light overdrive tone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdrive_(music)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_pickups
Own personal guitar playing experience.
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Running your guitar amp up to 11 (slang in reference to spinal tap for extra loud) for extended periods, is the surest way to destroy your speakers. Once that speaker cone is ruined. You may never be able to play clean tones again.
Assuming that if you own a small 15 watt practice amp. It wont be able to handle the stress of playing for extended periods on max volume. Since isn't designed to be played that way. Like lets say for a 50 watt Marshal with Half-stack 4 celestion speakers in a live concert.
