Guitar Amp Overdrive Button

[Lusaka_Guitarist]

Hello everyone.

I just got myself a small SX Guitar Amp. I would like to know what the "Driven" or "Overdrive" button really does. The equipment's manual is silent about it.

[methodistgirl]

That's easy! That button is in case you want to play heavy metal
on the guitar.
judy tooley

[Lusaka_Guitarist]

Heavy Metal? Oops. Then I wont need to push the button.
Thanks Judy.

Lovemore Nanjaya

[John Watt]

Judy, you're categorizing the "driven" and "overdrive" buttons as heavy metal.
That's not always the case when you're getting into any kind of induced distortion.
And our thread starter wonders why the manual says nothing about it.
I'll tell you why. They know.
They know sooner or later you'll wind up sitting by yourself with only your guitar and amp,
grizzled and gnarly from your distortion quest, and all it took to be open to distortion,
distorting and distorted, with a side interest in fading 9-volt battery affects.
No amplifier company can extend that kind warranty coverage, known as rehab.
I'd rather be the pre-amp in a pre-amp master volume kind of thing.

[Lusaka_Guitarist]

That's interesting stuff. Thanks for the info. I'm not the distortion kind of guy.

[Catrina]

Judy, you're categorizing the "driven" and "overdrive" buttons as heavy metal.
That's not always the case when you're getting into any kind of induced distortion.
And our thread starter wonders why the manual says nothing about it.
I'll tell you why. They know.
They know sooner or later you'll wind up sitting by yourself with only your guitar and amp,
grizzled and gnarly from your distortion quest, and all it took to be open to distortion,
distorting and distorted, with a side interest in fading 9-volt battery affects.
No amplifier company can extend that kind warranty coverage, known as rehab.
I'd rather be the pre-amp in a pre-amp master volume kind of thing.

Why does this remind me of Finnegan's Wake?

[John Watt]

I've never read Finnegan's Wake.
Why does this remind you of it?
I'm definitely not used to comparisons to great literature.
I'm of Scottish descent, you're talking Irish. That's close.