Boss Audio Systems GT-6B OD/DIST Overdrive/Distortion, OD Overdrive, DST Distortion, FUZ Fuzz

Chapter 4 The Effects Explained

OD/DIST (Overdrive/Distortion)

This effect distorts the sound to create long sustain. The GT- 6B provides nine types of distortion with two different custom settings.

■OD: Overdrive

This provides the warm, natural type of distortion that occurs naturally when you turn up the volume on a tube amp. This effect is often used as an amp pre-booster.

■DST: Distortion

This effect features a deep, powerful distortion that is difficult to achieve with amp distortion alone.

■FUZ: Fuzz

This effect gives an even more powerful and intense distortion than you get with regular distortion.

Parameter	Value
On/Off	Off, On
Type	Blues OD, Turbo OD, Bass OD,
	Distortion, GUV DS, Metal Zone,
	’60s FUZZ, Oct Fuzz, MUFF FUZZ,
	Custom 1, Custom 2
Drive	0–100
Bass	-50–+50
Treble	-50–+50
Effect Level	0–100
Direct Level	0–100

On/Off (Effect On/Off)

Sets the overdrive/distortion effect to ON or OFF.

Type

Selects the type of distortion.

Blues OD	Models the sound of the BOSS BD-2.
Turbo OD	Models the sound of the BOSS OD-2.
Bass OD	Models the sound of the BOSS ODB-3.
Distortion	Standard distortion sound.
GUV DS	Models the sound of the Marshall
	GUV’NOR.
Metal Zone	The sound of the BOSS MT-2.
‘60s FUZZ	Models the sound of the FUZZFACE.
Oct Fuzz	Models the sound of the ACETONE
	FUZZ.
MUFF FUZZ	Models the sound of the Electro-Har-
	monix Big Muff.
Custom 1	Type 1 for custom settings.

Custom 2 Type 2 for custom settings.

●When CUSTOM is Selected for TYPE

When the TYPE is set to CUSTOM, you can set the following parameters.

“Making ‘Custom’ Overdrive/Distortion Settings” (p. 52)

Parameter	Value
Type (1–2)	OD-2, BD-2, ODB-3, DS-1, MT-2, FUZZ
Bottom (1–2)	-50–+50
Top (1–2)	-50–+50
Low (1–2)	-50–+50
High (1–2)	-50–+50

Drive

Adjusts the amount of distortion. The distortion gets more intense as the value is increased.

Bass

Adjusts the tone of the lower range. The bass is given more emphasis as the value is increased.

Treble

Adjusts the tone of the upper range. The treble is given more emphasis as the value is increased.

Effect Level

Adjusts the volume of the distorted sound.

Direct Level

Adjusts the level of the Bass direct sound.

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