Re: How does a distortion pedal work?

Hi, Carl.

To go into detail about this would take an excessively long time, and as 
there is already an easily-understood article on this topic on the Web, 
I'll just direct you there.  It explains different types of distortion, 
including fuzz boxes, metal distortion, and rectified distortion.
 http://www.geofex.com/effxfaq/distn101.htm

Thanks,
Justin Miller