overdirve/metal pedal

whats the difference between a metal distortion pedal and a overdirve pedal? do any metal bands useoverdrive pedals? yes i play metal and i want to find my "sound" so im trying to figure out which pedal i want and i like both but idk if i need both to get that evil metal sound and pinch harmonics

overdrive tries to help push a tube amp into overdrive(or some are used to emulate a tube amp going into overdrive).
A "metal" distortion pedal is loads of gain, and it doesn't try to emulate a tube amp very much, it's more of a silicon diode(if that's even the right term) making a more "mechanical" distortion.

hope those make sense

but both can be used to get a sound that you want, it just takes trial and error

i'd say for what your playing, go with the metal pedal(that rhymed). but if you wanted some cool sounds i'd say get both and plug them in together

yeah, you can get some really unique sounds using different pedal combos

haha that sounds sweet ima try it thanks guys and thnz for the youtube props case i saw ur video WORD UP

thanks man, I'm gonna record another cover here soon(probably Mr. Crowley or a VH cover) and finally have a different video lol

mr crowley is the shiznit i justneed to finish learning the solos and the fillers between the main riffs

I just ran through it(with a g string that was out of tune, and then a little after a b string that was out of tune lol) almost forgot how much fun it is to just get down with it during the solos and wail! lol

ah good times, maybe in the next couple of days, seeing as how it's snowing and really cold outside, I'll get to another vid.

And kudos for stepping up to the challenge of a Randy Rhoads song man, took me about 8 months after hearing Mr. Crowley the first time to work up the nerve to start learning it lol

ive heard mr crowley for like a year or so and i started playing guitar 5 months ago lol. the solos u can learn just takes alot of patience to remember all those notes ugh...where as the main riffs are like 10 diff notes

yeah, don't worry man, after a while it'll all just be 2nd nature. You'll know where to go without thinking about it.