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paulsherwin · 20th Nov 2018, 12:24 pm

You will get plenty of clipping distortion, but it won't sound like a conventional valve guitar amp being overdriven. There are lots of designs for LM386 based effects boxes on the net if you google.

As you say, they are dirt cheap (especially if you buy them in quantity from China) so it doesn't matter if you blow a few up while experimenting.

20th Nov 2018, 12:24 pm	#2
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,966	Re: 386 amplifier "overdrive" You will get plenty of clipping distortion, but it won't sound like a conventional valve guitar amp being overdriven. There are lots of designs for LM386 based effects boxes on the net if you google. As you say, they are dirt cheap (especially if you buy them in quantity from China) so it doesn't matter if you blow a few up while experimenting.