Pedals and distortion

[Josht1557]

Any B3 owners out there? I’m curios how you would go about getting a distortion sound, I really like the louds berry overdrive pedal and I’m curios how that goes into an B3 is there a certain input jack? I don’t own a b3 yet unfortunately but I would like to get one but I wanna make sure i will be able to get a distorted sound . If this won’t work with a B3 is there any other ways? thanks for your time

[ShadyJoe]

A Leslie can provide SOME distortion. Jon Lord ran his Hammond through a Marshall amplifier. It really depends on what sound you are chasing.

[Josht1557]

Is it possible to put a guitar distortion pedal through it ? If so how?

[Papus]

Is it possible to put a guitar distortion pedal through it ? If so how?

Most distortion pedals are not full range frequency response, they are designed with either a mid hump or a mid scoop or a treble boost for guitars.
The two best methods are:

1) Use a full range pedal designed for organ such as Lounsberry. Some of the valve overdrive guitar pedals actually are full range, such as the Blackstar HT-Drive, plus you get the advantage of real valve distortion.

2) Run a valve guitar amp into a Leslie. This requires some engineering to bypass the Leslie amp, plus you run the risk of blowing up the horn driver if you don't upgrade it. Many famous Rock organists did this. Jon Lord upgraded his drivers to JBL.

It's easier and safer to stick with option #1.
Bear in mind the output from a Hammond is usually way too hot for guitar pedals - you'll need to attenuate it.

[Papus]

Heavily modified T202 through a Blackstar HT-5 Mini Stack (2x10" Celestion speakers).
The HT-5 amp has the same valve distortion circuit as the HT-Dist pedal, but the HT-Drive pedal is even better for pure valve overdrive (also costs more than the HT-Dist).

https://youtu.be/YWAgkBMdEQE

[Tim_at_Jonas]

Kon's diode distortion add-on. See attached.

[peterb_2795]

And then there is the commercial version of Kon's passive zener distortion unit.



Although no longer marketed, from what I understand, these can still be made to order.

For examples of the sound produced see:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cihi1rtc4Q&t=83s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chBH8ihzLo4

HTH

[Tommers]

The EHX Operation Overlord can do subtle boost to near fuzz in jfet style. Has three tone controls and a blend plus three input levels so is flexible and can be tweaked to get your original highs and lows. Also full stereo in and out. Worth considering if you are not trying to emulate anything specific