Connecting a distortion pedal?

Question

No idea what i'm getting yet, just a thought. I'm completely oblivious when i'm speaking of these things, so try to comprehend.

I have an...Sp.10 squire amp. It has volume, treble, and bass k***s. I have 2 ports, one for the output of my guitar, and a headphone port.

First off all, what i want in means of a distortion pedal is being able to play clean, then pushing the pedal down, and being able to play with high gain, or like it would sound if i had the overdrive on, on my amp. Can any distortion pedal do that? Or is that more of a complex pedal? And how much would one that could do that cost me?

And, having just an output port and a headphone port, can i even hook it up? I'd have to plug it into the headphone port ; i've got no clue whatsoever if that'd work.

Thanks is advance.

Answer 1

Any distortion pedal will do it. Some just do it better than others. Go to your local music store like Guitar Center and check them out.

You don't plug it into your headphone port. What you do is you plug your guitar into the pedal, then plug the pedal into your amp.

The headphone port is just that -- it allows you to plug in headphones so you can play without disturbing anyone else.