Overload Led's

[britt-stinker]

I've been thinking for awile about what it means when a pedal's overload(or whatever they might call it) lights.

 

As I've understand until now it means for example that if a pedal doesn't have very much headroom(to be honest I'm not even sure what this means, unless if thats how to descripe how much input signal it takes before clipping/distorting)it will clip/distort with very little input signal.

 

Can it damage anything if it lights alot?

 

I have a moog ring mod, and I really like when I get alot of crunch from it because the output is turned up a lot. But it lights red when it's not even very high.

But can it damage anything inside the pedal, if I turn it up where it just lights red the most of the time?

 

Thanks

[varialbender]

I don't know if you can damage it, I would think not with what you're doing, but the reason it might feel strange to have it turned to a certain position is because it's supposed to work with a wide variety of signals (synths to weak guitars). Maybe someone can verify that you can't damage it with your guitar?