Distortion Pedals w/ Treble & Bass boost: Pre, mid, or post distortion?

[qvplite]

Here's a schematic I found on diystompboxes.com. Not sure what's going on exactly but I'm thinking perhaps the "Tone" section at the end is their EQ, which implies that it occurs after the distortion is put in.

[Blast9]

I don't know, but I have a Digitech Bad Monkey and the drive increases when you boost the bass - makes it more ballsy - great feature!

PS - I always wanted a pedal with graphic EQ pre and post the gain knob. Would be rather large though!

[CleanPWR]

I'm fantasizing about something a bit different...

[Blast9]

Talking of split band dist, have you tried the Source Audio Multiwave?

Insanely great pedal.
Pete Thorn hss a great YouTube demo.

[Silent Sound]

It's probably dependent on the pedal, though I would think most would have the adjustable tone section after the distortion circuit. After all, doing it before wouldn't prove much advantage over using your guitar's tone knobs, and the clipping will generally create harmonics that may or may not be useful, so a filter is usually put in afterward to help smooth out some of the harshness.

Some will have a hard wired EQ section. Something like a bass or treble cut before the clipping starts. I think the Tube Screamer has a HPF to cut the bass before it hits the first gain stage and then the normal tone stack after it. I'm not sure though. It's been a while since I've seen that schematic. Some pedals have more than one clipping section, so that would give you the opportunity to place an EQ in the middle. I think the Big Muff has multiple clipping stages, IIRC, but I think the tone section lies after both stages.

[Mikeitloud]

Have a look at the Radial Tonebone Hot British distortion pedal it has a lot of mid voicing, and contour controls, as well as hi and lo adjustments. A lot of options, I love it

http://www.tonebone.com/tb-hotbritish-using.htm

Tonebone Hot British tube distortion - introduction

[fastlanestoner]

Generally, EQ controls come after any clipping/gain stages, and are usually placed just before the output of the circuit.

input - (buffer) - clipping/gain - tone filters - output

These are of course generalities and anything is possible. If you would like to talk about a custom build hit me up. It's what I do!