the 9V battery

in my oldest distortion pedal is run down to the point where the power indicator light doesn't even come on, so when you put said stompbox first in the signal chain, what comes out of the amp is that jagged edge valves about to melt down tone like Neil Young live or something...you know what I mean....so then you can turn on the radio and hope for "Mississippi Queen", and similar tunes to jam with. The hot humbuckers and whammy bar on the Silvertone work great for this burning overdrive zone thing.....