Distortion

Distortion pedal on clean or dirty channel

Distortion pedal on clean or dirty channel
  1. Do you use distortion pedal on clean channel?
  2. What is a dirty channel on an amp?
  3. Where should distortion pedal go in chain?
  4. What pedals go well with distortion?

Do you use distortion pedal on clean channel?

You could use it on the clean channel or you could use it on the distortion channel with the pedal gain backed off and the level up to act as a kind of dirty booster.

What is a dirty channel on an amp?

The lead or 'dirty' channel, mainly serves to produce the majority of your sounds distortion regardless of any pedals. ... typically most distortion and overdrive pedals suit running stacked through a lead channel with a dirty amp, as it compresses and tightens up the sound better than the clean channel.

Where should distortion pedal go in chain?

Dynamics (compressors), filters (wah), pitch shifters, and Volume pedals typically go at the beginning of the signal chain. Gain based effects such as and overdrive/distortion pedals come next. Modulation effects such as chorus, flangers, phasers typically come next in the chain.

What pedals go well with distortion?

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