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→Mixing Multiple Distortions
* Only one distortion stage should be heavily distorted at most. Generally, its best to mix two or three mild distortions to get one big distortion tone. When using one saturated gain stage, any others should be very mild. Otherwise, you will get a mushy, noisy tone.
* The big advantage is to mix different ''types'' of distortion. Chaining several similar distortions is likely to get a similar tone as just one of them, but with less control and more noise. You can often get a better tone simply by turning up the gain on just one distortion stage and removing the others.
* If you are using a distortion pedal for your main distortion, you may still have to use a bit of gain on your amp to give it enough juice to sound right, or enough to sound like its signature sound. This may involve pushing it slightly into distortion. If this results in too much distortion, try turning the drive on the distortion pedal down until you find the right balance.
=== Pre-Amp and Power Amp ===