Should 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 clean channel on an amp?

answer, each channel is like a specified sound e.g distortion and clean, flick the switch one way you’re clean, the other its distorted. clean sound has no effects added to it so YES you have to use this channel when using your stompbox, from what i know most amps are like this.

Do you need a distortion pedal with a tube amp?

Most tube amps won’t need a distortion pedal, digital or otherwise. When an amp has both a dirty (gain) and a clean channel, this allows you to dial your distorted tones along with whatever clean sound you might want to use.

What is a dirty amp?

Lead Channel 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.

Is a distortion pedal necessary?

As we’ve concluded in this guide, a distortion pedal is almost essential for electric guitarists, to allow you to access the full range of tones you will probably be used to hearing in the music you love.

Does gain affect clean channel?

Having a preamp gain control has nothing to do with whether it’s a true clean channel or not. All it does is give you options for how you want to dial in your sound. For the clean channel. Turn the master all the way up and use the gain as your volume control if you want a true clean.

What does gain do on a clean channel?

Setting the gain control sets the level of distortion in your tone, regardless of how loud the final volume is set. What this means is that your gain setting determines how clean or dirty your sound is regardless of the master volume setting.