Why Do I Need More than One Distortion Pedal?

 Well, because if one is good two must be twice as good!  Actually, we can do even better than that by stacking overdrives and distortions.
 
     When using two distortion pedals on my pedal board I usually set up one as a low gain sound and the other as a medium gain sound.  I can then combine the two for more gain.
A couple of things to remember.

• To raise your volume through the amp you need to use the volume of the second pedal.  Turning up the volume of the first pedal will affect the gain of the second pedal.  This one took me a little bit to figure out but once I did it made all the difference in the world! If I want to set up a good rhythm sound and then a boost for solos I would set the first pedal to my liking as far as gain goes then on the second pedal I would use less gain but crank the overall volume.

 

• Your overall tone will be affected the most by the second pedal.   Whatever tone you are sending from the first pedal can be sculpted further with the second pedal.

 
There really is no right or wrong way to stack Distortion or Overdrive pedal so use your imagination!