5 Ways To Stack Distortion | Boss OD-200 Hybrid Drive

ALL THE GAIN…

Distortion: The most essential guitar effect.
Whether you prefer the subtle hair of an Overdrive, the roar of a Distortion, or the broken chaos of a Fuzz, it’s undeniable that increasing the gain until our clean guitar signal breaks up, distorts and clips out of all recognition has become a pivotal part of the way we now craft our tone.

With so many options for drive pedals out there it can be tempting to combine the sounds on two different types of distortion to generate an all new sound. Boosting, Stacking, whatever you want to call it, blending two different flavours of distortion can result in new textures and sounds.

With the Boss OD-200, we have access to 12 main distortion sounds and a further 15 to boost with. That’s a lot of options for combining distortion sounds.

Running an overdrive into distortion can help produce a tighter, punchier response with more gain for aggressive rhythm work.
Boosting instead with a fuzz adds sustain and texture which can help leads blend seamlessly into a mix, or really help single coils ring out.

The video above discusses this concept of stacking distortions and provides 5 examples which should be enough to spark your inspiration, giving you the knowledge to go forth and create your own combo distortion sounds.