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I like to control the distortion of my amplifier by turning down the volume on my guitar when I want a cleaner sound. Can I control the RAT distortion pedal in the same way?

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I like to control the distortion of my amplifier by turning down the volume on my guitar when I want a cleaner sound. Can I control the RAT distortion pedal in the same way?

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Yes. The RAT distortion pedal responds to changes in input level in much the same way as a typical guitar preamp stage – the more input is fed to it the more distortion it generates. For this reason we highly recommend that you set the volume controls on your instrument on maximum when full overdrive and sustain are desired from the RAT pedal.