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Originally Posted by +81
I was unaware that a compressor is a type of distortion. I know it balances out the attack of your notes, shapes your tone to an extent, limits volume spikes and such but haven't heard of it being use to produce distortion on it's own. I've played through Electro Harmonix compressor and it can create an overdriven sound but I just assumed it was a side effect of it's purpose.
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maybe calling it a type of distortion was inaccurate but like you said, that kind of pedal 'can' produce some rather distorted tones.