From Distortion to Clean

[guyonthefox]

Can someone tell me ho Vai goes so cleanly from distortion to clean in Tender Surender:



Does he have 2 amps (clean & distorted) in a Y switch that he controls each output with an expression pedal?

Using distortion in parallel with an expression pedal?

Something else? :)

 

[GuitarVST]

Don't know how Steve did it, but this is how I would do it.
One way: a switch on my MIDI controller turns off the overdrive in the VST.
Another way: a switch on my MIDI controller changes to a completely different VST.