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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaded Faith" data-source="post: 86120" data-attributes="member: 1068">Glad to help!  Gain has a large impact on perceived tone in amps with the EQ late in the signal chain.  When you kick in a signal gain in the amp circuit like that, the amplification factor is increased.  So when that increased signal eventually hits the tonestack, the larger signal can make the EQ seem different on each channel.  This is due to the extra signal providing more signal ("frequencies") to boost/cut.This is part of the balancing act that has to be accounted for when building a gain boost into an amp or module.  You need to make sure the lower gain setting doesn't give a perception of thinning out the tone.</blockquote>