controlling distortion

[BloodStar]

should i try verb>distort>high pass filter?

or
verb>high pass filter> distort

try both and you will hear what works better :-)

so many combinations. hi-pass>distort>verb>hipass ; distort>verb>distort>hipass and so on and so on ......

You can also try to not distort masivelly in one step, but try to split it into more subtle distortions, done in more steps. lets say: subtle distortion> verb> distortion again > hi pass >verb

It is same with verbs, it sounds nice when you put some early verb as a first in your chain and then some verb with more tail which gives it more space. hope it makes sense...