Originally Posted by: Mattennoyeah, the natural distortion does sound better for that stuff. what pedal would be good to go with the natural distortion to make it sound better?

Personally, I'd go for either a compression pedal or a chorus pedal. Or both. Or, better yet, a multiple effects unit - Digitech and Behringer make some nice ones for relatively low prices (so do Zoom, but I'd steer clear of those!).