Originally posted by snimbkar
Advantages of Practicing Clean

Develops the following:
Articulation
Dynamics
Consistency
it really forces you to concentrate on your right hand technique especially

Note: try doing hammer ons / Pull offs clean....
VERY difficult, your hand will be ready to fall off after a few mintues!!

Advantages of Practicing with Distortion:
Muting
Controling feedback
Eliminating errant string noise / Pick Noise / Finger noise

When Practicing with Distortion..try using JUST distrotion..no reverb, compression, Delay or any other effect as this can mask certain nuances.

Yes, I think you're totally right..