Weird Panning issue when comping stereo tracks

Hi
I keep getting this again and again, when I record a guitar amp (for example) with 2 mics on separate track and then comp together a good track by selecting the same parts on each track (still with me ?), on playback I have the tracks panned left and right, but when it gets to an edit both parts sound like they are in the middle, after the edit they go back to panned. If I solo the 2 tracks you hear it clearly, but if you solo just 1 track nothing happens. Any ideas what I am doing wrong or what's going on ?

2 mics on separate track
In the future you might find it easier to create the recording on one stereo track, where you have each mic assigned to its own channel (L/R). If you do it this way, I think you will avoid the problem you described.
But do you also need to fix existing material? Then it would help to have more information. What version of Logic are you using?

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