Official Pedal Order Thread

[Bipolar Bowler]

Where would you put something like the Ibanez LF7? After distortion since it is sort of an EQ? At the end of everything to make it all Lo-Fi? Hmmm.. It'd probably sound swell in all sorts of places.

I have one on the way, so I can't try anything out yet.

[anorexorcist77]

I have a problem with my EQ

This is my Eq:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ot77/45301a.jpg

It sounds great when it's just "GUITAR--->EQ--->AMP" but once I start using my pedal effects.... "GUITAR--->PEDALS--->EQ--->AMP" my whole tone starts to sound bad. I've tried setting up my EQ at different parts of my pedal chain but it always ends up that there's a pedal or two that sounds bad. Can anybody help me out?

[studentninjas]

Originally posted by anorexorcist77
I have a problem with my EQ

This is my Eq:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ot77/45301a.jpg

It sounds great when it's just "GUITAR--->EQ--->AMP" but once I start using my pedal effects.... "GUITAR--->PEDALS--->EQ--->AMP" my whole tone starts to sound bad. I've tried setting up my EQ at different parts of my pedal chain but it always ends up that there's a pedal or two that sounds bad. Can anybody help me out?

Is there a problem when the eq is off, or are you just not getting good tone when you have eq and other effects running at the same time? If it's just a matter of the tone not taking the effects well, you may be SOL or you may just need a better eq. The "snipered" Boss GE-7 gets nothing but praise on these boards, or you could do what I did and buy an eq for dummies.

[I_Drive_A_Lot]

Sorry to bring this topic back but I was just wondering what would be a good order for my set up. I haven't really played with changing them around and will when I have some time but some opinions would be good.

My pedals go: Small Stone > Turbo Rat > Big Muff > Holy Grail > Digitech RP 50 > Boss FZ-2 > Frequency Analyzer > Line 6 DL4

I'm thinking of maybe taking the Digitech and the Boss out of the chain, too ...

[JoeM]

Hi

Ok, I have a lot of pedals, I have set them up in a way that i like, and they sound great... HOWEVER... sometimes i doubt myself, and would really like someone else's opinion on this. One day i love my tone, the next i get bored, the next i rip it all up and start again.. HELP !!!!

Ok, here's the setup:

Strat Plus with EMG (DG-20) pickup set > Boss NS2 (using effects loop in the boss NS2) > MXR Dynacomp > EH Big Muff > Marshall Guv'nor > Danelectro FAB Distortion > Barber LTD > Boss EQ7 > EH Electric Mistress > Danelectro Cool cat Chorus > MXR Phase 90 > Boss DD3. After all this i have placed a SPF Ego Booster (outside the Boss NS2 loop) then into a volume pedal, then into a Peavey Classic 50 2*12 (with Eurotube supplied JJ tubes).

All of the pedals live in a pretty neat pedal board.
I am not sure about the placing of the Ego Booster or the DD3, are they better in or out the NS2 loop? Also, what about the amp effects loop? I have never used the effects loop in any amp, i always go straight in the front, going in the effects loop would add another level of complication to my setup i could do without.


Anyway.... let me know what you think

Joe

[maggot_b]

Delay should be out of the NS loop.

Else you'll loose some of the repeats.

Everything in that sounds fine to me (the order of them)

[brokenprophet]

Man, pedal order is confusing. When I redesign my board I'll have to play around with order. But a few things first:

1. I've got a BOSS NS-2, should I put that before my delay and reverb? I've just bought (as in bought TODAY) an EHX Holy Grail and I heard they have a bit of noise so I thought an NS-2 would help to eliminate some of that.

2. There's no way I'd put my compression first in my loop... I use it to even out the levels of all my pedals. Would you recommend that I put it after all my wet effects but before my dry effects (eg. delay/reverb)?

Ahh... gotta love guitar effects haha.

[EddieFury]

Im using an Ibanez TS9 just as a boost for solos.

Should I be running it towards the start or the end of my chain ? thanks

[studentninjas]

Originally posted by EddieFury
Im using an Ibanez TS9 just as a boost for solos.

Should I be running it towards the start or the end of my chain ? thanks

What's the rest of your chain look like? Is the TS-9 your only dirt or do you use other forms of distortion? Pedal or amp? Is it on while you're soloing sometimes, never, or always?

[EddieFury]

Im running a fulltone fulldrive pedal thats on all the time, do I run the boost (ts9) before the fulltone or after ?

[crazy_geetarist]

i will soon be ordering a boss ns-2 for use with my peavey triple xxx head. in the loop or out front after my wah? i plan on trying both but what's reccomended?

[jhc]

In the loop (but before any delay you might have) is a good place to start. In front it wont affect any noise from the preamp...

[Mr.Plow]

Does putting a wah after a muff make much of a difference?

[zacharybroyles]

Alright Pedal order suggestions!

I'm usually good at this but I'm getting a old Ibanez Cp-9 compressor and need some help where to place it. THING IS! No buffered pedals before my soul bender so... this is what I was thinking (* means modded)

Guitar->

Budda Wah ->
Soul Bender ->
Ibanez CP-9 ->
ProCo Rat 2* ->
Ibanez TS9DX* ->
Boss PH2 ->
Ibanez DE-7 ->
Boss DD-3* ->
Dunlop Rotovibe ->

Amp

Look at my pedals

[Teeli]

right now-


Dunlup GCB-80 high gain volume pedal
Dunlop 95Q switchless crybaby wah
MT-2 Metal Zone (thinking about getting a keeley mod done.)
PH-3 Phase Shifter
TU-2 Tuner.

this goes into the "patch box" that came with my MPS pedal board as the pedal return, my guitar hooks directly into the volume pedal.
from there, i run two mono signals from the patch box to a line 6 delay modeler, and return a left and right channel delay, to the effects loop return, and then i have two outputs for amps. If i run only one, i'll run left channel, but i have the option of a sterio split, or simplicity to eliminate a splitter for two amps.