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    Let's say you had a head, a cabinet, a wah, a noise gate and an overdrive pedal. What order would you put them in, and would you use the effects loops for any?

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    Re: Get the pedals in order

    I would go like this.

    guitar--->wah-->OD-->noise gate--->amp input. But that's just me. Try the same order through the effects loop and see which you like better.
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      Re: Get the pedals in order

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      I would go like this.

      guitar--->wah-->OD-->noise gate--->amp input. But that's just me. Try the same order through the effects loop and see which you like better.

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      I would do the same, but I would put the noise gate in the loop.
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        Re: Get the pedals in order

        guitar--->wah-->OD-->amp input-->noise gate (in loop)


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        • #5
          Re: Get the pedals in order

          Agreed

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            Re: Get the pedals in order

            Same as above. If you add pedals or effects a general rule is to have all your analog effects in front of your noise gate and digital effects after.
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            • #7
              Re: Get the pedals in order

              Most of the professional guitarists that I know use a simple method to run their chain of pedals. Remember the following sentence: Which Chain Of Effect Pedals Makes Life Easy? Take the first letter of each word and apply it to your pedals. From the guitar, you will have the Wah, then the Compressor, then the Overdrive, then the EQ, then the Pitch, then Modulation, then Levels, then Echo, to the amp.
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              • #8
                Re: Get the pedals in order

                i've always heard:
                gain based in front, time based in the loop.

                and throw the noise gate in the garbage where it belongs. sheild your guitar's cavities and use good cables instead.
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                  Re: Get the pedals in order

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                  I would go like this.

                  guitar--->wah-->OD-->noise gate--->amp input. But that's just me. Try the same order through the effects loop and see which you like better.

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                  Yep, same way here. OD and wah will sound like ass in the loop because, as Dreamland Rebel noted, gain-based effects go in front of the amp. Time-based effects like chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo will sound better in the loop. But if you don't have a loop, put them after the gain-based effects that are in front of the amp. The noise gate can be used in both places.
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                    Re: Get the pedals in order

                    I'd go very difficult schematic of, Guitar----->Amp [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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                      Re: Get the pedals in order

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                      I'd go very difficult schematic of, Guitar----->Amp [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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                      Everything does sound better that way, but I like having the wah. And the wah is a bit noisy. And the OD is for the other guitarist in my band who plays just loud enough to obscure my leads!

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                        Re: Get the pedals in order

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                        I'd go very difficult schematic of, Guitar----->Amp [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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