Stomp Box order

[flyguy3249]

Just wondering how all you other stomp box users set up your effects arsenal. Right now mine is: Guitar => Wylde Wah => MXR M108 EQ => Boss CS-3 Comp => MXR 169 Carbon Copy => EH Holy Grail reverb => Boss AC-2 Acoustic Sim => Ibanez TS9 => Fender DRRI.
All the pedals are looped through a Boss NS-2 noise suppressor and are all powered by a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 Plus.
Some of the tones I can get are amazing. Playing simple classic licks are all intensified by the different combo of effects I choose. Just wondering, anyone else have suggestions for my effects chain? I've only been big into guitar effects for about 2 years, so I'm learning new stuff everyday. Thanks guys!

 

[AngryHatter]

Just move boxes around to see the change in tone.
Me? Amp - NS2 - Tuner
.............. |____ EQ - Phase - Chorus - Compressor - OD - Distortion - Wah - Guitar

 

[zontar]

I don't normally hook everything up, so I might be getting rid of some, but my normal would be

Distortion
Auto Wah
Distortion
Distortion
Delay/Echo.

Three distortions--each set for a different sound.
I can use any 1, any 2 or all 3 together for 7 different distortion sounds-without changing any controls.

 

[jon1]

Guitar-Wah-Amp.

 

[Jody]

guitar. Zakk wylde wah.MXR distortion III, Mxr 10 band EQ, MXR corbon copy,Boss super chorus,,Digitech phase, Amp

 

[The DUDE]

Just wondering how all you other stomp box users set up your effects arsenal. Right now mine is: Guitar => Wylde Wah => MXR M108 EQ => Boss CS-3 Comp => MXR 169 Carbon Copy => EH Holy Grail reverb => Boss AC-2 Acoustic Sim => Ibanez TS9 => Fender DRRI.
All the pedals are looped through a Boss NS-2 noise suppressor and are all powered by a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 Plus.
Some of the tones I can get are amazing. Playing simple classic licks are all intensified by the different combo of effects I choose. Just wondering, anyone else have suggestions for my effects chain? I've only been big into guitar effects for about 2 years, so I'm learning new stuff everyday. Thanks guys!

This is how I would arrange your pedals...

Guitar => MXR M108 EQ => Boss CS-3 Comp => Wylde Wah => Boss AC-2 Acoustic Sim => Ibanez TS9 MXR 169 => Carbon Copy => EH Holy Grail reverb => Fender DRRI

Reasoning: EQ the signal coming from your guitar - none of your other pedals will affect the EQ too much. Compressing the signal before the wah (instead of after) will make your wah stand out more. Move the acoustic sim up front so you can still add overdrive, reverb and delay to your "acoustic" sound. And adding a boost or overdrive after delay and reverb can sound kind of messy. You normally don't want to try to add additional distortion or affects to a delayed signal. Time based effects should always be at the end of the chain.


Edit: Mine =

Guitar - Boss TU-2 Tuner - Keely C4 Compressor - Morley Bad Horsie II Wah - EHX POG - Ibanez TS8 Tube Screamer - EHX Metal Muff - EHX Big Muff - Analogman Chorus - EHX Small Stone Phaser - Voodoo Labs Microvibe - AMP - MXR 10 band EQ - TC Electronics Nova Delay - EHX 2880 Looper

 

[flyguy3249]

Thanks Dude. I'm gonna try that suggested set up and see what I can find. My love of sonics have been reignited recently, so I find myself spending hours and hours of exploring sounds. I've been playing guitar for more than a decade, but I've been struggling to make that shift from just a "guitar player" to a "musician".

 

[Hector Arcadius]

Here is my personal suggestion (although it's not so different than what others suggested):

Guitar => Boss CS-3 Comp => Wylde Wah => Boss AC-2 Acoustic Sim => Ibanez TS9 => MXR M108 EQ => MXR 169 Carbon Copy => EH Holy Grail reverb => Amp


Normally, EQ-shaping FX / filter detectors (like Wah pedals) go at the beginning of the chain. However, I do agree that placing the Compressor before it, might push it nicely as a boost. Then, it's ODs / Distortions, followed by an Equaliser pedal, in order to shape your drive sound exactly as you like it, or add mids / boost for solos. Time-based FX go at the end of the chain, right before the reverb and the amp. I would also suggest running through your NS loop only the Wah, the accoustic sim, the OD and the EQ. Leave your delay & reverb outside the loop.

You can always experiment and see what you like. That's the cool thing about pedals, the way they interact with each other and lead to some new & perhaps interesting sounds.

 

[ehamady6]

This is how I'd chain your pedals:

Guitar => Wylde Wah => CS-3 Comp => Ibanez TS9 => AC-2 Acoustic Sim => MXR M108 EQ => Holy Grail reverb => Carbon Copy => Fender DRRI

 

[FourT6and2]

Guitar - Boss DD-3 delay - Boss BF-2 Flanger - DOD EQ - Amp

I run another Boss delay in the amp's serial loop and an Empress Super Delay in channel 1's insert loop.

I do this because sometimes I need a really organic, gritty, dark chaotic sound by running delay out front. Sometimes I need clean, crisp, clear delay by running delay in the loop (after preamp distortion). And the Empress is good for making the Channel 1 (the clean channel) warm and mellow with a touch of sparkle. But I don't want the Empress changing the sound of the other channels. So, I keep it in the insert loop so it's only on channel 1.

Works for me.

 

[silverburst83]

Not to hijack the thread, but I was just going to start one asking the samething.
I just bought a boss reverb pedal and was wondering where to chain it in.

current:
guitar=> wah => Boss TU-2 Tuner => Boss Flanger => Boss Distortion => Boss NS-2 noise suppressor => amp

The wah is 1st only becuase I ran out of room on the pedal board, and its easier to just chain it in at the begining. The Flanger is never really used either. My real question is do I reverb the distortion signal or distort the reverb signal.

thx

 

[ext1jdh]

http://www.geofex.com/effxfaq/fxorder.htm

* Amplitude altering effects (volume, compressor)
* Pre-distortion EQ (wah)
* Distortion(s)
* Post Distortion EQ (EQ pedal)
* Other tone controls (EQ, boost)
* Small time delays and Phasers
* Longer time delays - chorus
* Reverb and echo, tape delays, etc.

Just copypasta, but it works well for me.

 

[lp_junkie]

Mine------->

Les Paul----> wireless-> AW2->phase 90->NS2->MD2->Marshall Guvnor->CS3->HR2->CE2->MXR Carbon Copy delay---> into either a Marshall 1/2 stack or Egnater Renegade 1/2 stack, I have cabs to run full stacks if needed (outdoor festivals, larger venues).

 

[silverburst83]

http://www.geofex.com/effxfaq/fxorder.htm

Brilliant, thanks

 

[mudfinger]

http://www.geofex.com/effxfaq/fxorder.htm

* Amplitude altering effects (volume, compressor)
* Pre-distortion EQ (wah)
* Distortion(s)
* Post Distortion EQ (EQ pedal)
* Other tone controls (EQ, boost)
* Small time delays and Phasers
* Longer time delays - chorus
* Reverb and echo, tape delays, etc.

Just copypasta, but it works well for me.

There's "The Rules", right there. I'm naughty, so I break 'em: Guitar>Passive Volume>Wah>Vibe>Tuner>TS Clone>2nd TS Clone. The volume pedal is about to mutate into a mosfet boost/drive; I was running an induction coil with it, which required it to be first in the chain, which is right where I'd want my boost to be. I may build both TS circuits into one pedal if I can find a really transparent compressor, which would go either right before or after the TS circuits, or I might end up pulling one of the TS clones if the mosfet drive does what I need. Not 100% sure how it's all gonna shake out yet.

 

[ext1jdh]

There's "The Rules", right there. I'm naughty, so I break 'em: Guitar>Passive Volume>Wah>Vibe>Tuner>TS Clone>2nd TS Clone. The volume pedal is about to mutate into a mosfet boost/drive; I was running an induction coil with it, which required it to be first in the chain, which is right where I'd want my boost to be. I may build both TS circuits into one pedal if I can find a really transparent compressor, which would go either right before or after the TS circuits, or I might end up pulling one of the TS clones if the mosfet drive does what I need. Not 100% sure how it's all gonna shake out yet.

You can get some really interesting tones by doing it "out of order" too. My amp doesn't have a loop, so I end up putting the drive at the end of the chain

 

[j5jarod777]

guitar-wah-overdrive-amp

 

[mudfinger]

You can get some really interesting tones by doing it "out of order" too. My amp doesn't have a loop, so I end up putting the drive at the end of the chain

Totally; I love what the TS circuits do to the signal coming off the vibe and wah; it's just this intense wailing sound.