Need help with arrangement of pedals.

[sonyericssonk610]

Hey guys i have a compression sustainer pedal, an overdrive pedal, a distortion pedal, flanger pedal, noise reducer pedal, wah pedal. I wonder whats the right way to arrange them.. I have been told by my friend that the wah pedal should be 1st. I need advice from u pros whether is it true the arrangement will affect the sound, if it is pls tell me the way to arrange it.

 

[subversion]

there's no absolute way. yes, the wah is recommended to be the first. the noise reduction unit is recommended to be the final item in the chain.

 

[niteblade]

wah >comp>overdrive >distortion >flanger >noise reducer

 

[leecs]

wah >comp>overdrive >distortion >flanger >noise reducer.

 

[shredrat]

wah being the first as in directly connected to the amp? or the guitar?

 

[sonyericssonk610]

not sure i think amp

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

usually unless stated otherwise for most over internet forum,

the sequence from left to right start with the guitar---> effect--->more more effect-----> and lastly to amp

 

[darf]

go try out the wah before and after an overdrive, see which sound you would prefer more

also, are you using the overdrive as a booster? or another drive sound?
the drive pedals react differently when you change the order of efx

other than that, compressor is usually before the drives, and the NS is usually after everything else

 

[sonyericssonk610]

go try out the wah before and after an overdrive, see which sound you would prefer more

also, are you using the overdrive as a booster? or another drive sound?
the drive pedals react differently when you change the order of efx

other than that, compressor is usually before the drives, and the NS is usually after everything else

ya i use the overdrive as a booster. is there a difference?

 

[darf]

try putting the overdrive after the distortion, so when you kick it in, there will be a greater volume boost

but still, try it out before the distortion to see how the boost alters the drive sound from your distortion pedal
you may end up liking it, no harm trying

 

[TravisK]

Keep messing around with the sequence. Forget textbook stuff. Get your own sound.

 

[jonhyz]

other than that, compressor is usually before the drives, and the NS is usually after everything else

true, comp is usually before the drive, however, if use clean/drive tones when playing, Robert Keeley advises to put the comp AFTER the first drive pedal so that the levels of the clean/drive tones is kept more constant

but of course, ultimately it depends on what you do with your pedals and what works for you =)

 

[darf]

i dont know much about comps, will try that one day (when / if i get a comp pedal haha - my 'comp' pedal is more like my boost)

 

[jonhyz]

i dont know much about comps, will try that one day (when / if i get a comp pedal haha - my 'comp' pedal is more like my boost)

that's true! it can be used as a "boost" in order to get a sustained smooth tone for fully saturated overdrive/distortion on a solo depending on what kind of music you are playing.

Kinda like puts out a more consistent high output into your next drive pedal/amp, keeping it at saturation throughout your solo.

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

Hey hey,

Noise gates are meant to be put at the end of the chain ah? From the way it technically works, I always thought it should be put first?

 

[zax]

here's the way i think it should be ,

Guitar - Wah - Pre amp - Drives - E.Q - Modulators - Delay - Reverb - Volume pedal -Amp


modulators ,e.g pitch shifters , chorus , flangers , whammy pedals , Harmoniser , Acoustic simulators

Drives ,e.g Distortion , overdrive , fuzz

E.q ... well eq is pretty much an eq

Preamps , marshall makes really good ones , controls over all bass,treble,mids and volume

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

Shouldn't noise gates be put right before every thing else in the signal chain?

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

can be also, but that will have to depend on what the guitarer wanted.

By putting it straight after guitar, the circuit for noise reduction, is only processin/eliminating whatever it "hear", from the guitar, afterwhich, passing this signal down to the rest of the effect. Along the way, if theres any noise/hiss/hum present, the noise supressor wont be able to do anything, other than continuing sending a quiet geetar signal together with the noise/hiss/hum to the amp and get amplified.

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

Along the way, if theres any noise/hiss/hum present,

True, but that never happens since there's a buffer in the noise gate pedal right?

 

[subversion]

if your amp has the loop feature, consider attaching your noise gate there.