Pedal Order.

Robbie Bossert · Post by **Robbie Bossert** » 20 Nov 2005 7:53 am

After many years of using a PROFEX II unit, I recently switched back to using a few little stomp box pedals. I have a distortion, an RV3, and a BOSS TU2 tuner. Just wondering if I should put the distortion before the rest of the pedals or after? Any suggestions?

Robbie Bossert

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 20 Nov 2005 8:57 am

Robbie; just make sure the tuner is between the guitar and volume pedal...>then out of your volume pedal; you'll want your effects on your way to your amp.
Ricky

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 20 Nov 2005 1:25 pm

The general rule is guitar, overdrive/distortion effects (including wah), time-based effects (delay, chorus, phase), volume pedal.

Cliff Kane · Post by **Cliff Kane** » 20 Nov 2005 2:01 pm

While there are common rules, you should experiment. If your amp has an effects loop try playing with that, too. An effects loop is helpful for getting time based effects and modulation effects away from the front of the preamp, and placing them between the output of the preamp and the input of the poweramp stages of your amplifier. But again, this is just another rule that it may sound better to break.

Robbie Bossert · Post by **Robbie Bossert** » 20 Nov 2005 8:33 pm

Thanks guys. I'll see what I can do. I don't use distortion much at all. Nice to know that I'm at least hooking it all up in order.

Robbie Bossert

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 20 Nov 2005 10:08 pm

I like my delay after the volume pedal.