Ibanez Boss Mxr
Ibanez Boss Mxr
Order of effects pedals on my pedalboard?
I recently built a pedalboard, and I’ve planned out what pedals I’m going to buy and what I have room for. However, I need to know the order I should chain them in. PLEASE READ MY SETUP FIRST: the whole reason I’ve resorted to this site is because Googling for hours hasn’t provided me with information that’s useful to my rig (mainly because of the fact that no two “guides” are the same). So here’s are the pedals:
Dunlop Crybaby
DigiTech Whammy
Ibanez Flanger
BOSS DD-20 Digital Delay
Voodoo Lab MicroVibe
MXR EVH Phaser
BOSS Tremolo
Fulltone ’70 Fuzz
I also have another problem: powering my pedals. Right now, I’m using a 1-Spot Adapter and a daisy chain with 5 plugs so I can power the 4 pedals I have, but in the future I’ll need something more powerful (mainly because of the 18v DD-20). So, should I put a power strip in my pedalboard and stick with adapters, or should I go for something more powerful and compact like a Dunlop DC Brick? Any help is appreciated.
Keith’s suggestion of going from clean to distorted is exactly wrong.
The fact he doesn’t know Whammy from Crybaby is a clue.
If you did that you’d be taking your flange and DISTORTING it which is far from the effect your looking for. Or then again, maybe it is. That’s the fun of it all. You have to find the sound that inspires YOU. That being said…Here’s my suggested order.
Anything that causes a time-delay should be last as they can sound very strange anywhere else (like distorting a reverb). Any distortion effect should be FIRST so the other effects are running on your initial tone.
so…
1.Fulltone Fuzz
2.Whammy
3.Crybaby
4-6. Microvibe/Phaser/Tremelo (you’ll have to play with those)
7. Flanger
8. Delay
Ibanez Boss Mxr
Help With Effects Chain?
Help me get my order set
Gear:
Fender Stratocaster (America)
Ibanez TS9
Vox Wah Wah
Boss DD 20
Roctron Banshee Talkbox
MXR Phase 90
Crate 32 Tube Amp
I would appreciate if you could help me put them in order. Thank you.
The “normal” order is
Guitar -> buffer/compressor/tuner -> distortion -> modulation (chorus, etc) -> time-based (delay, reverb) -> eq/filters (eq, wah, etc). The wah may also go in front of distortion or before time-based, depending on the player’s preference and the specific effect. All of it can be changed, really, but that’s the most common, as it gives the most versatility and the most natural sound.
So….
Guitar ->Tubescreamer -> Phaser -> talkbox -> Delay -> amp
In this case the talkbox is a filter, and I would expect that it would be delayed, perhaps as a loop or fade-in sound. This of course could just as easily go after the delay, or before the ts9 if you wanted it to be a little more subtle/processed.
Good luck!
Saul
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