Mike Bungo Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Hi everyone I'm needing a little guidance to get my pedals in the correct order and listed below is what I'm looking to add to my board Tuner (This is obvious) TC Electronic Nova Drive - Overdrive/distortion EHX Bass Clone - Chorus Ampeg Classic - Pre amp Boss - SYB5 Bass Synth Any thoughts on this Thanks Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidl e Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Personally, id go preamp, distortion, synth, chorus. Id assume some people will say preamp at the end, but i guess it depends on what you're using it for? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Not a big FX user. But. There's a dogma that suggests that drives and distortions go before the pre (or head) and that modulation fx go in the FX loop ( IF there is one) However... do you envisage using the synth and distortion together? The synth will probably be wanting a nice, clean signal to help it track properly, so needs to go before the others if they're going to be used together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Tuner always goes first. The rest is a matter of trial and error. Mine is: Tuner - Compressor - Fuzz & Distortion - Preamp I do go for a bass tone which one would not traditionally describe as nice or desirable or even acceptable. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Tuner goes first only IF: 1) the bass is lo-Z ("active"), or 2) fuzz/dist/OD does not change its behaviour with lo- and hi-Z signals, or 3) the tuner is true bypass. If the first and the second are true, it's up yours where the tuner is. Any buffers in between the bass and the effect may affect the behaviour of the effect. Same may apply to compressors, too. Trial is your best friend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I asked a similar question about using a compressor and others - the forum was divided. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 There’s no rules. Half the fun is trying different combinations. Modulation in to drive sounds very different to the other way round. Trust your ears. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I love the sound of fuzz in to a fazer but fazer in to fuzz doesn't sound as good to me 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Usual is EQ, Gain, Modulation, Delay... But... back in the 'ol G'tard days... I used to have the Delay before the Modulation. That way the Delay Repeats Changed with the Modulation... rather than getting more of the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike257 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 The general rule of thumb is tone and then time - so your chorus, being a time-based effect, is probably best at the end. Effects that depend on pitch tracking tend to work best with a clean and consistent signal, so on that basis I'd try the synth right at the front. The preamp is simulating the front end of an amp, so I'd start with having that after the drive. Tuner > Synth > OD > Preamp > Chorus would be how I'd start, but it's always fun to move things around and see how different pedals interact with one another. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I run very little. Tuner first, overdrive (used only for one song, I prefer to use other controls for a bit of grit), Drop Box (I'm not lugging my 5 as well for only one song) and then put the preamp last as that feeds into our mixer and the 2nd feed into my monitor. As suggested above, there isn't a 'proper' order, on,y what works best for your circumstances and equipment. I have a Zoom multi effects job as well but as great as it is its too easy to pink torpedo up on stage with it, even I can't go wrong with just a minimum of pedals in front of me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_buoninfante Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) 22 hours ago, Mike Bungo said: Hi everyone I'm needing a little guidance to get my pedals in the correct order and listed below is what I'm looking to add to my board Tuner (This is obvious) TC Electronic Nova Drive - Overdrive/distortion EHX Bass Clone - Chorus Ampeg Classic - Pre amp Boss - SYB5 Bass Synth Any thoughts on this Thanks Mike Like other people have said, I'd recommend you to experiment with it a little bit. Tuner goes first though. About the other pedals it all depends really, my instinct says: Tuner -> SYB5 -> Overdrive/Dist -> Chorus -> Preamp The reasoning behind that is that I'd considered the SYB5 a "source" more than an effect, something I'd then effect with the other pedals, so it goes first. I'd put the preamp last because in my experience (with totally different pedals though) is better. I treat it as if it's the preamp on a bass amplifier, I put it last unless it has send/returns, at that point something might be connected there. Also preamp outputs can be quite hot, so I'd check if my other pedals would be happy with that. Anything else in the middle is up for discussion. Edited January 24, 2023 by mario_buoninfante 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Tuner goes last on my board. Eliminate all noise to the amp between songs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTB Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, Bolo said: Tuner goes last on my board. Eliminate all noise to the amp between songs. Simple but brilliant idea. Would never have thought of doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 24 minutes ago, Bolo said: Tuner goes last on my board. Eliminate all noise to the amp between songs. I get the same result with the tuner first. If there's no signal in to the pedals then there's no noise out of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_buoninfante Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 some preamps have a mute switch, for example this is on my Laney Digbeth Pre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 One day I am going to get around to putting a proper pedalboard together. In antici………pation of that day, I have built a little switch box. It is basically two loops - A and B - and the switch changes which loop goes first. Because there doesn’t seem to be a definitive order for pedals, I thought such a switch would come in handy for experimenting for myself. It’s just a box, half a dozen sockets, a couple of LEDs, some wire and a footswitch. Very simple to knock up if you can solder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 My chain is, Wireless - Tuner - Octave - Chorus - Reverb I'll be getting a compressor at some point and will stick this between the Tuner and Octave pedal. I might also try swapping the Chorus and reverb around to see if that makes any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 @KingBollock make sure ya pedal board ain't to wide, to avoid all that 'Jump to the Left, Step to the Right' Malarkey... 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeystrange Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 If you’re going to be taking a DI out from the pre-amp then put that last in the chain otherwise any effects that you put after it won’t be included in the DI signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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