what's your signal path

How do you route your signal through stomp boxes? I usually do something like wah pedal, chorus, distortion, delay, amp. I'd be interested to know other scenarios people frequently use.

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Mine goes: Compressor>Overdrive>Distortion>Chorus>Amp

I've reduced mine to guitar>wah pedal>amp.

lpmace_98 I usually do something like wah pedal, chorus, distortion, delay, amp.

I would most likeky use chorus after distortion, because the tone loses definition the other way (to my ear, anyhow).

When I play live I plug straight into my amp.. it has some basic effects built in and a 12inch speaker to really drive the midrange. When I am practising I don't even plug in.. hehe.. and when I am recording I go straight into the audio interface to my computer. The only thing I will put in between either of these is a wah-pedal if the song calls for it. I have never liked the sound of a wah being applied after anything else other than a compressor may be.

Oh I should point out that I own 2 multi-fx pedals. One really old BOSS ME-5 and one really new Zoom GX1 but I don't really need them for what I do.

Usually just guitar > amp. Simplicity is good.

I use tube amps, and set up so that with the guitar volume turned down, the amp is just on the edge of distortion. When I want grind, I dial it from the guitar.

If I want pedal distortion, I use a Bad Monkey. The tone controls are good enough that I don't need additional EQ. And I have an old Dunlop JH-1 wah that sees very little use.

I used to get all tangled up in massive effects chains but I found that the tone really suffered. If I want spacy effects, they get added in recording. Playing live is a different game altogether.

I put all "time based" effects thru the effects loop....

Here's my set-up.

Guitar --> Morley a/b/y switcher

Morley channel A -->tuner (for silent tuning)

Morley channel B --> wah --> overdrive --> overdrive 2 --> amp

Amp effects send --> volume pedal -->EQ --> Delay --> Chorus --> amp effects return

Originally Posted by: HDJAmp effects send --> volume pedal -->EQ --> Delay --> Chorus --> amp effects return

I've had this send/return thing on my Fender amp for years and I've never really understood the point of it. Can you explain why you would put to amp, then to effects then back to amp again, for me?

Originally Posted by: light487I've had this send/return thing on my Fender amp for years and I've never really understood the point of it. Can you explain why you would put to amp, then to effects then back to amp again, for me?

The send/return thing is the effects loop. Some effects just sound a lot better when connected through the loop rather than the main input on the amp.

The reason for the effects loop is so the signal goes through the pre-amp section of the amp before hitting the effects that are in the effects loop....This makes a big difference when using "time based" effects such as phasers, chorus, delay, etc...and also eq's...

Effects such as Wah's, overdrives, distortions, etc...usually sound better in front of the amp, not the effects loop..

An easy example to explain is with a volume pedal.....If a volume pedal is between the guitar and the amp input, it acts just like the volume knob on your guitar, you roll off the volume and the tone will get cleaner as the volume goes down...If the volume pedal is in the effects loop, it's lowering the volume after the pre-amp signal has reached it so when the volume is turned down with the pedal, it's a consistent volume decrease...no gain is lost, you can actually control the volume with the pedal without losing your tone.

Does that make sense? I think I confused myself....

It's all in your ears though...just try a few of your effects through the loop and decide for yourself if you like the sounds better.