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MarkPaipoKelly
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MarkPaipoKelly
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08/18/2010 8:49 pm
I am a guitarist with about 25 effects at my feet. I have a basic understanding about the order in which to connect them. ( wa-wa,tuner, noise gate, acoustic simulator, compressor,A/B box, 2 distortions, harmonic octave generator,
"doubler" delay, chorus, stereo multi modulator, "memory-man" delay, reverb,
volume pedal, loop station, "smart gate") I recently ordered a "freeze" pedal.
Where to put it? Also a girlfriend gave me a vocorder, and a Sitar simulator.
A lot of these I would probably only use on 1 or 2 songs. I only named my favorite effects. Any advice from my brother guitarists would be welcome.
(after all, we are all on the same side. so don`t worry about giving your secrets away. They`re safe with me. Mwa ha ha !)
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hunter1801
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hunter1801
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08/18/2010 10:38 pm
That's a lot of effects :eek: Only pedal I have in between my guitar and amp is a tuner. Noise gate if I'm playing my Strat. Damn single coils don't know when to shut up.
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Razbo
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Razbo
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08/19/2010 12:33 am
That's a lot of batteries!
...so ever since then, I always hang on to the buckle.
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redmax954
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08/28/2010 7:09 pm
I have seen a good variety of vids on the placement order of effect pedals. They may help give you some ideas to try.
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Lordathestrings
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Lordathestrings
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08/29/2010 7:55 pm
Basic rule of thumb is put EQ/distortion type effects early in the chain, and time-based effects closer to the amp.
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