Originally Posted by: Slipin LizardIf its not a typo, it doesn't make any sense... have you tried it recently? I think the result would be that you would not hear any sound at all. The signal chain is incorrect; the amp is not receiving any signal. I have three pedals. I hook them up normally. guitar in---out to pedal 2 in---out to pedal 3 in----out to amp in. Works fine. I think you must of had a unique pedal or something... it doesn't matter what the effect is... the normal signal flow is input to output. Any normal pedal that follows that will not work if you hook it up backwards.

Slipin Lizard

I know it makes no since and that's why I posted it, who would try it. While I can't speak for others that used peddles back in the 70's my peddles and the other guitar players peddles had to be hooked that way. I'm glad they have corrected that. But if you run across and old echoplex or phase shifter, they might still play by the old rules. At first it was maddening, all 3 peddles would work, but only using 2 at a time in any combo. So I called the store I bought them at, that's what they said and it's how they worked.