I only have two pedals so far, my distortion (BOSS DS-1) and my Wah I just got. I had assumed that it would make sense to put the Wah after the distortion; have my guitar go into the distortion pedal, then into the wah, then into the amp.
But I read this on JustinGuitar:
"Many great players (including Hendrix) placed the wah before distortion... though many of the modern rock guys place it after distortion to make the frequency sweep cleaner. Personally I prefer the Wah before distortion, but it's personal taste really. Depends a bit on the pedal too - how wide the frequency notch is and what frequency range it covers.
Wah boosts a frequency that is controlled by moving your foot, and phasers cut a frequency electronically, so they are kinda similar.
I really like the effect of putting distortion before a phaser sometimes, so on my pedal board I have a distortion on either side of my Phaser pedal."
So I guess some people like doing it the other way around. What do you guys prefer?
~Rusty
