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Hey there world of Basschat,

I'm on the verge of setting up a pedal board with the following pedals:

BOSS TU-2 tuner
EBS UNICHORUS
BLACK CAT BASS OCTAVE FUZZ
EHX BASSBALLS NANO
BOSS ODB-3 OVERDRIVE
DIGITECH BASS SQUEEZE COMPRESSOR

Any advice on what order I should set them up and if any of the pedals are likely to suck my tone in the chain would me more than welcome, I'm clueless! :s
In fact, any pedalboard set-up tips would be great.

Damn, I feel like a fool!

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Theres plenty of advice around... Best really is to try every combo and see which sounds best for you.

The 'industry standard' is...

Compression - High gain pedals - lower gain pedals - wah/envelope - chorus/flanger/Trem - delay

But, some pedals sound better before or after others. There is no right or wrong so try all the combinations until you settle on one that suits you

Shep

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It helps a LOT if you have a true-bypass looper (single, double, whatever).

Any pedal which turns out to have unwanted side-effects can then be by-passed when not in use.

Given that [i][b]combinations [/b][/i]of pedals can create side-effects which each of those pedals on its own does not, sometimes it's the only solution.

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[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1083735' date='Jan 9 2011, 10:51 PM']It helps a LOT if you have a true-bypass looper (single, double, whatever).

Any pedal which turns out to have unwanted side-effects can then be by-passed when not in use.

Given that [i][b]combinations [/b][/i]of pedals can create side-effects which each of those pedals on its own does not, sometimes it's the only solution.[/quote]

Cheers for that. To my knowledge the EBS, EHX and Black Cat pedals are true bypass and I might not even include the overdrive pedal as it's just a slot filler really. Given that, do you think a loop will be necessary for the tuner and compressor?

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