general fx questions

[john_the_bass]

i'm putting a board together (admittedly for guitar as i have all the bass fx i need - ie EQ and fuzz) and wondered if there's any rule of thumb as to which order the fx should go?

eg modulatioon > gain > wah or whatever - if you know what i mean. is there anything which doesn't work in front of something else, where is the best place for the tuner to go, etc??

I'm also thinking about buying a board - pedaltrain or an SKB or Gator or similar (funds permitting). Any recommendations as to who makes the best one?
Ta

[ZPQ]

Generally you would put the fx that change the basic sound - wah, gain, distortion etc before fx that add to the basic sound - chorus, delay, phase, flanging etc. but there's nothing wroing with experimenting to see what works best for you.

Tuners work best with a clean tone, so with either at the beginning of the chain or on a seperate branch (from an A/B pedal or some volume pedals have a seperate tuner out).

I've usually made my own boards, but for ready made ones I'd probably get a [url="http://www.diago.co.uk/"]diago[/url] board.

Cheers
John

[john_the_bass]

nice one, cheers john

i'd half planned to use 2 a/b switches - one in reverse that i can plug two guitars into and switch between them without having to unlpug and then another running to two amps that i can switch between - does this sound reasonable?

I was planning

guitar 1/2 > AB > Tuner > Wah > Loop > OD > Comp > Trem > Chorus > AB > Amp 1/2


I can't think of anything else at the moment I would want - other than a fuzz maybe, but my guess is it would go somewhere with the OD.

[Hamster]

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='22851' date='Jun 25 2007, 08:31 AM']nice one, cheers john

i'd half planned to use 2 a/b switches - one in reverse that i can plug two guitars into and switch between them without having to unlpug and then another running to two amps that i can switch between - does this sound reasonable?

I was planning

guitar 1/2 > AB > Tuner > Wah > Loop > OD > Comp > Trem > Chorus > AB > Amp 1/2
I can't think of anything else at the moment I would want - other than a fuzz maybe, but my guess is it would go somewhere with the OD.[/quote]

Looks like they're in the right order to me.

[BigRedX]

That order looks good as a starting point.

You should play with the OD/Fuzz/Comp order because this will depend on the actual units you have and what sound you prefer.

Also the Trem/Chorus order is worth some experimentation.

[Kev]

i always put compressors before fuzz/distortion, as after they mess with the tone quite a lot, but i guess its alright if you turn it off

[tayste_2000]

[quote name='BassManKev' post='23410' date='Jun 26 2007, 10:35 AM']i always put compressors before fuzz/distortion, as after they mess with the tone quite a lot, but i guess its alright if you turn it off[/quote]

Compression before fuzz should be banned

[Toasted]

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='23443' date='Jun 26 2007, 11:23 AM']Compression before fuzz should be banned[/quote]

I couldn't agree more. Anything before fuzz should be banned.

Pickups -> cable -> fuzz -> everything else.

How it should always be.