I put my Small Stone before the SuperComp to help with the volume drop. It’s not that bad without the comp, but it sounds great with the comp in place.

I dont use that many pedals but i have my tuner, little big muff and then my wah before the amp

i put my LPB-1 in the effects loop and away i go. (delay is coming soon and this will go somewhere in the loop)

I have a similar structure for all pedal boards I’ve set, which is:

Guitar -> Tuner -> Wah -> Fuzz and/or High Gain Distortions -> Overdrive -> Compressor or Booster (if used, never both at the same board) -> Voice effects (Octaver or Envelope Filters – if used, never both at the same board) -> Modulation (Phaser or Tremolo – never both at the same board, depends on the pedal set) -> Analog Delay -> Digital Delay (some with Trails feature, others not)/Looper -> Amp.

REUPDATED EXPLANATION 12/06/09:

* Tuner first?: Yes, I want the purest signal to get into the tuner in order to get the most accurate tuning. Also most tuners I have act as buffers, so can keep a good quality signal through the chain.

* Wah before fuzz?: Read the notes below

NOTES about fuzz and wah:

— Wah is the “simplest and poorest” Dunlop Crybaby, which is not True Bypass, and may be “horrendous” and with some flaws. Maybe it’s the “worst” wah or not. But sure it’s not the best.
— I don’t like “modern sounding” wahs, but I don’t like Vox and Clyde types too. They are great (light years away from “crappy wah” in terms of quality and performance) but definitely I don’t like their sound.Sorry!.
— The only Fuzzes I use with wahs are Big Muffs. I don’t refer to Germanium Fuzzes or any other Silicon Fuzz type.
— This is not “what you should do”, this is ONLY what I do and works best to me.

END OF THE NOTES

* Overdrive after distortion?: Thus, I can use overdrive by itself or use the overdrive with vol more than unity gain and drive to minimun to act as a “boost” for the distortion.

* Booster after distortion and OD?: That’s the way to get extra “punch”. When used through the input amp, the booster adds more gain besides a volume boost. When used through an effects loop, it creates the volume boost.

* Compressor after distortion?: I don’t use compressor for it’s theoretical purpose (peak limiting and boosting weakest sounds), I use as a sustainer, so most times, the goal is to add more “life” to distortion and/or fuzz to control and modulate long feedback lines to make it sound musical (when chords or single notes ring nicely) avoiding crazy noises.

* Voicing after drive/dist or compressor: What I want with this is to change the desired clean or driven sound. As most of my use is to create different harmonies, this is the place for octavers, ring mods or envelope filters. They just replicate and or process the basics for guitar sounds (a clean or dirty chord progression or riffs).

* Modulation after?: Well, the wave has changed its shape (sine or square – distorted) or some voices have been added, but the performance is still intact. I mean, when phasing or tremolo effects are put into, we’re changing the dynamic performance (the on/off effect, or the volume drop/no drop typical of phase shifting…), the previous desired signal is tailored with these effects, which all they have speed and modulation depth, so it can be adjusted to the song tempo.

* Analog delay first and digital/loop last?: Yes, analog delays have more limited features (shorter delay time) but very organic sounds, so they can add a nice color to already-constructed patterns (solos or rhytmic lines).

* Digital/loopers?: Well, obviously, if they have the possibility of recording loops, you can build your favorite sound, which may even include echoed sounds into the loop, so I consider they should be place the last.

* If you had an external reverb unit, I think it should be placed the lastest, because I think you’d choose to apply reverb or not to the overall sound.

To avoid any misinterpretation, I remark again:

This is not “a guide”. Also it’s not a collection of “mine is good, while other is bad” statements. These are just my experiences, don’t pretend to be anything beyond.

Regards.

Nacho

Well my post should be here but a can’t qoute right(im new) so it’s bellow

Joey

I usually prefer it that way.

I love the vacuum cleaner sound, myself!

Definitely wah after dirt for me. The Muff Fuzz Crying Tone, if I’m not mistaken, is built with the filter after the dirt. It’s more pronounced that way.

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I run my signal like this:
Guitar> Pigtronix Attack Sustain> EHX HOG> MI Audio NeoFuzz>
EHX Deluxe Memory Man>(Dry> Boss Tuner)Wet> Digitech Whammy IV> Napalm Death Whammy Blender>
EHX SMMwH> Digitech Rv-7> Amp

I should really try putting the sustainer after the Hog, but Pigtronix suggests it should go first.
For whatever reason I just put my Hog ahead of my fuzz and I was surprised how much better it sounds. For awhile I’ve kept the Whammy after the Memory Man so I can get a warmer glitch/quiver when using the whammy. Plus it gives it a fuller sound.

Since I play bass I usually put effects in order so it doesn’t mess with the bottom end.

My Doctor Q or Bassballs usually goes first cause it seems they like unmolested signal to respond well.

Then as follows OC-2 — Bass Micro Synth — (maybe)Tube Zipper — Compressor — Bass Big Muff — EQ — Phase 90 — Chorus (CE-2 or Polychorus)– DMM — Worm — Holy Grail

Any other bass ideas are gladly welcomed.