Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Doadman on August 02, 2010, 01:47:08 PM
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I've just ordered an Ibanez LU20 tuner pedal and I was wondering where it should go in the effects chain. Should I put it before the amp or somewhere in the loop or doesn't it matter?
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Definitely before the amp. It depends what else is in your chain as to where to put it, but as it's true bypass it can pretty much go anywhere...
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Before the amp I'm running Weeping Demon into an MXR Super Compressor, then into a Hardwire Metal Distortion pedal and finally into Bad Monkey.
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Weeping Demon = wah?
Then I'd go Wah -> Tuner -> Compressor -> Distortion - Bad Monkey
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I have my pitchblack in the loop of my Renegade, and it's possibly the WORST place to put it...
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Why does the Wah go before the tuner and everything else after it?
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Why does the Wah go before the tuner and everything else after it?
That way, the tuner 'sees' a boosted , but not clipped or modulated signal. It gives it bigger ears ! :)
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Wah's also like to see the direct guitar signal. Not too much of an issue with a true bypass pedal, assuming it's really true bypass. Some pedal manufacturers bend the truth ;)
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At times like this , I realise that my Rock'n'Roll years are over .... :lol:
( Tea and tapewounds anybody ? )
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OK, wah first it is and then tuner
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Dave makes a good point about certain pedals liking to 'see' the guitar direct - fuzzes can be fussy in this respect and I need to keep my own fuzz at the start of the chain to sound right (doesn't like buffered effects driving it, i.e. Boss).
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I used to get a weird problem with a Korg tuner - unless it was plugged directly into the guitar out it would sometimes tell me I was a 5th out, as though the higher gain was emphasising a particular harmonic.
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I've just ordered an Ibanez LU20 tuner pedal and I was wondering where it should go in the effects chain. Should I put it before the amp or somewhere in the loop or doesn't it matter?
The less stuff you have before the better. Only exceptions might be a clean boost or eventually a compressor.