Tuner pedal positioning

[Doadman]

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?

[Twinfan]

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...

[Doadman]

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.

[Twinfan]

Weeping Demon = wah?

Then I'd go Wah -> Tuner -> Compressor -> Distortion - Bad Monkey

[MrBump]

I have my pitchblack in the loop of my Renegade, and it's possibly the WORST place to put it...

[Doadman]

Why does the Wah go before the tuner and everything else after it?

[Fourth Feline]

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 !  :)

[Twinfan]

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  ;)

[Fourth Feline]

At times like this , I realise that my Rock'n'Roll years are over ....    :lol:

( Tea and tapewounds anybody ? )

    

[Doadman]

OK, wah first it is and then tuner

[HTH AMPS]

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).

[Frank]

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.

[BigB]

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.