What do you do (pedal wise) that is probably different to the norm?

DesVegas

I like to have my delay (DD7) very early on in the chain for it's looper function and it also self oscillates nicely and i like messing about with that sound.

I also like my reverbs in the middle so i can mess with those too (reverb then univibe is cool or reverb then slicer is also cool etc)

Are your pedals in the 'standard' order or is there something i should know about?

samzadgan

i have all my dirt at the end of the chain...but after last nights rehearsal session...i will put my delay at the end.

so my chain will be:

tuner > volume > comp > wah > phase > verb > fuzz > distortion > delay

DesVegas

samzadgan said:

tuner > volume > comp > wah > phase > verb > fuzz > distortion > delay

have you tried it with the fuzz and distortion before the phase?

mike_l

Connect the guitasr to the output of my phaser, then the phaser input to the amp.

Only done it once mind........

 

ThePrettyDamned

mike_l;381982" said:

Connect the guitasr to the output of my phaser, then the phaser input to the amp.

Only done it once mind........

 

Dare I ask what happens?

I use a newly fixed (yeah, found the problem - power supply solder connection) Ibanez cf-7.

Bad chorus, bad flanger. But put it in whacked and it has a cool special effect I use for a clean part of a song I'm writing.

samzadgan

DesVegas said:

samzadgan said:

tuner > volume > comp > wah > phase > verb > fuzz > distortion > delay

have you tried it with the fuzz and distortion before the phase?

Yeah I use to run it like that for ages...but these days i hardly ever use phase with a dirty sound, its always on clean tones. actually...i dont use anything with my dirt sound, except the wah...which is why i put my dirt at the end.

the only reason i want to put delay at the end is for parts of songs where the distorted sound rings out and i go into acoustic...i like to hit delay on the last distorted note and let the delay pedal trail it out as i swich to clean and start my clean part.

DesVegas

 But put it in whacked and it has a cool special effect I use for a clean part of a song I'm writing.

YES!! now that's what i'm talking about

Moe_Zambeek

Connecting up a wah back to front give interesting metal-whale noises, I have found.

Fazer

after the signal is split to stereo i run one side through the chorus at 100% wet (some stereo choruses already have the wet/dry split, others have both sides as wet/dry blended but out of phase)
sometimes i try a delay in one stereo channel too, again at 100% wet or very light dry blended in

Gassage

A couple of setting tricks- ambience- chorus with speed on nil and depth on full. germanium muff tip (Cornish g2) tone 100% vol 75% gain nil gives a real Marshall break up

mike_l

ThePrettyDamned said:

mike_l;381982" said:

Connect the guitasr to the output of my phaser, then the phaser input to the amp.

Only done it once mind........

 

Dare I ask what happens?

Actually, it was guitar - phaser (out) - phaser (out) - amp (in). Worked lovely until I switched the phaser on............

On the sounds of fucking silence.

2 hours later me and photek worked out what was wrong.

Defo a Homer Simpson moment (D'oh)

EricTheWeary

mike_l;382027" said:

ThePrettyDamned said:





mike_l;381982" said:

Connect the guitasr to the output of my phaser, then the phaser input to the amp.Only done it once mind........ Dare I ask what happens?

Actually, it was guitar - phaser (out) - phaser (out) - amp (in). Worked lovely until I switched the phaser on............

On the sounds of fucking silence.

2 hours later me and photek worked out what was wrong.

Defo a Homer Simpson moment (D'oh)

Instant Tom Morello pedal.

Shark_Eyes

I used to connect my stereo reverb into itself, but it was too easy to create a feedback wash that quickly swamped everything.

That's it really, except I'd love a board full of delays.

ICBM

mike_l said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

mike_l;381982" said:

Connect the guitasr to the output of my phaser, then the phaser input to the amp.

Only done it once mind........

 

Dare I ask what happens?

Actually, it was guitar - phaser (out) - phaser (out) - amp (in). Worked lovely until I switched the phaser on............

On the sounds of fucking silence.

2 hours later me and photek worked out what was wrong.

Defo a Homer Simpson moment (D'oh)

I did that with a Mesa V-1 pedal as well - couldn't work out what was wrong at the gig so I just gave up. It was only when I tried to reconnect the (apparently working perfectly) pedal into my rig at home and found one of the patch cables wouldn't reach that I worked out what I'd done.

…DOH!!

The proper answer is…

Fuzz before wah. I like the huge sizzly filter-sweep type thing it does. (I still have the wah before distortion though.)

Phaser in the FX loop. I do like the sound of them in front of the amp too (particularly for faster settings), but if I can only use one position I prefer that airy, jet-plane slow phasing you get when it's after the distortion.

ThePrettyDamned

ICBM;382178" said:

mike_l said:



ThePrettyDamned said:





mike_l;381982" said:

Connect the guitasr to the output of my phaser, then the phaser input to the amp.



Only done it once mind........



 Dare I ask what happens?






Actually, it was guitar - phaser (out) - phaser (out) - amp (in). Worked lovely until I switched the phaser on............

On the sounds of fucking silence.

2 hours later me and photek worked out what was wrong.

Defo a Homer Simpson moment (D'oh)





I did that with a Mesa V-1 pedal as well - couldn't work out what was wrong at the gig so I just gave up. It was only when I tried to reconnect the (apparently working perfectly) pedal into my rig at home and found one of the patch cables wouldn't reach that I worked out what I'd done.

…DOH!!





The proper answer is…

Fuzz before wah. I like the huge sizzly filter-sweep type thing it does. (I still have the wah before distortion though.)

Phaser in the FX loop. I do like the sound of them in front of the amp too (particularly for faster settings), but if I can only use one position I prefer that airy, jet-plane slow phasing you get when it's after the distortion.

I have my fuzzy pedal in front of wah - the only issue is at low volume, the wah sweep can make my amp very high volume!

To the op, I'll post a clip - it's a cool effect, and immediately inspired a minimalist clean idea to go right before a "drop".

frankus

One of my favourites is a whammy pedal into a ring mod

mike_l

ThePrettyDamned said:

I have my fuzzy pedal in front of wah - the only issue is at low volume, the wah sweep can make my amp very high volume!

To the op, I'll post a clip - it's a cool effect, and immediately inspired a minimalist clean idea to go right before a "drop".

that's because the wah is acting as a boost on certain frequencies.

Put a wah after a mid scooped pedal (IE completely scooped no mids) and you'll have volume at the bottom end and top end and nothing in the mid-range of the sweep.

ThePrettyDamned

mike_l;382283" said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

I have my fuzzy pedal in front of wah - the only issue is at low volume, the wah sweep can make my amp very high volume!



To the op, I'll post a clip - it's a cool effect, and immediately inspired a minimalist clean idea to go right before a "drop".





that's because the wah is acting as a boost on certain frequencies.Put a wah after a mid scooped pedal (IE completely scooped no mids) and you'll have volume at the bottom end and top end and nothing in the mid-range of the sweep.

Ahhh okay. It's a relatively bright fuzz sound I use, which explains it - it's all the top of the sweep that's boosted.

It's not so bad at high volume, but I guess the amp starts compressing a bit.

therose789

I have occasionally used drive after delays when recording to get some different sounds, would never do it live tho. 

joeyowen

I use a digitech delay...

dogload

Moe_Zambeek said:

Connecting up a wah back to front give interesting metal-whale noises, I have found.

That's a good one. Gilmour used to do that- that's what makes the squeaky whale sounds on 'Echoes'.