Let's have a look at the most common guitar foot pedals used by
guitarists today and see what are the best ways to order guitar pedals
in the signal chain.
• Distortion / Overdrive
• Compression
• Wah Wah
• Delay
• Phaser/Flanger
• Chorus
The best way to look at this is to consider what sound you want to come out of the end of the signal chain as each guitar pedal will effect the sound of the one that follows. Below a standard ordering of guitar effect pedals and the reasoning behind their placement in the signal chain.
However keep in mind that there are no set rules on ordering your guitar pedals. Remember that trying different ordering can possibly lead to new and interesting sounds.
Wah Wah Pedal
By placing these before distortion effects, they vary the distortion intensity of the affected frequencies at the same time.
Compressor Pedal
With compression its best top place it before the distortion / overdrive pedal as placing it after can often simply compress and raise the noise of the distortion pedal. Also placing the Compressor after the wah wah pedal can help to minimise the volume variations caused by the wah wah emphasising different frequencies.
Distortion / Overdrive Pedal
Placing these pedals after the wah wah allows the wah wah pedal to control the amount of fuzz by it changing the frequencies and tone being sent to it, giving what most players prefer. This guitar pedal ordering was used by Jimi Hendrix.
Also distortion / overdrive pedals aren't usually placed after the chorus, phaser or flanger as these modulated signals can easily clash with the harmonics unless you're looking for that particular sound. Chorus / phaser / flanger pedals chorus flanger and phaser pedals tend to sound the best here with the overdrives/distortion pedals before of them as they effective work well effecting the distorted sound.
Delay Pedal
Delay Pedals can lead to mushy sounding chaos if placed before overdrive or distortion pedals causing spikes in the audio levels and unpredictable sounds. Its also best to be delaying that particular guitar sound the all the pedals prior has created and not the other way around.
So hopefully this article has give you some good ideas on the best way to setup the ordering of your guitar pedals in the signal chain form your guitar to the amp. Try this ordering but again don't be afraid to try other orderings and experiment to see what other sounds you can come up with.
• Distortion / Overdrive
• Compression
• Wah Wah
• Delay
• Phaser/Flanger
• Chorus
The best way to look at this is to consider what sound you want to come out of the end of the signal chain as each guitar pedal will effect the sound of the one that follows. Below a standard ordering of guitar effect pedals and the reasoning behind their placement in the signal chain.
However keep in mind that there are no set rules on ordering your guitar pedals. Remember that trying different ordering can possibly lead to new and interesting sounds.
Wah Wah Pedal
By placing these before distortion effects, they vary the distortion intensity of the affected frequencies at the same time.
Compressor Pedal
With compression its best top place it before the distortion / overdrive pedal as placing it after can often simply compress and raise the noise of the distortion pedal. Also placing the Compressor after the wah wah pedal can help to minimise the volume variations caused by the wah wah emphasising different frequencies.
Distortion / Overdrive Pedal
Placing these pedals after the wah wah allows the wah wah pedal to control the amount of fuzz by it changing the frequencies and tone being sent to it, giving what most players prefer. This guitar pedal ordering was used by Jimi Hendrix.
Also distortion / overdrive pedals aren't usually placed after the chorus, phaser or flanger as these modulated signals can easily clash with the harmonics unless you're looking for that particular sound. Chorus / phaser / flanger pedals chorus flanger and phaser pedals tend to sound the best here with the overdrives/distortion pedals before of them as they effective work well effecting the distorted sound.
Delay Pedal
Delay Pedals can lead to mushy sounding chaos if placed before overdrive or distortion pedals causing spikes in the audio levels and unpredictable sounds. Its also best to be delaying that particular guitar sound the all the pedals prior has created and not the other way around.
So hopefully this article has give you some good ideas on the best way to setup the ordering of your guitar pedals in the signal chain form your guitar to the amp. Try this ordering but again don't be afraid to try other orderings and experiment to see what other sounds you can come up with.
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