Is there even a CORRECT and a WRONG pedal order? | Master Your Tone #13

[@zetaminor77]

Thanks for the demonstration of different pedal orders!

[@manuelpassarella]

As Jimi demonstrated, there are not wrong sounds, only wrong contexts

[@arjanhurkmans9190]

Great video! Yes experiment but besides creative preferences there is sometimes a reason to use the "common" way, for example fuzz not playing well with a wah because of buffers.

[@joermnyc]

Take any “pedal order” you find as a loose guide, then experiment. Stereo chorus after stereo reverb? Try it. Phaser in front of overdrive? Well think of the overdrive as an amp, and see what sounds better before or after. Really the only order that won’t work are pedals expecting to hear your guitar directly like envelopes filters, certain fuzz pedals and octave pedals. Always stick those in front of a compressor. Also EQ after dirt can sweeten up both your clean and drive tone, though some say before and a few say get 2 EQ pedals!

[@george.kollaros]

Wah --> Flanger --> Delay --> Overdrive (Drive almost off, Level almost full) --> Amp set to crunch

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Ohh wow, love that! //Kris

[@MAX96MENDES]

I never follow the "Traditional" or normal order of things. I love to experiment ! To Discover new tones and new sounds ! Thank you for the cool video Kris ! .... next time , try playing my Harley Benton SC-450plus LD for the demos ! Such a good sounding guitar.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks so much man! I love the spirit of experimenting. //Kris

[@takeawaybenji]

Placing a modulation effect after a reverb sounds more intense. A lot of early rockers put their pedals before the preamp distortion, so it is definitely a retro sound.

[@g4r4is]

Thank you 🤟

[@StaySic4Ever]

Currently I have from guitar > drop > input gate (4 cable) > send (output and return wired to amp FX loop) > comp > FX proc (bypass/tuner usually) > amp and it seems to work properly. I've tried every different combination I could think of with pedal order and gate cables order and some were weird this seems to be the 'correct' way. Things work so not sure if it can be better. Thinking of adding pre-amp and really not sure where would I put it, at the start or before others in chain.

[@markproctor3100]

The only thing that definitely goes last apart from a looper pedal is delay and reverb and even then they can sound great in other places as Kris shows but I prefer them last and definitely into the effects loop

[@JTB--]

I have a Hotone Ampero II Stage and like to experiment putting FX in different orders to see what sounds I can invent! 😄

[@phanouone73]

J'adore quand c'est le bordel!!!!😂 pourquoi forcément toujours tout mettre dans l'ordre!!!

[@defur45]

Does it make any difference when you use a multi effect pedal?

[@andrebouw6399]

HI Kris! Nice video! Question: where do I place my compressor pedal? Before or after fuzz/distortion?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks! You can put it before everything if your fuzz doesn't freak out because of the compressor's buffer. Or between fuzz and overdrives. That's what I do usually. If you have an LA-2A, Fairchild or 1176 style compressor, you can also put it in the end. Last pedal before the amp or even in the amp's FX loop. Those are more subtle and sweeten the whole guitar tone, even when the overdrive is on. I hope that makes sense. Cheers //Kris

[@andrebouw6399]

Thanks Kris! I have it in front of fuzz and distortion and works just fine!

[@allboutthemojo]

I think the chaotic sound would be overbearing and fatiguing to listen to for a whole song but added in as a sporadic effect, it can sound 😎

[@donald-parker]

There is only one rule - if it sounds good, it is good. BUT context matters. What sounds good by yourself may not sound so good in a full band setting. In the former case, the "wall of sound" seems to be awesome. In the later case, the "wall of sound" is crap.

[@dominikszkoda970]

"Wrong order" without fuzz? :O duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude awsome

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

yeah the fuzz as last pedal was a little crazy but the others in the "wrong order"... killer. //Kris

[@dominikszkoda970]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses and now that's what I call creative aproach to music. Videos like this opens eyes and ears. Of course your awsome guitar playing is a big factor in this but still, it's a new way to look at my own music. Thank you!

[@HansNederland]

I like chorus going into drive.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

YESSS!!! Me too. Same for phaser and most other modulation effects. //Kris

[@szymonszymanski3]

Order is this: Salary>Thomann>No Salary. Works all the time :D

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Haha, same here. Don't tell my wife, please. 😆 //Kris

[@RubyDimasStudio]

i think some effect pedals have the right place in the line..but there are no rules

[@dionr1168]

Eddie Van Halen used his modulation effects *before* distortion. Enough said.

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

Simply because his amps didn’t have effects loops. He didn’t have any other choice.

[@damasterkarej]

Proper way: get án amp you like and don't alter it :-) I use only clean boost for more bark, but my amp is still my amp.

[@dougrobbins5367]

There is no "proper "way, why not pay attention

[@damasterkarej]

@dougrobbins5367 I am so poor I can't even pay attention :D

[@dougrobbins5367]

@@damasterkarej I heard two guys arguing about who was poorer in childhood. One guy said "we were so poor, we lived in a cardboard box down by the river" The other guy said "WHAT!!! You had a BOX!!!

[@damasterkarej]

@dougrobbins5367 :D

[@amslu]

I was hoping you would start playing the amp to let us hear what the guitar sounds like…

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hi, that's exactly what I did at 0:56. :) I hope that's what you're looking for. //Kris

[@amslu]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses lol I meant in reverse, stupid joke :p

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

Don’t plug the cables on your wah pedal the wrong way around. Unless you want to sound like a banshee. 😆