my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

[everdrone]

PHOTO OF PEDALBOARD IS BELOW...my signal chain is all true bypass:

GUITAR --> gstring decimator noisegate --> tc polytuner --> Alice in Chains Jerry Cantrell Wah --> black arts toneworks pharaoh --> proco rat II


is my signal correct? I know people put dirt before everything, do you think I should put my fuzz before all my pedals, so GUITAR --> black arts toneworks pharaoh ...??? Any insights are appreciated. I know there is more than one way to do things "right" as it is really what sounds good to the listener and that is discretionary/subjective...

you can also see my 3 button changer for my Orange Thunderverb amp that controls my on/off switches for 1) reverb 2) amp channel 3) 'attenuator".

thanks yall

[Agileguy_101]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

Your order sounds good - just move the gate to the end of the chain so it cust off any pedal noise.

[papersoul]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

Do you need the ISP? After years of using an ISP I realized it was a waste and I sold it. I haven't used a noise supressor in 6 months and njever will again.....just don't need it, even for high gain. One thing I have learned in all these years is I prefer buffered pedals to true bypass. I would rather have a strong signal...and with good pedals I notice no negative impact at all.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

Does it sound good to you? Then, it's correct.

[Archer_of_Fish]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

I'd move the gate to the end of the chain or, even better, in your effects loop

[Strat111]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

Get rid of the gate all together. Other than that, everything looks fine. Dirt should come before wah, but Jimi did fine w/wah before dirt. I have my wah ahead of my dirt & my treble booster, but I installed a FoxRox wah retrofit in my wah to make it fuzz friendly, as I have an old Analogman modded Arbiter FuzzFace right after my wah.

[MojoMonster]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

GUITAR --> gstring decimator noisegate --> tc polytuner --> Alice in Chains Jerry Cantrell Wah --> black arts toneworks pharaoh --> proco rat II

Nice. Love the JC Wah.
Like others have said, the Decimater should go at the end of the chain.

My board suggestion: Polytune --> JC Wah --> *ProCo Deucetone* --> Pharoah --> Thunderverb.
Because 2 Rats are better than 1 Rat and you get switching options for Vintage and Turbo Rat plus you can cascade them.
Yum.
You can find them used on the bay for around $100.
Add two IC sockets and two LM308s and you're golden.

[SlyFoxx]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

The old "dirt wah" or "wah dirt". Both are good. Move the gate to the end.

[papersoul]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

Ditch the noise supressor. I used to have the JC wah but replaced it with a Crybaby 95Q

[John E Rokker]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

The only time I've needed a noise suppressor is when I run the same power supply to both my loop and up front pedals. Now I have them on their own power supplies and the noise is gone.

[ratherdashing]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

I'd move the Decimator to craigslist.

Aside from that, it's good.

[Kam]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

I didn't know the TV had a foot-switchable attenuator. That's kinda cool.

Nice board, dude. Simple and to the point. I like it. Are those the actual settings you use on the Rat? It looks like you're just using it as a boost or something.

[everdrone]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

cool guys, thanks for the awesome feedback, cheers

[everdrone]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

ROCK ON \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/

[Bfeeney]

Re: my pedalboard is 'complete'! yay :-) ...but is my signal chain correct?

Musicians Friend did an article about pedal order, they said there was a huge debate about it but here is the order they said: GUITAR> preamp> compress> dist> wah> chorus> delay> EQ> gate> vol> reverb> AMP.