Looking for some help with my pedalboard signal chain

Reichbaum

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Here's what I've got and the order I'm thinking, please let me know if you have any suggestions on changing the order, thanks in advance!

Korg Pitchblack tuner >
Analog Man Black Logo Envelope Filter>
Keely Compressor+ >
MXR Hand-wired 1974 Vintage Phase 90>
Tube Screamer Mini >
Wampler Tumnus >
TC Electronic Flashback delay >
Amp
I also have a TC Electronic Sub n Up octave pedal that I have no idea where to place...
 
That's a good order to me. I might put the tuner at the end to mute the whole thing when tuning (no hiss or hum from other pedals). I'd place the TC after the gain pedals (or right before- see what sounds better). In these cases, you have to just start plugging stuff in. But your order is a good place to start.
 
Thanks for your input Mincer! I never thought about putting the tuner at the end, I always see it at the beginning, but I'll try and see if it makes things quieter.
 
The problem with the tuner at the end is you need to bypass all the effects at once for the tuner to work. Does the Korg have some kind of effect chain bypass built in? (Sounds unusual, I'd be surprised if a tuner could do this.)
 
I'd also try the Tumnus and Tube Screamer in the other order as you may discover that you like one pushing the other or vice-versa. I recently changed order on my board because another of my pedals didn't play so nice with the Tumnus buffer; it sounds loads better before as opposed to after.
 
Right now I have my pedals in this order:

Polytune > Wampler Compressor > Klon > Dover Drive > Timeline > Boss CE-2W Chorus > Hall of Fame Reverb with stereo outputs feeding two amps.

The CE-2W Chorus is brand new and I'm still fiddling with where to position it.
 
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Right now I have my pedals in this order:

Polytune > Wampler Compressor > Klon > Dover Drive > Timeline > Boss CE-2W Chorus > Hall of Fame Reverb with stereo outputs feeding two amps.

The CE-2W Chorus is brand new and I'm still fiddling with where to position it.

If that were my board, I'd put the CE-2W before the Timeline. Back when I was still using a rack system, I ran my routing that way to take advantage of ping-pong and stereo multi-tap delays. At the very least you'd have access to the full stereo capability of the Timeline even if you don't have a use for it at this point.
 
Here's what I've got and the order I'm thinking, please let me know if you have any suggestions on changing the order, thanks in advance!

Korg Pitchblack tuner >
Analog Man Black Logo Envelope Filter>
Keely Compressor+ >
MXR Hand-wired 1974 Vintage Phase 90>
Tube Screamer Mini >
Wampler Tumnus >
TC Electronic Flashback delay >
Amp
I also have a TC Electronic Sub n Up octave pedal that I have no idea where to place...

It's all up to the individual, but looking at what you have, here's what's worked for me YMMV:
Tuner -> Compressor -> Tumnus -> Tube Screamer -> Phase 90 -> Octave -> Env Filter -> Delay -> Amp
 
If that were my board, I'd put the CE-2W before the Timeline. Back when I was still using a rack system, I ran my routing that way to take advantage of ping-pong and stereo multi-tap delays. At the very least you'd have access to the full stereo capability of the Timeline even if you don't have a use for it at this point.

Thanks. I'm still experimenting the placement of the CE-2W. It's brand new. Previously, I did have the Timeline into the HoF in stereo.
 
Here's what I've got and the order I'm thinking, please let me know if you have any suggestions on changing the order, thanks in advance!

Korg Pitchblack tuner >
Analog Man Black Logo Envelope Filter>
Keely Compressor+ >
MXR Hand-wired 1974 Vintage Phase 90>
Tube Screamer Mini >
Wampler Tumnus >
TC Electronic Flashback delay >
Amp
I also have a TC Electronic Sub n Up octave pedal that I have no idea where to place...

I'm a big fan of putting a compressor after a phaser.

Does your amp have an effects loop? If so, I'd put the delay in there. Other than that, looks good.
 
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