Placement of effects in a chain??

[54stratlover]

I have a question about placement of a few different pedals in an effect chain line. First I am wondering about a boss octave pedal. My instinct is to place it first in the cahin. On guitar geek, I have seen it placed first and last in the chain.

the second is fuzz pedals. First were do you all that use a fuzz pedal place it in relationship to a wah pedal. Second, if you were to use a fuzz pedal and pedals like a ts-9, or a ds-1 would you place it before the fuzz, or after.

Any idea's will be apreciated.

 

[rinse_master]

Re: Placement of effects in a chain??

I would go Wah -> Octave -> Fuzz -> Od.

Not certain about the Octave though...

 

[Stringer]

Re: Placement of effects in a chain??

Most fuzz pedals don't like buffers in front of them, so if you are using a distortion pedal that uses a buffered, rather than true, bypass, you'll want to run the fuzz in front of it.

 

[Fresh_Start]

Re: Placement of effects in a chain??

Here's a possibly useful article on the order of effects pedals, but it seems to boil down to what works for you

http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/fx-order.htm

Chip

 

[RockNRoling]

Re: Placement of effects in a chain??

I was always told FUZZ needs to come before the wahs. Over drives can come before or after (each has a different unique sound when the wah is on). I think the octave should come before the overdrive, but play around and make your own opinion. Trial and error is the only way you are gonna find your sound.