Yet another "what order?" question

[ThreeChordWonder]

Marshall Origin50 combo. It has a footswitch that turns the FX loop on or off and a preamp (?) boost switch.

Boss TU-3 chromatic tuner
Boss BD-2 blues driver
Boss DS-+ distortion (rarely used)
Boss CE-5 chorus ensemble
Boss DD-7 digital delay
Boss BF-3 flanger

and the new one...

JHS Series 3 reverb.

Currently I've got the tuner and drive pedals in the "input" line, the rest in the order listed in the FX loop.

Any pointers?
Thanks

 

[GuitarStv]

My personal preference with that setup would be:

TU-3 -> CE-5-> DS+ -> BD-2 in front.

BF-3 -> DD-7 -> JHS Verb in the loop.

I like flangers in the loop better, and a flanger can give you chorus sounds when set right. Found the CE-5 though was too bright when in the loop, and I preferred it in-front of dirt for a more organic and less in-your-face chorusy sound. What you really need though is to replace the chorus with a nice phaser or univibe (in the same position).

You can mess with delay into 'verb or 'verb into delay. Sounds cleaner to me with the former though.

Most people will set their BD-2 up for lower gain stuff, or as a boost . . . so it should work better after the DS+, which has plenty of gain but not much output from what I remember.

 

[Mr. 80's]

I myself would do.

Front - Tuner > Blues Driver > DS+ > input

Loop - Send > Flanger > Chorus > Delay > Reverb > return

 

[ThreeChordWonder]

I'm wondering why both of you say put the reverb in the loop. The Origin doesn't have built in reverb, after all.

 

[Aceman]

I myself would do.

Front - Tuner > Blues Driver > DS+ > input

Loop - Send > Chorus > Flanger > Delay > Reverb > return

One small change to that for me.

 

[Mincer]

I always put the tuner last, so there is no hiss or swoosh from gain and modulation pedals while I am tuning.

 

[beaubrummels]

I always put the tuner last, so there is no hiss or swoosh from gain and modulation pedals while I am tuning.

Don't you mean first? Or are you thinking of in front of the amp as last/at the end?

 

[Mincer]

Don't you mean first? Or are you thinking of in front of the amp as last/at the end?

First to me is right after the guitar, since that's where the input is. Last is right before the amp.

 

[beaubrummels]

First to me is right after the guitar, since that's where the input is. Last is right before the amp.

Hmm. Ok. I always put the tuner first (right after the guitar itself) or first in an A/B config with a buffered pedal, to avoid interference from any pedals that might not be bypassed.

 

[GuitarStv]

I'm wondering why both of you say put the reverb in the loop. The Origin doesn't have built in reverb, after all.

If you are getting distortion from the preamp section of the amp (by hitting the front end with a boost or high volume pedal), putting the reverb in the loop will keep the reverb sounding more natural/cleanest. This is usually where a reverb would be if it was part of the amp circuit.

 

[ThreeChordWonder]

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