Chorus In The Chain - Order???

Robert Herndon said:
That's what I was thinking, but with pedals, I'm a noob, so made sense to me to ask.
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While there are no hard and fast rules, there are some generally accepted guidelines that come from decades of experience of people using pedals.

Generally, you'll want reverb to be the very last thing. Delays go right before that. If you have an effects loop, these generally sound best in the loop.

Overdrives and distortions are best going into the front of the amp.

With other pedals, the guidelines get a bit looser. I prefer a chorus in the loop, as well as other types of modulation pedals. Though, you can always experiment.

Other pedals, like tremolo pedals, are really a matter of preference. I have mine in the loop.

Wahs are usually placed first, before any overdrive or distortion.
 
smitty_p said:
While there are no hard and fast rules, there are some generally accepted guidelines that come from decades of experience of people using pedals.

Generally, you'll want reverb to be the very last thing. Delays go right before that. If you have an effects loop, these generally sound best in the loop.

Overdrives and distortions are best going into the front of the amp.

With other pedals, the guidelines get a bit looser. I prefer a chorus in the loop, as well as other types of modulation pedals. Though, you can always experiment.

Other pedals, like tremolo pedals, are really a matter of preference. I have mine in the loop.

Wahs are usually placed first, before any overdrive or distortion.
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Excellent. These are the tips I was hoping to find.

My first 'pedal' is my Korg Pitchblack Stage Tuner, followed by Dunlop CGB-95 Wah, TS-9, GE-7 EQ, CS-3 and NS-2 at the front of the amp.

In the FX Loop, I have (in this order) the Boss FV30L, the Chorus (right now I'm using a 1988 Arion SCH-1 for testing) and the DD-3 delay is dead last.

It's a bit of a challenge to arrange them on a board as they go different places.

The FX loop pedals use dedicated twin 20' cables with a 90 on the pedal end and a straight at the amp end. These are black jacket. The send and returns are marked with colored tape and a layout legend is laminated and taped to the back of the amp.

All my cables are 4 conductor (2 hot with two interwoven braided grounds) and I think I'm running about 60 to 80 feet of cable total with the guitar in the chain.

Right now, with the entire rig up and running, the tone is so absolutely divine that it's difficult to adequately describe it.
 
I agree with others, in the loop and before the delay is usually the best spot. But...experiment some. You may even find that you like it in front of the amp, the old-school way.
 
Tony M. said:
Generally speaking:

1 Tuner
2 Wah
3 Low gain dirt
4 High gain dirt
5 Chorus *
6 Delay
7 Reverb

* Phase shifters before dirt pedals because
a phase shifter is basically an LFO controlled wah.

Volume pedal wherever it works for you.
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This is a good roadmap for starting to experiment IMO.

I've personally found that I like the wah before anything else, something about the way it weights the signal, and I like my phaser before any dirt pedals. That's just me, everyone needs to try them out to determine what works and sounds best for them.
 
I actually have a Ibanez SC10 Chorus 1st to split off to feed the front of both of my amps. And I actually like it there for a subtle chorusy warmth, it's not on all the time but I actually like it more than my MXR Wylde Phase. I am pulling my TC Elec chorus in my loop out to put my EQ back on my board.
Adam Jones uses 2 Boss Delay's 1st in his chain.
 
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