If there is no audible change, the amp is fine! I have a question. I had a quick go at it and noticed the looper is affected by the delay that I have activated in that preset. In other words, the looper signal is going into the delay effect. As a result, i have a wild but undesired effect on my loop station. I love it by itself.
However, my plan was really to use the clean channel only and build a pedal board to suit my wide variety of tastes a la Paul Gilbert. So I started with the tc Electronic mojomojo. I have not had good result whatsoever. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. His hands, amp and guitars will all react differently to you, resulting in the different sounds. And different amps have different voicings and designs, which means they also respond differently to pedals.
When I plug in my pedal board to the fx loop of my GM 40, there is a discernible drop in volume. No pedals are turned on. I toggled the loop button on the iPad app and it was very notice drop in volume. Any thoughts. Hi Neal.
Hmm, interesting. Try this: connect a guitar cable directly from the FX Loop send to the return. If there is a big difference, that would point to something being wrong with the FX loop, and you should have it looked at by a tech. If not, the drop is caused by a pedal or something on your board. This was a good read. Definitely a lot of insight here. Time to experiment. Thanks Brad, glad you enjoyed it! Reason I ask: I am considering building a setup with the dry signal without the integrated effects sent to a external amp… Thanks in advance!
Hi Peter! This means that you can't push modulation and time-based effects into the preamp since distortion will come after them. Again, you can do this but it will sound horrible because it breaks our four main rules above. Nobody wants a muddy, smeared, and washed out tone, and thus the effects loop exists.
We should mention that there are series effects loops and parallel ones as well. The difference is that parallel splits your signal while series treats it like an extension of the linear signal path. Understanding why this is an option doesn't matter right now and doesn't affect our examples, but don't be surprised if you see it on your amp. Our second example includes a effects loop in series at the amplifier.
This doesn't really change your guitar pedal order since it's still a linear pathway. The send and return indicate the start and stop of the effects loop.
Here it is visually, which should make things much more clear:. Again, the entire purpose of the effects loop is to allow you to use your amplifier's preamp to get natural distortion and then apply modulation and time-based effects, rather than having distortion applied to them, which sounds bad.
And that's a wrap. If you're new to the pedal game, don't let anyone tell you that there are no rules. There are some very strict rules that apply if you want to sound professional, and these rules quickly reduce the amount of options down to very few, indeed. The honest and realistic among us will tell you the truth that there is a very firm effects pedal order you should connect your pedals in that you don't want to stray from unless you want to ruin your tone and appear to not know what you're doing.
Guitar pedal order matters! Features Columns. Let's start with some ground rules of logic that will set the stage for the order. The 4 Rules for the Guitar Effects Order These are four broad rules that quickly narrow down the possibilities of the guitar signal chain. Dynamics The dynamics group contains effects that change the shape of the waveform in terms of variances in volumes.
Gain The gain group contains effects that are associated with or require high gain. Modulation The modulation group refers to effects that are cyclically changing the volume signature of your signal or its place in the stereo field by whipping the panning back and forth. Time Finally, we come to our time-based and space-based effects group. Two Example Guitar Effects Pedal Orders As you can see above, our four logical rules nearly demand that our five pedal groups come in the order they come in, and even within the groups there isn't much room for changing things around, except for the modulation group.
First Guitar Pedal Order Example Here is an example of a linear signal path from guitar, through pedals, to the amplifier. Here is the same example in image form: This is the most straight forward and easy to conceive of method of connecting your guitar pedals in order, because they come one after another with no additional complications of an effects loop.
What is an Effects Loop? Second Guitar Pedal Order Example Our second example includes a effects loop in series at the amplifier. Here it is visually, which should make things much more clear: Again, the entire purpose of the effects loop is to allow you to use your amplifier's preamp to get natural distortion and then apply modulation and time-based effects, rather than having distortion applied to them, which sounds bad.
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He acts as owner, editor, lead author, and web designer of LedgerNote, as well as co-author on all articles. He has released 4 independent albums and merchandise to global sales. But Wait, There's More! Featured Products. The difference between an effects loop and going into the front of an amp. But what do you do if you use your amp for distortion and not pedals?
Should I use overdrive or distortion in the effects loop? Should I put Delay or Reverb first in the effects loop? So, to answer the question, should I use an effects loop? You should use an effects loop if: You use the distortion on your amp if you want your delays and reverbs to be clearer than ever whilst using a distorted amp.
Use standard instrument cables to connect your pedals to your effects loop, the same type used to connect your guitar to your amplifier. However, if you have quite a few pedals you want to control at your feet, then I would suggest getting another pair of instrument cables. There are other handy uses for an effects loop besides running pedals. By plugging your guitar directly into the effects return you bypass the preamp. This gives you untouched amplification as your guitar signal is no longer being affected by the gain or EQ structures within the preamp.
Perhaps you want a small amp tone with large amp power. Well, if you connect the effects send from one amp and to the effects return of another then you take the preamp tones from the small amp and put them through the power section of a much more powerful amp. Just remember that any valve amp in this situation needs to have a cabinet attached. Well, hopefully, that demystified the effects loop for you.
If your amp has an effects loop, and you have a few extra instrument cables lying around, plug in and start experimenting. Find what works best for your sound and your setup. Do you use the effects loop in your setup? If so, share your experiences in the comments below and let others know what you think.
Hi, your site is really useful. However, I really like playing in stereo which is causing some difficulties. Using a Boss me 50 multi effects pedal in stereo sounds great. The problem comes in when I want to add another stereo effect with the Boss multi.
I m thinking the solution is going to be something very simple or very involved.
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