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Topic: best place for drive pedal in signal chain |
Tommy Boswell
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Virginia, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2018 9:50 am |
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Where is the best place for a drive pedal in the signal chain? Before or after the volume pedal? My drive pedal is a Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive.
I know you probably don't want it in the effects loop. I'm just wondering which side of the volume pedal?
Last edited by Tommy Boswell on 8 Mar 2018 11:59 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Chris Tarrow
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Maplewood, NJ
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Posted 8 Mar 2018 11:08 am
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| why do you need a boost pedal if you have a volume pedal? |
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Tommy Boswell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2018 11:28 am
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I don't use it to boost volume. I use the pedal for either overdrive (grit), or clean boost (warms up the tone), or a mix of the two.
Changed original post from "boost" to "drive", maybe it was misleading. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 10 Mar 2018 1:16 am
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Generally speaking, effects go AFTER the V pedal but in the case of the Steel, you may want the Sparkle Drive in front as when you back off the V pedal there is a dramatic decrease in signal going to the drive pedal which alters the sound big time.
IF we recall when Steelers were using the Bosstone, it was plugged directly into the Steel ahead of the V Pedal.
There are no rules, what works best for you is the rule.
Here is BOSS's typical placement of effects, not necessarily the absolute rule.
Compression > EQ > Drive > Modulation > Time
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Chris Tarrow
From:
Maplewood, NJ
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Posted 10 Mar 2018 9:00 am
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| Typical set up is everything before the volume pedal except reverb and delay. Obviously YMMV but I would start with that. |
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Matthew Walton
From:
Fort Worth, Texas
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Posted 13 Mar 2018 6:03 pm
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It depends on how consistently you want it to be driven (and thus distort). The amount of distortion from a pedal depends on the volume going into it.
If you go drive -> volume, the variation in distortion will come only from how hard you pick. Also, when you want to sustain a note with the volume pedal, the volume may stay consistent but the distortion level will lower over time.
If you go volume -> drive, the variation in distortion will come primarily from the volume coming out of your volume pedal. This could let you play backed way off resulting in barely if any dirt, then when it's your solo play louder and have a more driven sound.
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 14 Mar 2018 6:02 am
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I've got a Hilton volume. I notice that placing anything in front of the Hilton changes my tone dramatically. Suddenly the whole tone is much brighter and thinner, whether or not the pedals are activated...in other words, my clean tone is affected. Hooking up pedals after the Hilton preserves the warmer tone.
Thus, I place all my pedals (drive, phaser, verb) after the Hilton. As Matthew mentioned, the amount of OD gets cleaned up a bit when I back off the pedal. Personally, I like that - as volume is increased, so is grit....but then, I'm also a lead guitarist, and that's how I'm used to a dirt pedal behaving. |
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