What should be the first guitar pedal?

For most guitarists, a tuner, drive pedal, and delay pedal are essential pedals. Buying these pedals first will give you a solid rig that you won’t outgrow. Some guitarists never move past these three pedals, while other guitarists go on to build large pedalboards with a range of different effects.

What order should guitar pedals be arranged?

Dynamics (compressors), filters (wah), pitch shifters, and Volume pedals typically go at the beginning of the signal chain. Gain based effects such as and overdrive/distortion pedals come next. Modulation effects such as chorus, flangers, phasers typically come next in the chain.

Where should chorus go in pedal chain?

Where to Place a Chorus Pedal In Your Effect Chain. Chorus is a modulation effect, and as such, it should be placed fairly late in your pedal chain. It should come after a wah pedal, compression pedal, overdrive pedal, and distortion pedal, but before your delay pedal, tremolo pedal, or reverb pedal.

Should delay come before reverb?

In a guitar signal chain, the delay unit is generally placed before a reverb pedal, but it’s up to the individual musician to decide on the order. Putting delay before reverb can muddy up the sound, so most guitarists prefer placing it after the delay.

Is there a logical guitar pedal order everyone follows?

There is a logical guitar pedal order everyone follows. Rule 1 – There is a logical order for groups of effects. Some effects remove or add certain amount of frequencies, some change the basic shape of the audio waveform, and others react to the shape and amplitude of the waveform.

Why do we treat the preamp section as a gain pedal?

In order to maintain the order outlined earlier, we treat an amp’s preamp section as a gain pedal, because it adds distortion to our guitar tone. With this in mind, we would place our modulation and time-based effects in the effects loop of our amplifier.

How to use a volume pedal on a guitar?

By positioning the compressor and volume pedal early in the chain, the guitar’s level is optimally prepared to ensure that it is dynamically consistent throughout the pedalboard. The volume pedal can be used to reduce or increase the level depending on the subsequent effects you’re using at any time.

Should I put my volume pedal at the end of chain?

Putting your volume pedal at the end of the chain doesn’t change your tone, just your overall volume. You can also put it before your reverb and delay so you can mute the guitar without cutting off the natural decay.