Effects Pedals

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As part of the Six String Sensei Absolute One Stop Guide to the Guitar Pedal Board we take an in-depth look into the correct order for guitar effects pedals.

In our last feature on the guitar pedal board it was mentioned that we had left out 2 important aspects of setting up a board, these were:

  1. Effects pedal order
  2. True bypass vs. buffered pedals

Well, let’s get into the topic of pedal order. It doesn’t matter whether you set up your pedals on a board or on the floor, pedal order is still very important. Like many other web and magazine articles on this subject, let’s begin with a disclaimer: There is really no RIGHT way of doing things. You can get as creative in the pedal order as you want. But, there are general rules and guidelines to go by that will yield good results because they have been proven to be effective. [click to continue…]

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