Although the order in which you place the gear on your guitar pedalboard has a lot to do with personal preference, there are a few guidelines that you can follow so that your pedals work together to deliver the best tone possible. Use the following suggestions when determining place the gear order on your guitar pedalboard.
Instructions
1. Place the wah pedal and envelope filter on your pedalboard before any of the effects pedals to preserve the tone of your guitar. Placing these pedals after the effects pedals results in an overly-manipulated sound.
2. Arrange the gain based effects pedals following the wah and envelope pedals, as the gain based effects determine the volume of the guitar signal. These pedal effects include distortion, overdrive and fuzz. Of these three types of gain pedals, place the fuzz pedal first. However, you can also experiment with this order to achieve the sound you want.
3. Set up the modulation based effects last. These effects pedals include the phaser, flange, chorus and reverb and their purpose is to modulate the guitar's tone.
