Help me with my board!

[Hector_G]

I am calling on the pedal board gurus for advice and help.

I'm thinking of rearranging my board and possibly getting another pedal.

Right now the first pedal in my signal chain is the Hartke Bass Attack pedal. I can use it to control the volume driving the rest of my signal chain.

This pedal goes to a Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler and a Wooly Mammoth clone. It drives them just fine.

Then it goes into my looper with a Boss SYB-5, a Line 6 FM4 and a Zoom B2.1u. All of them are on their own loops.

I was thinking about putting the Hartke pedal as the very last thing in my chain to utilize it's XLR out for live shows when PA is available. Also I can engage the Shape feature to sculpt the overal sound of all the pedals.

Now... could I benefit from the Super Chile Picoso as the first pedal in my chain? I think the passive volume on my carvin really lacks. So I'm thinking the Chile Picoso could help drive the pedals a little better. I've read that this pedal is buffered, does this mean my fuzz pedals will react differently?

Thoughts, recommendations...anything?

[RickenBoogie]

It doesn't hurt anything by switching pedals around, so expiriment. The DI at the end makes sense to me, but I'm not sure if a "buffered" clean boost will change the fuzz tone or not. There are other clean boost pedals that aren't buffered, if that's your concern. (ie: Creation Audio Mk.4.23)