how to connect this 3 pedals?

[angel.of.death]

hi, i need help, i have this 3 pedals: boss ODB-3 ,ibanez BC5 chorus and a onner hydrogen flanger. i connect'em like this -amp/overdrive/chorus/flanger/bass. can you guys help me with the proper order? and how can i learn to do it in case of adding more pedals?. thanks i'll be waiting for your answers, this will help me a lot.
here's the pictures of my pedals
flanger http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413cAl9ralL.jpg
overdrive http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/fit...881f480ffa.jpg
chorus http://i.ebayimg.com/20/!!d6WjIQBWM~..._id=89040003C1

[ZombieSpacebat]

There is no "proper" way of doing it, only what sounds best to you. Do a search and you'll find many threads asking the same question and you can use the info there to make your own decision, but in the end it's completely down to your own preference.

[lowfreq33]

Do you want to distort the chorus and flanger or flange and chorus the distortion?

[magic papa]

One rule of thumb is (there are as many rules of thumb as many thumbs are in world, so don't blame me if this is the wrong one )

1. Instrument
2. Gain-related effects: preamps, compressors, overdrives, etc)
3. Modulation effects: phasers, flangers, vibratos, etc
4. Delays/Echos/Reverbs
5. Amp

I would put chorus in 4, becasue it is kinda like echo, so according to this rule your setup would be:

Bass -> Overdrive -> Flanger -> Chorus -> Amp

Cheers

MP

[d180fuzz]

Originally Posted by magic papa

One rule of thumb is (there are as many rules of thumb as many thumbs are in world, so don't blame me if this is the wrong one )

1. Instrument
2. Gain-related effects: preamps, compressors, overdrives, etc)
3. Modulation effects: phasers, flangers, vibratos, etc
4. Delays/Echos/Reverbs
5. Amp

I would put chorus in 4, becasue it is kinda like echo, so according to this rule your setup would be:

Bass -> Overdrive -> Flanger -> Chorus -> Amp

Cheers

MP

Esto, Compa.

[angel.of.death]

Originally Posted by lowfreq33

Do you want to distort the chorus and flanger or flange and chorus the distortion?

i want flange and chorus the distortion.

Originally Posted by magic papa

One rule of thumb is (there are as many rules of thumb as many thumbs are in world, so don't blame me if this is the wrong one )

1. Instrument
2. Gain-related effects: preamps, compressors, overdrives, etc)
3. Modulation effects: phasers, flangers, vibratos, etc
4. Delays/Echos/Reverbs
5. Amp

I would put chorus in 4, becasue it is kinda like echo, so according to this rule your setup would be:

Bass -> Overdrive -> Flanger -> Chorus -> Amp

Cheers

MP

im gonna try that order. wah effect is a modulation effect?
effects sounds different using an active bass instead using passive?

[magic papa]

Originally Posted by angel.of.death

i want flange and chorus the distortion.



im gonna try that order. wah effect is a modulation effect?
effects sounds different using an active bass instead using passive?

wah is a modulation effect indeed, so according to the theory it should go between overdrive and chorus.

Whether bass is active or passive shouldn't matter. With passive bass you would have some signal loss up to the first pedal (or first pedal with a buffer). But that would be pretty much the same regardless of the pedal order.

Also keep in mind that some pedal with hot output can overdrive some others, so even if the theory is correct you may purposely put the pedals with smaller headroom in the front of the chain. You won't have that problem with most of the pedals though. Also some have the output level knob.

[angel.of.death]

Originally Posted by magic papa

wah is a modulation effect indeed, so according to the theory it should go between overdrive and chorus.

Whether bass is active or passive shouldn't matter. With passive bass you would have some signal loss up to the first pedal (or first pedal with a buffer). But that would be pretty much the same regardless of the pedal order.

Also keep in mind that some pedal with hot output can overdrive some others, so even if the theory is correct you may purposely put the pedals with smaller headroom in the front of the chain. You won't have that problem with most of the pedals though. Also some have the output level knob.

oh i see, all this will help me a lot, thanks to you all , im gonna try that theory and i let you know, thanx for your answers, cheers!!

[kenstee]

Originally Posted by magic papa

wah is a modulation effect...,

Well, not exactly. Wah pedals and actually even phasers should be the first effect after the bass or tuner. These effects sweep a peak (wah) or notches (phaser) in the frequency response. By placing these before distortion/OD effects, they vary the distortion intensity of the affected frequencies at the same time. Pedals that are placed after them make interesting response changes to the boost or cut from these sweep effects. Modulation - like flanger and chorus - do not work this way.

[angel.of.death]

Originally Posted by kenstee

Well, not exactly. Wah pedals and actually even phasers should be the first effect after the bass or tuner. These effects sweep a peak (wah) or notches (phaser) in the frequency response. By placing these before distortion/OD effects, they vary the distortion intensity of the affected frequencies at the same time. Pedals that are placed after them make interesting response changes to the boost or cut from these sweep effects. Modulation - like flanger and chorus - do not work this way.

so the wah should be placed right after the bass instead the overdrive?

[Eric!]

[lunarpollen]

I would put the flanger after the chorus

[waveman]

If it were me, I would set them up just like you listed: ODB-3 -> ibanez BC5 chorus -> onner hydrogen flanger

But like others have said, it really depends on what you are after.

[alec]

If your amp has an effects loop, you could put the chorus and/or flanger in there.