how many in the chain is safe?

[steelhead2]

is there a rule of thumb on pedals?,,how many can you(safely) use in line at one time?

ok have to run any help is appreciated/dang neighbors calling me up while making this post=bunch of DRUNKS!

[Stringmaster]

You mean how many effects from bass to amp? You will run out of money far before you need to worry about too many pedals...

[ilovenofrets]

Well, there's no 'rules' per se, but bear in mind, the more pedals you run, the more prone your signal is to noise and tone/volume loss. A good pro multi-effect unit will let you lay on the sonic sauce pretty thick without this problem, but ANY effect using a higher gain structure will produce some noise.

[warwick.hoy]

Originally Posted by ilovenofrets

Well, there's no 'rules' per se, but bear in mind, the more pedals you run, the more prone your signal is to noise and tone/volume loss. A good pro multi-effect unit will let you lay on the sonic sauce pretty thick without this problem, but ANY effect using a higher gain structure will produce some noise.

Using power supplies with isolated outputs and quality cables will help with noise as well.

[Chrisk-K]

You will run out of money far before you need to worry about too many pedals...

+10,000

[Nic.]

Maybe a few hundred or so would be problematic. I mean, look at some of the touring rigs of big time musicians, they don't seem to have a problem...

[Chrisk-K]

Well, if you buy lots of line selectors or something like Bradshaw's system, you could put hundreds of pedals between the bass and the amp without noticeably degrading the signal.

[jmattbassplaya]

I run a chain with 9 (which is small compared to some people on this board).

[jpTron]

as many as you want. Even if your have signal loss it's so minimal and you play bass and no one's really listening anyway