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Effects Loop Safety

Hey Guys,

I've been playing around with my pedal board from a while and haven't been satisfied with my overdive pedal because of the complete lack of bottom end in it.

I then realised my Trace Elliot had an effect loops function, with high, lo or full pass. I put the overdrive through the high pass and I thought the improvement in sound was great. Is it safe for the amp to have this put through the amp? I'm worried about this because I can't see if it is spiking or not.

Also is there any danger in putting my whole pedal board through the effects loop. I have a synth pedal, compressor and chorus.

Sorry for the long post, it's be digging away at me for a while now!