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organworthyplayer337

organworthyplayer337

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I'm sorry to add another one of these threads to the pile but I need help.

Here are my pedals:
Aguilar Octamizer (Octave)
Aguilar Agro (Overdrive)
Aguilar Tone Hammer (Pre-Amp/EQ)
Boss LMB-3 (I use it as a compression)
Tuner

What is the best order to put these in?

Thanks!
 
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organworthyplayer337 said:
I'm sorry to add another one of these threads to the pile but I need help.

Here are my pedals:
Aguilar Octamizer (Octave)
Aguilar Agro (Overdrive)
Aguilar Tone Hammer (Pre-Amp/EQ)
Boss LMB-3 (I use it as a compression)
Tuner

What is the best order to put these in?

Thanks!
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Me? I would go
Tuner
Octave
Comp
Od
Eq/pre

Tuner is a nice mute right at the beginning. Octaves track better close to first in the chain. The comp will reign in the octave. OD is always a little compressed anyway, so I like it after a comp not to compress too much. Eq lets you get that sound you want. and the pre sends all of it where you need it
 
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Dominick C. said:
Me? I would go
Tuner
Octave
Comp
Od
Eq/pre

Tuner is a nice mute right at the beginning. Octaves track better close to first in the chain. The comp will reign in the octave. OD is always a little compressed anyway, so I like it after a comp not to compress too much. Eq lets you get that sound you want. and the pre sends all of it where you need it
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And the beginning of the chain starts at the bass right? So it would be:
Bass > Tuner > Octave > Comp > OD > EQ > Amp
 
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"I like putting my bass last in the chain, I get a clean natural tone into the amp that way. "

:roflmao:

Sorry, couldn't resist. I really need some sleep. That wasn't even funny, but I'm giddy after ordering a wack, and I mean a WHACK, of DIY circuit-boards. Gonna learn me some solderin' up sum pedalia.

I'd go:
Bass > Tuner > Octave > OD > Comp > EQ > Amp

'Cause, at least for the moment, I fancy the sound of the octaver hitting the OD with the Octa-peaks getting the OD over-excited for a more dynamic variations of distortion; and then if the OD isn't compressing the signal/octaver enough, the comp cleans things up before the EQ which I don't like the latter being pushed into distortion. Then the Pre-amp for a clean boost to amp/FOH/recording interface.
 
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The big decision is going to be comp before distortion or after. I agree with both paths shown. It just depends on how you want your OD to sound. I would experiment both in a band setting if you are gigging. I like my OD after comp personally, but that is solely based on the fact that I feel like it holds in the mix better in my situations.
 
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blindrabbit said:
I was going to agree with this, until I saw that the EQ is actually a Tone Hammer, and that the comp is an LMB-3.

I'd go with:

Bass > Tuner > Octave > Agro > Tone Hammer > LMB > Amp

...although I'd try flipping the order of the Agro with the Tone Hammer as well.

OP, ever consider grabbing an Aguilar TLC? ;)
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Yes but I'm trying not to buy anymore pedals :D maybe someday when the price is right
 
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blindrabbit said:
I was going to agree with this, until I saw that the EQ is actually a Tone Hammer, and that the comp is an LMB-3.

I'd go with:

Bass > Tuner > Octave > Agro > Tone Hammer > LMB > Amp

...although I'd try flipping the order of the Agro with the Tone Hammer as well.

OP, ever consider grabbing an Aguilar TLC? ;)
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Does switching the pedals affect tone?
 
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organworthyplayer337 said:
Does switching the pedals affect tone?
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IME, more often than not. I've noticed quite remarkable differences in tone depending upon the order of my dirt pedals/boosts/preamps. It is easy enough to try out, maybe you'll notice a difference, maybe not. The Agro might like the mellow tones of the TH being fed into it, assuming you want to soften that tone up a bit.
 
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NortyFiner said:
Depending on how you use the Tone Hammer, you may find the Agro to be redundant. Alternately, you can use them both to dial in different tones or levels of dirt without having to fiddle with knobs mid-show.
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I find that I can't get enough aggression out of the AGS circuit or that it relies too heavily on my playing, which is one of the reasons I purchased the Agro. I like the AGS but sometimes I like more 'hair' or 'dirt'
 
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I'd go tuner, octave, OD, preamp, compressor. If I had to use all of them.
If I were setting it up for me id leave the tuner out of the chain and the compressor at home. I leave the compression to the sound guy and don't want to diminish the touch responsiveness of my amp, preamp, or overdrive pedals.
 
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I'd go tuner, octave, overdrive, comp then preamp *if* I was using the XLR for live use so it keeps everything even for FOH.! This is how I do it but the cons to this are the compressor in theory has less of an impact on your playing, if you want a boost outta one of these it wont have as much impact and octavers track better with compression! I do this to keep everything good for the soundguy and get touch response from my overdrive and envelope filters(waiting on a FX25), but I find my empress still adds magic 2nd to last, just probably not as much as it would after the tuner
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The chain is tuner, eq(to get similar tone/volume outta any of my 3 basses),octaver, bass synth,(FX25), FX91, Chorus, Empress into VMTD...
 
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I'd go

Bass
Tuner
OD
Octave
Tone hammer but crank the gain for more distortion
Compression (MXR good choice)

You can play with the octave for sub or super sounds depending on if you want a guitar feel or not
 

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