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#21
No one's suggested to put the compressor before the octave, but I've found that that can help with tracking, especially if the compressor is dialed in for peak limiting. I use my TLC this way.

The TLC also seems to sharpen the top end a little, which can help to make the pitch easier to discern among all the low end content while using an analog octaver.
 
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#23
blindrabbit said:
...OP, ever consider grabbing an Aguilar TLC? ;)
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organworthyplayer337 said:
I failed. I'm getting an MXR compressor. Darn it.
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Dang it!!!!! How did this happen????
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organworthyplayer337 said:
I think I've decided (tone wise and for space management) to go:

Bass - Tuner - Comp - EQ - OD - Amp

And leave the Octave off the board as I have not yet found a good use for it yet.
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Thats cool if that kind of setup works for you. In my experience I've found that OD after EQ can make the signal sound dull or muddy. But it sure can work in difference cases, depending on the gear too.
 
#27
I saw you pulled it off the board, but if it goes back on, in my experience the Octamizer NEEDS to be one of the first pedals in the chain (before any dirt).
Tracking can be fidgety on that one if your signal is effected in any way.

I also had the best luck with the Tone Hammer first. You're not going to include your pedals in your DI signal that way, but I personally always found it to work best treated like an on board active eq (with some exceptions to that rule).
 
#28
It depends on what you like, tonewise. My board is quite similar. Right now, my order is:
Bass -> Tuner -> Agro -> Fuzzrocious BDPG (I'd put the Tonehammer here, but i have a tonehammer amp) -> TLC -> Broughton LPF -> Amp

My reasons:
Tuner first - better tuning the unaffected signal - and mute switch.
Then the Agro, because it reacts on how hard i hit the strings. The deeper i dig in, the more dirt i get.
Then the preamp for more or less the same reason. The BDPG by itself delivers a little dirt, the agro gives some, and combined they melt faces.
The Agro into the BDPG sounds way better than the other way round and i have the choice of activating only one of them.
Then the compression. Mine is set to level out my playing a bit. When i hit fast notes, on a bad day some ring louder than others and it makes it sound uneven and the compressor reigns that in nicely. And when i kick in all the dirt and play with how hard i hit the strings, the compression also
evens the volume and gives even longer sustain that flips into nice feedback if i want to.
The LPF comes last because all it does is filter the high frequencies - if i want them out i don't want anything in the chain sneaking some of them back in.
 

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