Pedal order?

Basic rule of thumb: learn what each pedal does, then use trial an error to see what order is best for you.

Learn what each pedal does by itself (Bass, pedal, amp/combo input) then have fun!

Lastly, I suggest you hold off on getting more pedals until understand the need for the additional pedals. You can make better financial decisions that way and not end up stuck with a bunch of unused pedals.

 

Ignore this practical advice.......
Pedals are the color in an otherwise black and white world of bass tones. Buy as many as you like, as often as you can.

I would put the boost first as octaves and envelope filters like a clear strong signal and swap the other two back and forth to see how they play with each other.
Drives will behave like a boost with gain (volume) affecting pedals down the chain. Usually in a good way. Compression will even out the spikes and drops in your signal and might limit the abilities of filter pedals to see a full strong signal depending on how much compression is dialed in. Some are comp first people. Some - like me are comp last people. I like to mangle things up before I even things out.
There are no rules with pedal order so try everything everywhere and see how they react differently in different placements. One players slop is another's holy grail so get busy and have fun.
Welcome to T.B. where there are no bad questions......just bad answers.

 

I guess I’ll be in the middle here. There’s a couple of times I rushed to get an effect and had to resell when it didn’t work out. Not a huge loss, but it did make me wish I’d held off and saved the trouble. Oh and pedals add up, even a couple of “inexpensive” ones and next you know, your pedalboard is full.

Sometimes a random impulse purchase can be a home run, but no one bats a thousand...TRY not buy as many as you can if possible or at least seek out as many demos as you can and your wallet will be happier.

 

If you put the envelope filter before the octaver, and turn them both on, you might go back in time. They probably work best the other way 'round, but I think you should definitely try that just for kicks.

 

You won't break pedals by messing with the order of the effects. Some combinations will sound bad, but nothing will break. Also, what does and doesn't sound good is a matter of opinion and specific setup and pedals.

The only real rule I have is that octaves tend to work best early in the chain because a clean signal gives the best tracking.

 

when i first started with pedals i was unsure about placement, now its a distant memory have fun!

 

For what you have now go bass -> octave -> filter > boost

 

Pedals in any order will not break anything. The only thing to watch out for is how loud of a signal you are creating and how the combo/rig will handle it.

And my practical advice comes from years of buying whatever I wanted, selling at a loss, losing on bad trades, and just causing myself more stress than necessary. Every pedal on my current board has a use and I have a slightly different lineup for each of my bands. If a pedal has no practical use, it gets sold.

Good luck

 

I suggest to mess around to see what sounds good, but I would start with...
octave > envelope > boost
After you get the drive and compression I would start with...
compression > octave > boost > drive > envelope
or
octave > boost > drive > envelope > compression

 

Yes, experiment and place your pedals in different order, finding the best tone. It's sometimes surprising how some pedals suck down your tone depending on where they are placed in the chain.

 

You guys/gals only have one (1) pedalboard ???
I'm building my second board now .

One thing that got perfect in my first board:
First or at least very early in the signal chain you should have a volume pedal with a separate tuner output.
The tuner out goes to your normal/boring/always on signal chain.
The normal volume output goes to a secondary chain with a more "edgy" sound that you engage via the tredle.
You need 2 amps for this but it is great to be able to overlay the normal bass sound with an octaver and dist.
Works great for guitar too.

 

Here's some thoughts on the subject:

How To Chain Your Guitar Effects Pedals - Part 1 - Roland U.S. Blog

 

The only real "rules" are that loopers/delays tend to go at the end while tuners go at the start. Aside from that, play with the order and decide what works best for you. Personally, I'm running tuner > Octave > distortion > flanger > delay > preamp > monitor.