Effects chain question

[milospilo]

I'm having a little trouble sorting my (few) live effects in to the best order for onstage use.

I used to only use my durham Sexdrive for solo boosts but have now added my old RAT and TubeScreamer to the mix. I'm also thinking of shoving my E/H Tremelo in as well. They all have to go in the front end as I have no effects loop in either my Tiny Terror or my JCM800.

I know that the Sexdrive in NOT true bypass but I don't know about the others. I seem to lose the volume boost on the Sexdrive when used with the others.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[uriah1]

Boost-->OD1-->od2-->tremolo/chorus/delay---->amp
just imho

[Joely]

I have the set up. Hiwatt with no loop:-

True Bypass wah, boost, timmy, Maxon OD delays... if i move the boost any where else it sounds pants..

[Teleworshipkid]

Guitar--> Sex --> TS --> RAT --> Trem --> Amp

[Tim Bowen]

Of course rigs are personal and you want to experiment with pedal placement and all that... however, for a pure volume boost, my experience has been that the dedicated boost circuit best functions as the last gainer in line, closest to the amp. Placing a boost in front of something like a RAT pedal with a fair amount of gain is more likely to promote additional compression and saturation than a volume-boosted version of RAT tone. Not as big a deal with a high wattage amp with headroom to spare, but definitely a thing with smaller amps that are already compressing a bit.

[milospilo]

Thanks for the replies. I have a ton of gigs over this bank-holiday weekend so I shall try 'em all out.
Cheers!

[mitch_m]

Originally Posted by Teleworshipkid

Guitar--> Sex --> TS --> RAT --> Trem --> Amp

This is what I would do.

[middy]

Originally Posted by Tim Bowen

Of course rigs are personal and you want to experiment with pedal placement and all that... however, for a pure volume boost, my experience has been that the dedicated boost circuit best functions as the last gainer in line, closest to the amp. Placing a boost in front of something like a RAT pedal with a fair amount of gain is more likely to promote additional compression and saturation than a volume-boosted version of RAT tone. Not as big a deal with a high wattage amp with headroom to spare, but definitely a thing with smaller amps that are already compressing a bit.

I agree. A "clean boost" should come after your dirt pedals, not before, unless you want to use it as more of a gain boost for your dirt. In fact, I put mine dead last in the chain so as not to clip any signal in my time-based effects.